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

A Tale of Two Detectives

Lauren Mechling writes in the thriving young-adult genre.

by Paul Gleason

An Intimate Look at Zuckerberg and Other High-Tech Figures

Hafner writes that Lacy's "explanation of how venture capital works is instructive and clear, perhaps one of the best yet written for a general readership."

A Familiar Tale, Told With Style

Those in search of summer beach reading might pick up The Romantics, a new novel by Galt Niederhoffer ’97...

An Argument for Music

Critic Alex Ross keeps "classical" music current...

by Paul Gleason

Two Musical Neighborhoods

Harvard professor Lewis Lockwood and the Julliard String Quartet have collaborated on Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Performance, Interpretation...

Anthologizing Yourself

Mary Jo Salter keeps her own (and others') poetry alive...

by Paul Gleason

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words...

Thoroughly Eclectic

Performer Eisa Davis, now starring on Broadway in Passing Strange, stays open to her many artistic passions, including playwriting (Bulrusher, Angela's Mixtape) and singing (her devut album is Something Else)...

by Julia Wallace

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections...

From Soaps to Solos

Operatic bass Ethan Herschenfeld sings around the world, but also enjoys acting on TV (Damages)...

by Daniela Amini