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.
Pony Plunges
Scrapbooking a woman who rode horses into the sea
by Max J. Krupnick
VES’s Valedictory
Renaming Visual and Environmental Studies to signal a clearer focus on making art and film
by John S. Rosenberg
“Here and Then Gone”
Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Once Again, with Feeling
A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning
by Nell Porter-Brown
“Beyond Lobsters and Lighthouses”
Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”
by Nell Porter-Brown
Shaina Taub Shares Suffragists in Song
A seventy-fifth Schlesinger Library anniversary celebration
by Lydialyle Gibson
Creative Gifts
Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more
by Nell Porter-Brown
Twyla Tharp: “Minimalism and Me”
A retrospective show at Boston’s ICA
by Nell Porter-Brown
Photography in Baldwin’s Era
Eighteen photographers capture the 1930s through the 1980s.
by Brandon J. Dixon
Darkness Visible
Opera director Sarah Meyers doesn’t want you to notice everything.
by Jennifer Gersten
“Little Shards of Dissonance”
An oratorio adapted from Langston Hughes
by Sophia Nguyen