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.

The Artist Edward Gorey—and Pets—at Harvard

Winter exhibits at Houghton Library   

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ilona Bell's Yard of Allusions

Ilona Bell's Yard of Allusions

“A Theory of Justice: The Musical!” and Harvard’s Class of 1944

A Theory of Justice as musical comedy, and the class of ’44

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

“No Joke: Making Jewish Humor” by Ruth Wisse reviewed by Daniel Klein

Does in-group humor displace political action?

by Daniel Klein

Novelist André Aciman's Harvard Square explores expats' experiences

A café-goers' view of Cambridge, a generation ago

by Jesse Kornbluth

Ilona Bell cultivates a literary garden in the Berkshires

A Berkshire yard that recalls poetry, fiction, and drama

by Craig Lambert

How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new reports

How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports

August Kleinzahler poet, Linda Greenhouse orator, at 2013 Harvard Phi Beta Kappa

August Kleinzahler and Linda Greenhouse to speak at Commencement-week PBK Literary Exercises