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 Toasts, Roasts Michael Keaton

The Batman actor was “encouraged as hell” by the students around him during the 2026 Man of the Year festivities.

by Schuyler Velasco

Harvard suburban sustainability expert rides her bike to work

The suburban sustainability expert rides her bike to work.

Somerville vegan restaurant serves refined fare in relaxed setting

True Bistro offers higher-order vegan fare with international flair.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Art, lectures, cultural and campus events at Harvard

Harvard arts and cultural events

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Recent books by Mahzarin Banaji, Adrienne Rich, and others

Recent books with Harvard connections

Bernard Bailyn's "The Barbarous Years" reviewed by Daniel K. Richter

The “mixed multitudes” of early Colonial America—and the Native Americans

by Daniel K. Richter

Hannah Lash writes modern music with engaging textures

Hannah Lash’s personal, yet crystalline, music

by Thomas Vinciguerra

Ben Loory writes short, quirky stories

Ben Loory's minimalist stories ambush the reader.

by David Updike

George Howe Colt's new book "Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History"

In Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History, George Howe Colt offers autobiography and biography both.

Artist Samantha Holmes makes contemporary mosaics.

A contemporary take on an ancient medium

by Craig Lambert