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.

Bringing Korean Stories to Life

Composer Julia Riew writes the musicals she needed to see.

by Max J. Krupnick

Bob Childs makes world-class violins

Bob Childs makes world-class violins.

by Laura Levis

The letters of Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein’s life, in his letters

by Carol Oja

Innovation in humanities courses aims to reach larger numbers of students

New gateways into the humanities for students “still fully molten as human beings”

by Jonathan Shaw

Vince Gilligan of "Breaking Bad" converses with Harvard president Drew Faust

The hit show's creator, Vince Gilligan, converses with President Faust.

Harvard-based Sawyer seminar discusses hearing through the body

Through cat telephones and electronic dance music, scholars discuss the physical basis of sound.

Wynton Marsalis speaks at Harvard on the soul of jazz

The bandleader weaves performance and storytelling to paint a picture of jazz in nineteenth-century New Orleans.

Helen Mirren Honored as Woman of the Year

The Academy Award-winning actress was at the center of the annual Hasty Pudding parade.

Folk singer and activist Pete Seeger dies at 94

The folk singer and activist inspired many.

Neil Patrick Harris is the Hasty Pudding Club's 2014 Man of the Year

The Emmy-winning actor and singer will receive his Hasty Pudding Pot February 7.

Harvard's Hasty Pudding picks Helen Mirren as its Woman of the Year

The Hasty Pudding picks an Oscar winner for its pudding pot.