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.

‘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

"Finding Neverland" at the ART recasts the story of Peter Pan and J.M. Barrie

The new musical Finding Neverland at the American Repertory Theater once again revives the myth of Peter Pan and his creator, J.M. Barrie.

Music and medicine converge at Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School turns to the humanities.

by Karolina Brook

Filmmaker Robert Gardner Dies at 88

The anthropological filmmaker founded the Harvard Film Study Center.

John Adams’s “Klinghoffer” at Met prompts new controversy

The Metropolitan Opera cancelled plans to broadcast the opera The Death of Klinghoffer, by John Adams.

Shakespeare e-books link text with new performances

New e-books bring Shakespeare to life.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Two classic harpsichords that Harvard owns

Two keyboards, each with a story to tell

by Craig Lambert

New Orleans jazz comes to Cambridge

Rebirth Brass Band plays in Cambridge.

Harvard's Collegium Musicum and Joyful Noise celebrate music as therapy

Harvard’s Collegium Musicum celebrates the power of music as therapy.

by Jessica Salley

At Harvard, economist Jacques Attali discusses music and political economy

French economist Jacques Attali discusses music as a metaphor for civil society.