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.

Is the Constitution Broken?

Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Nancy Koehn reviews Louis Hyman's "Debtor Nation"

Nancy Koehn reviews Louis Hyman's Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink.

by Nancy F. Koehn

Review of The Herb Lyceum restaurant at Gilson’s Farm, Groton, Massachusetts

Conviviality, slow food, and the freshest herbs around

by Nell Porter-Brown

Stephen Greenblatt traces how Lucretius in "De Rerum Natura" shaped the present

Stephen Greenblatt traces the influence of Lucretius, through De Rerum Natura, on modern thought.

by Christian Flow

Photographer David Arnold and others document coral reefs in decline

The world's most fragile marine ecosystems are in decline.

by Jonathan Shaw

Brief life of Renaissance scholar Mary Costelloe Berenson

Brief life of a Renaissance scholar: 1864-1945

by Diane E. Booton

Restaurant eating is rising: the pros and the cons

Dining out is surging—yet there are reservations.

by Craig Lambert

Conductor Sarah Hicks moves easily between pops and classics

Conductor Sarah Hicks spans Prokofiev and the Police.

by David Menconi

In the "Tragedy of Arthur," Arthur Phillips riffs on a forged Shakespeare play

A con man, his son, and a fiction on two levels

by Amelia Atlas

Channel Cerfing: see clips from Between the Lions and Lomax, the Hound of Music

Excerpts from the educational television programs Between the Lions and Lomax, the Hound of Music

Christopher Cerf, educational media creator

With sound, image, and word, Chris Cerf teaches the basics.

by Craig Lambert