Arts & Culture

Salvador Litvak smiles, arms crossed, in a vest and hat on a city street.

Montage | May-June 2025

Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

Karen Chee holding a flower to her face

Montage | July-August 2020

Seriously Goofy

Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.

by Jacob Sweet

At Home with Harvard |

At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small Screen

Discover a new series to watch in quarantine, or read about the creator behind your favorite show, in this selection of our TV stories

A still image from the film, This is Love, showing Rudy Love in shadowed profile

Montage | May-June 2020

A Love Letter

John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.

by Alex Huls

The Chelsea Theatre building

Montage | May-June 2020

Setting the Stage

Joshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.

by Olivia Munk

Three fiddlers playing

Harvard Squared | March-April 2020

The New England Folk Festival

Contra dancing, Balkan music, sea chanteys—and more!

by Nell Porter-Brown

A bluegrass guitarist, banjoist, and singer perform on stage

Harvard Squared | March-April 2020

Atwood’s Tavern

Boosting bluegrass in Cambridge

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Alumni | March-April 2020

Documentarian Sought

A possible film about cardiologist Paul Dudley White

Elizabeth Banks looks at the camera as she rides in a convertible with two members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

Performing & Recorded Arts |

Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year Awards

Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.

by Kristina DeMichele

Photograph of Matthew Berlin

Montage | March-April 2020

Hot Pursuit

Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin

by Lydialyle Gibson

Montage | March-April 2020

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words