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.

Several people are holding a large ribbon for a ceremony outside a modern building.

Harvard and City Leaders Celebrate ERC Opening

Phase A of the Allston project includes a hotel, residences, and a two-acre greenway.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Federico Cortese

Federico Cortese is the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

Meet the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

In 1871, the Pierian Sodality, 16 strong, posed with their instruments.

A history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

A new book relates the history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Harvard University Press closes its display room

The Harvard University Press display room closes its doors.

From Mary A. Robinson's scrapbook, now in the Farlow Herbarium

A scrapbook of seaweed

Seaweed and seaside scenes of Martha’s Vineyard

by Christopher Reed

Once Amy Nathan learned to love piano lessons, she decided to share the joy.

Helping young musicians succeed

Amy Nathan ’67 aims to help kids over musical rough patches with The Young Musician’s Survival Guide.

by Krysten A. Keches

Even at the scale of cities, planners can work with the local ecology to create lasting interventions that minimize disruptions to the landscape, such as Khed Sez (shown) and Lavasa, both in India.

Architecture that imitates life

Architects are beginning to employ biomimicry, studying nature as a model for building design.

by John Gendall

The Levy family in 1928; Jacob holds the cane. Only he and Rivka Levy (far left, flounced dress) survived the Nazis.

An excerpt from "Jacob’s Cane"

Socialism as family inconvenience

Quotation Q and A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Richard Peña at Lincoln Center, with a New York Film Festival banner at right, behind him

New York Film Festival program director Richard Peña

Richard Peña ’75 is program director of the New York Film Festival.

by Craig Lambert

From <i>On the Loose in Boston: A Find-the-Animals Book,</i> by Sage Stossel

Books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections