Craig Lambert

Richard Peña at Lincoln Center, with a New York Film Festival banner at right, behind him

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New York Film Festival program director Richard Peña

Richard Peña ’75 is program director of the New York Film Festival.

Robert Patterson’s letter to Thomas Jefferson included a worked example of his cipher. He began by writing his message in lower-case letters and in columns, running top to bottom like Chinese. This example begins with the words “Buonaparte has at last given peace to Europe,” legible in the first two columns.

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Jefferson's Conundrum

Mathematician Lawren Smithline ’94 has decrypted an encoded message sent to Thomas Jefferson in 1801.

Malcolm Campbell at the keyboard in Harvard's Paine Hall

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Improvisational Prodigy

Pianist Malcolm Campbell ’10 is a jazz prodigy.

Scheft (left) shares a laugh with his boss.

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Letters & Letterman

Bill Scheft ‘79 writes comedy for David Letterman, as well as novels.

A blinding sandstorm is part of <em>Journey to Mecca.</em>

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The Hajj, Screened Large

"Journey to Mecca," co-produced by Taran Davies ’93, is a new IMAX film about the Hajj.

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Shuttered Behind Bars

In a new book, photographer Bruce Jackson presents old ID photo portraits from an Arkansas prison.

Tyler Albright

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Play at the Plate

Baseball catcher Tyler Albright ’11 explains how to play his position.

A still from Olch’s film shows Richard Rogers at his editing console, watching footage of his mother

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The Windmill Movie

Filmmaker Alexander Olch has made an biographical documentary based on footage left behind by his mentor, Richard Rogers.

<em>The City Square,</em> 1937, a scene design by Natalia Goncharova for <em>Le Coq d’Or</em>

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Diaghilev and His Geniuses

The Harvard Theatre Collection opens an exhibition and hosts a symposium on Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.

Andy Borowitz

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April Fool Every Day

Comedian Andy Borowitz ’80 has moved from Hollywood success to a multifaceted life as a humorist in New York.

At the Fresh Pond Golf Course in  Cambridge, Emily Balmert ’09 of the women’s golf team—the first Harvard woman to win the Ivy championship—swings into spring.

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Class on the Grass

Golfer Emily Balmert, and the women’s varsity team, have reached milestones.

Oranges stacked for sale at a Moroccan bazaar

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Second-Life Photography

A profile of cultural photographer Lee Smith