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 theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Harvardians make long list for National Book Awards

Eight University affiliates are recognized by the National Book Foundation.

"Harvard Volunteers in World War I: One Hundred Years After" appears in tribute

Harvard’s World War I participants are honored in an updated volume edited by Douglass M. Carver ’59.

Filmmakers seek visual material from the early days of Partners In Health

Filmmakers seek visual material from the early days of Partners In Health.

A World War I Harvard aviator, plus a Game-worthy car buff and his wheels

A World War I Harvard aviator, plus a Game-worthy car buff and his wheels

Silhouettes from Harvard’s Houghton Library displayed

All that’s needed are scissors and a steady hand.

by Christopher Reed

Ross Miller makes public art around Boston

Ross Miller’s public art in overlooked places captivates viewers.

by Stephanie Garlock

An excerpt from "To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party"

In To Make Men Free, Heather Cox Richardson seeks to explain the back-and-forth history of Republican Party goals.

Saxophonist John Payne teaches ensembles, jazz, and improvisation

Rejecting the “tyranny of competence,” John Payne helps musicians bloom.

by Craig Lambert

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Review of Thomas Forrest Kelly’s “Capturing Music,” by Anna Zayaruznaya

The recording of songs and sounds past—a history of musical notation in the West

by Anna Zayaruznaya