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.
Keri Russell Calls ‘The Diplomat’ a Love Letter to Public Servants
A Harvard Kennedy School event looks behind the scenes of the Netflix drama.
Cambridge Once Fought Harvard’s DNA Research. Now There’s a Play About It.
A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.
Readers Respond to Our Adaptations Survey
We asked people to share their favorite art adaptations. Here’s what they said.
Bill Rauch Is Having a (Jellicle) Ball
The Harvard Arts Medalist wants his smash-hit Cats revival to reach “as many young queer people” as possible.
New Books from Harvard Authors
Diets, bull kelp forests, Black creativity, and more
Why Boston Loves Country Music
Singer Elisa Smith’s whiskey-soaked voice and subversive feminism is part of the genre’s urban shift.
In Searing New Memoir, Emilee Hackney Struggles to Find Home
All That’s Unseen charts the Harvard graduate’s uneasy journey from Appalachia to Cambridge and back.
What is a Glorian? You’ll Know It When You See It
Author and Harvard Divinity School writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams finds beauty in the world around us.
For This Poet, AI Is a Writing Partner
Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.
New Books from Harvard Authors
Bad Bunny, spider fears, healthcare policy, and more
A New ‘Black Swan’ Musical Cranks Up the Tension
The creative team of the A.R.T.’s new show dish on adapting Darren Aronofsky’s thriller classic from screen to stage.