Arts & Culture

Four images: A poster announcing Arthur Kleinman's retirement; a photograph of him speaking at a podium in a packed auditorium; a bobblehead of Harry Lewis, wearing glasses and a long brown coat; and Harry Lewis at a classroom podium, smiling

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Two Momentous Faculty Retirements

Arthur Kleinman and Harry Lewis depart the classroom.

by Lydialyle Gibson

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The Untold Story of Watercolors

Harvard Art Museums' exhibit highlights unsung facets of American watercolor.

by Nancy Walecki

Gram Parsons stands in front of a bus in Harvard Square

Features | July-August 2023

Sound as Ever

Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock

by Nancy Walecki

A live sketch from Lori Vallow Daybell’s murder trial. Daybell is in the middle between two men, all looking somber.

Montage | July-August 2023

Something from Nothing

Painter, animator, illustrator, and silhouettist Susan Bin

by Max J. Krupnick

A formal portrait or José Olivarez in a gold chain and velvet suit jacket, standing amid red drapes and palm plants.

Montage | July-August 2023

For the Homies

In José Olivarez’s poetry, the political is personal.

by Josie Abugov

Montage | July-August 2023

Impatience Is a Virtue

Violinist-multitasker Sumire Hirotsuru

by Jacob Sweet

Poster for Dos farkishefte shnayderl (the bewitched little tailor) in Paris, c. 1935

Treasure | July-August 2023

Charades with Chutzpah

Harvard’s Yiddish Theater Collection

by Max J. Krupnick

Watercolor painting of alligators in a swamp

Harvard Squared | July-August 2023

Master Watercolorists

Works by Sargent, Homer, and others at the Worcester Art Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photograph of stone bridge over a pond in a park

Harvard Squared | July-August 2023

Happenings in Hartford

Literary legacies, parks, festivals—and more

by Nell Porter-Brown

Two women seated looking into the film camera, from Japanese film Tokyo Story

Harvard Squared | July-August 2023

Films by a Japanese Master

The Harvard Film Archive’s “Complete Ozu Yasujirō”

by Nell Porter-Brown

An image of the covers for Stay True and Then the War, overlaid with a gold Pulitzer Prize medal

University News |

The 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

Carl Phillips and Hua Hsu honored in poetry and memoir

by Lydialyle Gibson