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.

The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard

How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”

by Lindsay Mitchell

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

Amy Brenneman's play "Mouth Wide Open" explores aspects of her life

Amy Brenneman's play Mouth Wide Open opens her life up, candidly.

Video: tenor and honorand Placido Domingo serenades Ruth Bader Ginsburg

At Commencement, tenor and honorand Plácido Domingo surprises Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an opera fan, during the conferral of her degree.

The 2011 Phi Beta Kappa ceremony, featuring Henri Cole and Joyce Carol Oates

Orator Joyce Carol Oates and poet Henri Cole at the Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises

Joyce Carol Oates to speak, Henri Cole to read at 2011 Phi Beta Kappa ceremony

The author will speak, and the poet will read, on May 24.

Designing throughways for wildlife

A winning proposal to keep cars and critters apart

Alec Baldwin to speak at Harvard Law School Class Day

The actor's credits include the TV series 30 Rock and more than 40 films.

More on Adam Goodheart's new book "1861: The Civil War Awakening"

Adam Goodheart's new book explores the Civil War.