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’s Hasty Pudding Honors Rose Byrne
The Bridesmaids actress celebrated her 2026 Woman of the Year Award with a roast and a parade.
Ryan Reynolds is the Hasty Pudding Club’s 2017 Man of the Year
The producer and actor will attend the Hasty Pudding’s festivities on February 3.
“A Category of One”: The Enigma of Edward Gorey
A new play captures the enigma of Edward Gorey ’50.
Cerise Lim Jacobs's otherworldly operas
In the “final phase” of her life, Cerise Lim Jacobs builds herself an oeuvre.
Playwright Betty Shamieh's favorite antiheroes and angelic demons
A playwright making those overlooked by history into lore
Harvard Film Archive
Hidden gem: the Harvard Film Archive
The presidency will be televised: "Jackie" and the paradox of American royalty
The screenplay, by Today Show producer Noah Oppenheim ’00, traces how the Camelot myth was made.
“Presenting Jane," and a youthful summer for the New York School
A rediscovered short film, with new commentary by Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery ’49, Litt.D. ’01, gives a glimpse of the New York School's early days.
Anna Deavere Smith welcomes Harvard to a "lecture-performance" on hospitality
In her “lecture-performance,” playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith practiced and preached “Radical Hospitality.”
Animator Tim Reckart and the art of stop-motion acting
The director of Head Over Heels and The Star, on animation's different dimensions
D.J. and experimental composer Jace Clayton discusses his new book, Uproot.
In Uproot, Jace Clayton ’97 explores technological trends in music around the globe.