Arts & Culture

Salvador Litvak smiles, arms crossed, in a vest and hat on a city street.

Montage | May-June 2025

Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

A woman with a backpack and a cup of coffee in a forest with fake snow and a small horse-drawn wagon.

Montage | January-February 2024

Behind the Scenes

The quirky surrealism of production designer Sue Chan

by Stuart Miller

Montage | November-December 2023

Reviving Black Classical Music

Pianist Gerry Bryant highlights black composers.

by Max J. Krupnick

Jason Bowen and Kelley Curran in The Half-God of Rainfall at American Repertory Theater

Arts & Culture |

#MeToo Meets Mt. Olympus

A new play at the A.R.T. provides a modern take on ancient mythologies   

by Max J. Krupnick

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt standing off a red, white, and blue mural he painted after George Floyd’s death. Floyd's right hand is bandaged after he was attacked while painting the mural.

Montage | September-October 2023

Getting His Reps in

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt’s wildly profuse art

by Lydialyle Gibson

Amir Bitran

Montage | September-October 2023

Making Music Out of DNA Loops

Composer and biophysicist Amir Bitran ’16, Ph.D. ’23

by Nancy Walecki

Two women seated looking into the film camera, from Japanese film Tokyo Story

Harvard Squared | July-August 2023

Films by a Japanese Master

The Harvard Film Archive’s “Complete Ozu Yasujirō”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Gram Parsons stands in front of a bus in Harvard Square

Features | July-August 2023

Sound as Ever

Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock

by Nancy Walecki

A live sketch from Lori Vallow Daybell’s murder trial. Daybell is in the middle between two men, all looking somber.

Montage | July-August 2023

Something from Nothing

Painter, animator, illustrator, and silhouettist Susan Bin

by Max J. Krupnick

Montage | July-August 2023

Impatience Is a Virtue

Violinist-multitasker Sumire Hirotsuru

by Jacob Sweet

Poster for Dos farkishefte shnayderl (the bewitched little tailor) in Paris, c. 1935

Treasure | July-August 2023

Charades with Chutzpah

Harvard’s Yiddish Theater Collection

by Max J. Krupnick