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 Divinity School Sets New Priorities

After two years of turmoil, Dean Marla Frederick describes a more pluralistic future for the institution’s culture and curriculum.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Video: a clip from "Black Swan," starring Natalie Portman '03

View a clip from Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman ’03 and directed by Darren Aronofsky ’91.

Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel bring new insights to Roe v. Wade

Longtime Supreme Court watcher Linda Greenhouse ’68 and Yale legal historian Reva Siegel offer new insight about the landmark court case's effect on the abortion debate and American political discourse.

by Madeleine Schwartz

The Radcliffe Institute’s “Why Books?” conference

The Radcliffe Institute’s “Why Books?” conference touches on a timely theme.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Entrepreneurs Susan Lieu and Wendy Lieu founded gourmet Sôcôla Chocolatier

Two San Francisco sisters add Asian and other original flavors to their gourmet confectionery.

Jill Lepore's "The Whites of Their Eyes" puts the Tea Party into perspective

Harvard historian Jill Lepore puts the modern day Tea Party movement into historical perspective.

Joanne Chang’s Flour bakery chain expands, plus a new cookbook

Baker Joanne Chang ’91 has a new cookbook out, with recipes from her Flour Bakery + Café.

Kloppenberg on Obama: melding individual interests into the common good

James Kloppenberg explicates Barack Obama’s perspective on the American democratic ideal of melding individual views and interests into the common good.

by James T. Kloppenberg

Archival articles on Harvard in the entertainment and comedy industries

Three articles from Harvard Magazine’s archives explore the roles Harvard alumni have played in the entertainment industry and their influence on comedy.

Image gallery: homeless artists respond to stereotypes

Paintings by homeless artists in New Jersey respond to the social perception of homeless people as cold and incompetent.

Video: Modern-day Romanticism - poet April Bernard reads and discusses her work

In her latest book of poems, April Bernard aims to capture the intensity of the Romantic Era. Watch as she discusses, and reads from, her work.