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

New York Film Festival program director Richard Peña

Richard Peña ’75 is program director of the New York Film Festival.

by Craig Lambert

Federico Cortese is the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

Meet the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

A history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

A new book relates the history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

The Boston Globe reviews "The Windmill Movie"

The Boston Globe reviews The Windmill Movie, a film about Richard Rogers ’67, edited and directed by his former filmmaking student, Alexander Olch ’99.

The Hajj, Screened Large

"Journey to Mecca," co-produced by Taran Davies ’93, is a new IMAX film about the Hajj.

by Craig Lambert

The Windmill Movie

Filmmaker Alexander Olch has made an biographical documentary based on footage left behind by his mentor, Richard Rogers.

by Craig Lambert

Music, Taken Personally

A music critic reviews composer John Adams’s memoir.

Diaghilev and His Geniuses

The Harvard Theatre Collection opens an exhibition and hosts a symposium on Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.

by Craig Lambert

Pardis Sabeti

For this systems biologist, the interaction of science and music is multiplicative.

Song for Hard Times

The classic folksong “One Meat Ball” got its start at Harvard.