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 group of elegantly dressed individuals poses near a parade trolley, smiling and celebrating.

Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Honors Rose Byrne

The Bridesmaids actress celebrated her 2026 Woman of the Year Award with a roast and a parade.

by Schuyler Velasco , Kate Kaufman

Three fiddlers playing

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

Atwood’s Tavern boosts bluegrass

Boosting bluegrass in Cambridge

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Paul Dudley White documentary possibility

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.

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

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

by Kristina DeMichele

German author Karl May dressed as his Old West hero, Old Shatterhand

Karl May, best-selling German novelist

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

by Eugene Stelzig

Photograph of the two actors on stage

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu, profiled

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.

by Olivia Schwob

Photograph of Matthew Berlin

Jazz and blues bassist Matthew Berlin

Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Side-by-side portraits of Joshuah Campbell and Gabe Fox-Peck

“Write Your Own Songs”

An Oscar-nominated collaboration

by Olivia Munk

Ben Zauzmer

And the Academy Award Goes to…Math

Ben Zauzmer '15 tackles Oscars predictions, with math. 

by Jacob Sweet