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.

A (Truly) Naked Take on Second-Wave Feminism

Playwright Bess Wohl’s Liberation opens on Broadway.

by Stuart Miller

What Does the Arctic Circle Sound Like?

Singer-songwriter Claire Dickson '19 releases debut album inspired by the tundra

by Nancy Walecki

Being Alive Together

Stephen Sondheim, Omicron, and the Power of Theater

by Robin Bernstein

World Premiere of esperanza spalding and Wayne Shorter’s Opera, (Iphigenia)

Two jazz legends collaborate on an operatic reimagination of a Greek tragedy.

by Nancy Walecki

"“I Am Talking to the Part of You that Does Not Speak”

Artist Laurie Anderson delivers her fifth virtual Norton Lecture on Wednesday.

by Lily Scherlis

Visual Music

The "blurred boundaries" of Sam Wu's compositions

by Nancy Walecki

Staff Pick: A.R.T.’s Wild: A Musical Becoming

Harvard’s Diane Paulus brings climate change to center stage

by Nell Porter-Brown

Documenting New England’s Unseen

Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts

by Che Applewhaite

Katori Hall Wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The Hot Wing King wins the 2021 prize for drama.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Putting the Music in Musical Theater

Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs

by Lydialyle Gibson

Musician and professor Braxton Shelley

A gospel scholar shapes music theory.

by Jacob Sweet