Arts & Culture
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Brief bursts of wisdom
Aphorism lover and historian James Geary reflects on how ancient literary art form fits into age of social media
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Live fast, die young, inspire Shakespeare
Stephen Greenblatt finds a tragic strain in the life and work of Christopher Marlowe
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Steve McQueen could lecture you, but he’s got other plans
‘I think the audience needs more, and I feel I need to give more,’ says award-winning filmmaker — presenter of this year’s Norton talks
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Marking 100 years of Norton Lectures
Panelists reflect on ‘incredible value’ of annual series as ‘megaphone’ for artists and scholars
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How fashion police have been walking beat for centuries
Houghton Library exhibit highlights the policing of women’s fashion since the 17th century.
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Seeing what you see
New faculty Cécile Fromont is a visual problem solver
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Her Cambridge iconography made her a local icon
Before New Yorker covers, Barbara Westman created colorful visions of campus as Gazette’s first staff artist
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G is for Gorey who’s ghastly and great
Houghton exhibition celebrates legendary artist’s offbeat, macabre sensibility
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‘Passengers’ at crossroads of circus and theater
7 Fingers co-founders explain how they unite the two art forms in their latest A.R.T. production
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Viewing art like an expert
Curators and conservators at the Harvard Art Museums zoom in on the tiny details that tell big stories about some of their favorite works
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Funny or failure? It’s a fine line.
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ writer on taking risks in comedy and why getting laughs is worth near-constant rejection
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Reading like it’s 1989
Report on classroom literature shows staying power for ‘Gatsby,’ ‘Of Mice and Men,’ other classics. Time to move on?
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Carving a place in outer space for the humanities
The cosmos ‘is as weird and astonishing as any great work of art,’ argues Jennifer Roberts, and navigating it requires ‘a new kind of ethics’
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From tragedy to ‘Ecstasy’
Ivy Pochoda’s feminist retelling of ‘The Bacchae’ examines freedom from inhibition with Electronic Dance Music beat
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Is the secret to immortality in our DNA?
Alum’s campus novel offers cautionary tale to biotech culture
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Solomons’ treasure
Cambridge couple’s art collection now shines in Harvard Art Museums
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Did Jane Austen even care about romance?
Scholars contest novelist’s ‘rom-com’ rep as 250th anniversary ushers in new screen adaptations
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When trash becomes a universe
Artist collective brings ‘intraterrestrial’ worlds to Peabody Museum
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Need a good summer read?
Whether your seasonal plans include vacations or staycations, you’ll be transported if you’ve got a great book. Harvard Library staff share their faves.
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From bad to worse
Harvard faculty recommend bios of infamous historical figures
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From ‘joyous’ to ‘erotically engaged’ to ‘white-hot angry’
Stephanie Burt’s new anthology rounds up 51 works by queer and trans poets spanning generations
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What good is writing anyway?
Scholars across range of disciplines weigh in on value of the activity amid rise of generative AI systems
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Talking about music doesn’t have to be difficult
Yeats poem inspires 3 songs and deep listening, discussion at Mahindra event
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Science Center Plaza is alive with the sound of music
Harvard Arts Fest brings artmaking and creativity to campus
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When talking drum becomes part of the dialogue
Visiting professor’s Venice Architecture Biennial project examines how to build renewable bridges between African, African diaspora communities
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He studies dogs’ faces. She studies their brains.
‘Dogist‘ Instagram photographer, Harvard scientist swap insights on human-canine bond
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Hooking first-years on the arts and humanities
Professors rethink students’ introduction to humanities with nine new courses
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Schlesinger exhibit turns spotlight on largely invisible past
Students, archivists collaborate to tell deeper story of Asian American women’s history
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Making universal connection through the intensely personal
Woodberry Poetry Room workshop project on tradition of elegy inspired by loneliness, grief of pandemic
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Could the same tech that is threatening photojournalism offer a way to save it?
Shorenstein fellow wants to deploy AI to preserve the visual record. An image from the front lines in Iraq provides a test.
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Discoveries on a musical path
From Benin to Cuba to the Americas, Yosvany Terry sees how tradition safeguards culture and identity
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Future doesn’t have to be dystopian, says Ruha Benjamin
In Tanner Lectures, Princeton sociologist talks AI, social justice
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What really scares Katie Kitamura
Ahead of Harvard visit, author talks performance, privacy, and horror inspiration for latest novel
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Becky G gets real at Cultural Rhythms
Artist of the Year applauds student performers for ‘leaning into authenticity’
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How to dance like somebody’s watching
Choreographer offers tips on finding release: ‘Ain’t nobody concerned if you look good’
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Harvard archivists’ favorite finds
Library staff pick objects that tell story of both University, America for ‘Inside Out’ exhibit