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.

A dynamic dance performance featuring multiple performers engaging with props on stage.

‘Passengers’ at A.R.T. Blends Acrobatics with Einstein’s Relativity

Review: Quantum mechanics meets circus arts at the American Repertory Theater’s performance

by Olivia Farrar

Shah recently toured with the ensemble for her debut album, <i>Visions</i>, which included piano, bass, guitar, and <i>mridangam,</i> a two-headed drum from southern India.

Jazz artist Kavita Shah's border-crossing compositions

Kavita Shah makes music in many idioms.

by Samantha Maldonado

Matthew Aucoin, in Paine Hall for a lecture and recital to preview <i>Crossing</i>.

Composer Matthew Aucoin finds the next notes of his classical music career

A young composer, finding his next notes

by Sophia Nguyen

Mandy Patinkin (left) and Taylor Mac in the A.R.T.'s <i>The Last Two People On Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville</i>

A.R.T.'s apocalyptic musical stars Taylor Mac and Mandy Patinkin

A.R.T.'s new show offers singing and dancing at the end of the world.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Wien professor of drama and of English and comparative literature Martin Puchner, who has directed development of the proposal on the theater concentration

Harvard advances theater concentration

An undergraduate concentration in “theater, dance, and media” comes into focus.

by John S. Rosenberg

Frames from <i>Oidhche Sheanchais (A Night of Storytelling)</i>, directed by Robert Flaherty.

Harvard screens rare Irish film, “A Night of Storytelling”

The first Irish “talkie,” long thought lost, comes to light at the Harvard Film Archive.

by Sophia Nguyen

From <i>Dark Victory</i>

Schlesinger Library Movie Night is Dark Victory with Bette Davis

The pick for Schlesinger Library Movie Night is Dark Victory

by Nell Porter-Brown

<i>Gold</i> reflects on the rights and roles of parents…

Irish film festival at the Somerville theater

Irish film festival at the Somerville Theater

by Nell Porter-Brown

Sara Jobin conducts a rehearsal of <i>Purchase of Manhattan,</i> which premiered at the Marble Collegiate Church in November.

Conductor Sara Jobin specializes in contemporary opera

Conductor Sara Jobin highlights the intimate stories within grand productions.

by Stephanie Garlock

Visualizations like Stephen Malinowski&rsquo;s Music Animation Machine version of Debussy&rsquo;s Arabesque no. 1 for piano solo can lead to new insights into musical compositions.

Harvard music professors create dynamic music theory diagrams

Two scholars—in jazz, and in German music—team up on a tool that makes musical structure visible.

by Sophia Nguyen

Here lies an eager patriot.

“Love Story” locale, and other passionate pursuits

Love Story locale, and other passionate pursuits