Arts & Culture

Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.

Harvard Kennedy School Offers Contingency Plans for U.S. Military Applicants

Active-duty service members can defer admissions or have their applications considered at peer institutions. 

by Tamara Evdokimova

New undergraduate architectural studies track to be offered this fall

College and Design School team up to develop new track for budding architects.

Mollusks exhibition at Harvard Museum of Natural History is multifaceted

Mollusks of amazing diversity—some deadly—are on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

by Christopher Reed

Palindromist Mark Saltveit, Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner, and a sleuthing architect

A World Palindrome Champion, a sleuthing architect, and Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner

Restaurant review of Casa B in Union Square, Somerville

Review of Casa B restaurant in Union Square, Somerville

by Nell Porter-Brown

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Video game designer Scott Duquette of 38 Studios

Video-game designer Scott Duquette ’05, a new kind of urban planner

by Dan Barbarisi

Composer and musician Ben Cosgrove portrays place in "Yankee Division," a new CD

Composer Ben Cosgrove connects sound and place.

by David Rice

"Golden Holocaust," by Robert N. Proctor, advocates the abolition of cigarettes

Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.

Rocksteady film by director Mustapha Khan

Rocksteady, a film directed by Mustapha Khan '84, explores the culture of stock car races.

by Steve Potter