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 President Alan Garber Helps First-Years Move In

As a potential settlement with the Trump administration looms, Garber gets students settled. 

by Olivia Farrar

Peabody museum curators discuss archaeology of Harvard Yard project

Archaeologists examine printing type found deep in Harvard Yard.

by Stephanie Garlock

Atticus Lish wins PEN/Faulkner for debut novel “Preparation for the Next Life”

He is honored for his debut novel, Preparation for the Next Life.

Adams House dedicates suite to Seamus Heaney

Adams House members, past and present, dedicate a suite to the Irish poet who lived among them.

by Sophia Nguyen

Beckert's “Empire of Cotton” Wins a Bancroft Prize in History

His Empire of Cotton: A Global History puts slavery in an international context.

by Jonathan Shaw

Library spaces for a digital era must cater to many audiences

Oxford’s Bodleian opens its new Weston Library.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Harvard advances theater concentration

An undergraduate concentration in “theater, dance, and media” comes into focus.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard screens rare Irish film, “A Night of Storytelling”

The first Irish “talkie,” long thought lost, comes to light at the Harvard Film Archive.

by Sophia Nguyen

Art, history, and eclectic restaurants in Manchester, NH

Art, history, and eclectic restaurants—less than an hour away

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bucolic Powisset Farm has a strong Community Supported Agriculture program

Bucolic Powisset Farm has a strong Community Supported Agriculture program.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard exhibit traces explorers from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries

A new exhibit traces navigation by mariners from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

by Nell Porter-Brown