Performing & Recorded Arts


Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

“I’m a Gambler with the Movies”

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman is the first filmmaker to deliver a Norton Lecture.

by Sophia Nguyen

A Composed Response

Composer Jonathan Bailey Holland on finding his musical voice  

by Jennifer McFarl...

Sketch Artist

Comedian Colin Jost, from Shouts and Murmurs to Saturday Night Live

by Oset Babür

Nigerian Women Speak Out

HEAR WORD! portrays the lives of Nigerian women.

A Classicist’s Dylan

In a new book, classicist Richard Thomas explores Bob Dylan’s literary ties to ancient Greece and Rome.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Up Close

Composer Ashley Fure wants people to listen to noise.

by Jennifer Gersten

“Vietnam” on PBS: The Crimson Connection

Harvard experts provide access to Vietnamese sources on the war.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard A Cappella, From the Top

A look (and listen) back at the Dunster Dunces

by Oset Babür

An Asian Tour Reunion

Fifty years after they sang their way around the globe as undergraduates, they returned to Cambridge with full hearts and voices. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Practicing My Purpose”

The Grammy Award-winning songwriter Dan Wilson reclaims his catalog.

by Max Suechting