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.

Tina Fey and Robert Carlock Talk Collaboration, Joke-Building at Harvard

The duo behind 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt shared insights from their partnership as part of the Learning from Performers series.

by Schuyler Velasco

Jazz and blues bassist Matthew Berlin

Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Profile of novelist Yangsze Choo

Malaysian-born Yangsze Choo writes novels infused with the tropical mysteries of her childhood.

by Stuart Miller

Rare books at risk

Consequences of book-breaking

by Diane E. Booton

Karl May, best-selling German novelist

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

by Eugene Stelzig

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu, profiled

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.

by Olivia Schwob

“Write Your Own Songs”

An Oscar-nominated collaboration

by Olivia Munk

And the Academy Award Goes to…Math

Ben Zauzmer '15 tackles Oscars predictions, with math. 

by Jacob Sweet

Houghton unveils TS Eliot letter about his muse Emily Hale

A bombshell letter from modernist poet T.S. Eliot, 50 years after his death

by Lydialyle Gibson