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’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

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

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

by Alex Huls

Artistic director Joshua McTaggart and the redesigned Chelsea Theatre

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

by Olivia Munk

New England Folk Festival

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

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

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

Karl May, best-selling German novelist

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

by Eugene Stelzig

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu, profiled

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

by Olivia Schwob

Jazz and blues bassist Matthew Berlin

Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words