Arts & Culture
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Voice of a generation? Dylanâs is much more than that.
Classics professor who wrote âWhy Bob Dylan Mattersâ on the challenge of capturing a master of creative evasion
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Holiday treats from the kitchen of Julia Child
Recipes from celebrity chefâs archive at Radcliffe
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How a âguestâ in English language channels âoutsiderâ perspective into fiction
Laila Lalami talks about multilingualism, inspirations of everyday life, and why she starts a story in the middle
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Potter gets fired up about helping students find their own gifts
Roberto Lugo says his art creates conversations and âthatâs where the magic happensâ
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The 20th-century novel, from its corset to bomber jacket phase
In âStranger Than Fiction,â Edwin Frank chose 32 books to represent the period. He has some regrets.
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Dance the audience can feel â through their phones
Engineer harnesses haptics to translate movement, make her art more accessible
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Boston Ballet dances the night away
The Boston Ballet company spends an afternoon and evening shooting a promotional video in the forest-like setting of Arnold Arboretum.
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A pastoral romance
Harvardâs Arnold Arboretum will stage a fresh take on âPride and Prejudice,â Jane Austenâs tale of 19th-century love, on June 23 courtesy of the Actorâs Shakespeare Project and playwright Kate Hamill.
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âThere they are, on our dinner platesâ
Harvard philosophy professorâs book asks humans to rethink their relationships with animals.
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Summer in the city
Get out your calendar and start planning â this summer brings music, comedy, plays, spoken word, movies, and more to the Boston area.
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An unanticipated juxtaposition
A new pairing on a second-floor wall overlooking the Harvard Art Museumsâ courtyard has placed self-portraits of contemporary artist Kerry James Marshall alongside that of 17th-century Dutch painter Nicolas RĂŠgnier.
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Uncovering an ancient world
Radcliffe fellow Tuna Ĺare-AÄtĂźrkâs current book project documents the treasures unearthed at Nicomedia, an ancient Roman city and seat of power for the Emperor Diocletian.
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âA town hall for the 21st centuryâ
American Repertory Theater announced today it has selected internationally renowned architects Haworth Tompkins to design its future home on Harvardâs Allston campus.
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Reunited with a âtranscendentâ figure
“I see him as an ambassador to the world,” Harvard alumnus Walter C. Sedgwick says about the “Prince ShĹtoku” sculpture he donated to Harvard Art Museums. A recent visit to the museum stirred memories of visiting the sculpture every summer at his grandparentsâ home.
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The âAmerican Schindlerâ
Author Julie Orringerâs latest novel, âThe Flight Portfolio,â tells the story of Harvard graduate Varian Fry, a journalist and editor sometimes referred to as the âAmerican Schindler,â who worked in France during World War II to help save Jewish members of Europeâs cultural elite from Nazi concentration camps. Orringer worked on the book during a Radcliffe fellowship.
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A revolutionary musical
Brothers Daniel and Patrick Lazourâs musical, âWe Live in Cairo,â brings the immediacy of Egyptâs January 25 Revolution to the American Repertory Theater on May 14.
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Armchair travels with a purpose
Digital Giza Project lets scholars virtually visit sites in Egypt and beyond and, even print them in 3-D.
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âPride and Prejudiceâ coming to Arnold Arboretum
In June, Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum will host an Actorsâ Shakespeare Project production of Jane Austenâs âPride and Prejudice,â adapted by Kate Hamill, in the Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden.
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Bringing art to the people it depicts
The rapper and record producer Kasseem Dean, also known as Swizz Beatz, and his wife, Alicia Keys, own the largest private collection of Gordon Parksâ photographs in the world. Theyâre sharing it at Harvardâs Ethelbert Cooper Gallery, and thatâs just the beginning.
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Tracy K. Smith â94 accepts Harvard Arts Medal
Poet laureate Tracy K. Smith wins the 2019 Harvard Arts Medal at a ceremony Thursday in Agassiz Theater, kicking off Arts First weekend.
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Doctoral work embraces new media
The new exhibit âInto Place,â represents many of the capstone projects of recent graduates or current Harvard Ph.D. students pursuing a secondary field in Critical Media Practice, a 10-year-old program that expands the way students in Harvardâs Graduate School of Arts and Sciences engage with their scholarship.
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Celebrating creativity
A new fellowship program brings practicing artists to Harvard’s campus.
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Arts First, last, and in between
This weekendâs Arts First festival showcases performances, exhibitions, and art-making opportunities for and by Harvard students, faculty, and affiliates, including international dance, many music genres, stand-up and improv comedy, theater, public art, poetry, experimental performances, and much more.
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Framing the Caspian Sea
Backed by the Peabody Museumâs Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography, documentary photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews visited the region around the Caspian Sea, capturing on film the culture, customs, and inhabitants of the area whose reserves of oil, gas, and other natural resources are inextricably tied to life in the region. Her work produced a book and an exhibit now on view at Harvard.
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All the worldâs a stage
The American Repertory Theaterâs upcoming season lineup will include three world premieres.
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Flowing together
Harvard community members whoâve taken Gaga dance courses have found the technique helps them let go of external pressures and focus their energy inward, achieving self-care and healing.
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Stuck in the middle with you
Neurology Professor Julian Fisher explores Massachusetts to tell stories of middle-class Americans through photography.
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Picturing vision and justice
A meeting of experts and scholars from Harvard and beyond organized by assistant professor Sarah Lewis will âconsider the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.â
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Behind the âThronesâ
A course at Harvard teaches students about the real-world Game of Thrones.
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âEast Sideâ story
Student-penned musical âThe East Sideâ puts the spotlight on the Harvard Asian Student Arts Project.
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Stories get an A+
Students reflect on a transformative semester on campus as part of The Transcript Project, now in its second year.
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Fishing for stories
A Q&A with author and journalist Francisco Goldman.
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Seeing beauty in the mundane
Willie Cole brings his art to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study with âWillie Cole: Beauties.â
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The aesthetic attitude to art
Senior researcher at Project Zero and Boston College Professor of Psychology Ellen Winnerâs latest book, âHow Art Works: A Psychological Exploration,â is based on years of research both at Harvard and BC, and looks at art through psychological and philosophical lenses.
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Strutting their stuff
The student-run Identities Fashion Show embraces all types of bodies and backgrounds. But for its board members, itâs a lot of work and a yearlong commitment.
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Using humor to make the connection
Before an Askwith Hall audience, stars from “Kim’s Convenience” and “Fresh Off the Boat” explored how the landscape is shifting for Asian stories, defying stereotype and allowing authentic identities.