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.

Harvard and City Leaders Celebrate ERC Opening

Phase A of the Allston project includes a hotel, residences, and a two-acre greenway.

by Laurel M. Shugart

How the Dark Room Collective sparked "total life" in literature

How the Dark Room Collective made space for a generation of African-American writers

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard exhibition "Everywhen" showcases Aboriginal Australian art

The Harvard Art Museums' new exhibition of Australian art aims to make indigenous lives “visible.”

by Sophia Nguyen

Valentine’s Day the Harvard Band Way

The Harvard Band brings Valentine’s greetings.

by Bailey Trela

“Jazz” art exhibit opens at Harvard Art Museums and the Cooper Gallery

A “call and response” between the Harvard Art Museums and the Cooper Gallery

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard's Nico Maffey performs in the national tour of Pippin

Acrobat Nico Maffey ’13 performs in Pippin.

by Laura Levis

Harvard's Hasty Pudding names Kerry Washington Woman of the Year

The Hasty Pudding picks the Scandal actress for its famous pot.

by Laura Levis

Classical music composer Lei Liang gives voice to silenced stories

After “growing up in the archives,” a composer makes forgotten histories heard.

by Lara Pellegrinelli

Tania James’s dueling artistic impulses

A writer balances structure and spontaneity in her latest novel.

by Aria Thaker

Tony Torn stars in "Ubu Sings Ubu" at Harvard’s American Repertory Theater

A new cabaret version of Alfred Jarry’s subversive 1896 Ubu Roi

by Nell Porter-Brown

Portrait of Harvard director of jazz bands Yosvany Terry

A well-traveled Afro-Cuban jazz musician lands at Harvard.

by Sophia Nguyen