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.

People sit in lawn chairs near a rustic barn at Cider Garden in New Salem on a sunny day.

CiderDays Festival Celebrates All Things Apple

Visiting small-batch cideries and orchards in Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Katherine Caputo ’12 displays the glow-in-the-dark gummy bears she created for her final project in Science of the Physical Universe 27: "Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science”

A course with celebrity chefs and edible labs kindles interest in science

The ingredients for a wildly popular new General Education course: celebrity chefs, edible labs, and a contest for a trip to Spain

by Sarah Zhang

Warm colors and innovative culinary combinations in Inman Square

Review of Cambridge restaurant East by Northeast

Cambridge restaurant East by Northeast offers multisensory delights.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Joanne Chang

Joanne Chang's Flour bakery chain expands, plus a new cookbook

Baker Joanne Chang '91 has a new cookbook out, with recipes from her Flour Bakery + Café.

Among Vee Vee’s charms are its boldly colored walls (Benjamin Moore’s “Autumn Cover”), a signature touch for co-owner Kristen Valachovic, an interior designer before restaurant life took hold.

Review of Boston restaurant Vee Vee

Vee Vee in Jamaica Plain turns out innovative food that is fresh, healthy, delicious, and modestly priced.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Corky White relies on her local farmers’ market in Somerville, Massachusetts, for the foods she cooks, pickles, and preserves.

Of New England-grown food, Still River Winery apple ice wine, and fermentation

A cookbook writer and anthropologist, apple ice wine makers, and a fermentation aficionado celebrate New England food.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Fusilli with clams and fresh peas

Restaurant review of Coppa, in Boston's South End

The South End’s Coppa offers tasty tapas.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Tangy greens with bacon-wrapped dates

Venezuelan food at Brookline's Orinoco: A Latin Kitchen

A lively Brookline restaurant draws a crowd.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Anthropologist Heather Paxson studies American artisanal cheese

Heather Paxson explores the anthropology of American artisanal cheese.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Recipe: Buckwheat Noodles with Cashews and Greens