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Museums of Native culture wrestle with decolonizing Focus turns from collections to communities, more inclusive and complex histories DateNovember 19, 2020November 19, 2020
Does food have a gender? A culinary historian and a chef explore the social and cultural connections DateNovember 17, 2020
Feeling close to art from miles away Student guides, living away from campus, lead online Harvard museum tours DateNovember 17, 2020November 18, 2020
Reading as pleasure LitLab brings literature to casual gatherings DateNovember 12, 2020November 13, 2020
‘Dragon Cycle’ examines race, class, gender, and identity Sara Porkalob’s one-woman show traces lives of Filipina immigrant, her queer daughter, and embattled granddaughter DateNovember 12, 2020
Kevin Young and a unified theory of Black culture — and himself How it pieces together: Poet, editor, writer, curator, and soon-to-be museum head DateNovember 10, 2020November 10, 2020
Building a more just society Harvard/MIT panel examines the role of the activist architect DateOctober 30, 2020October 30, 2020
Documentary photographer Chris Killip dies at 74 Former Harvard faculty, chair of VES famed for powerful working-class imagery DateOctober 21, 2020October 23, 2020
Future of theater? Not exactly sure, but Diane Paulus is working on it For now, A.R.T. has 15 new Tony nominations, robust lineup of virtual shows, talks DateOctober 20, 2020October 22, 2020
Face to face with America’s original sin Book confronts historical, ethical questions posed by Zealy daguerreotypes of enslaved people DateOctober 20, 2020October 23, 2020
Bucking assumptions about dance AXIS pieces blend vision of artists who are disabled, those who aren’t DateOctober 20, 2020
‘Jagged Little Pill’ snags record 15 Tony nominations A.R.T.'s Diane Paulus nominated for Best Direction of a Musical DateOctober 15, 2020October 16, 2020
Backing art for justice Committee on the Arts funding helps support a dozen activist creators DateOctober 15, 2020October 20, 2020
A.R.T. opens up with virtual programming Virtually Oberon, an all-ages musical, and world premiere fill the fall DateOctober 9, 2020October 13, 2020
Students make the show go on Staging works during COVID inspires new kinds of Theater, Dance & Media DateOctober 2, 2020October 5, 2020
In painting others, Black artists discover a picture of self-care Two share experiences, offer advice at ‘Portraits’ virtual event DateOctober 2, 2020October 5, 2020
Charting a path for the Silkroad New artistic director discusses mission and music-making in age of COVID DateOctober 1, 2020October 1, 2020
A classic play, a modern tragedy ‘Antigone in Ferguson’ honors the memory of Michael Brown DateSeptember 29, 2020October 1, 2020
Befriending ‘Clarissa’ during lockdown Very long, even for academic book club, but themes of morality, isolation resonated DateSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020
A divine cosmos Library research fellowship helps a junior develop a new visual methodology DateSeptember 23, 2020September 25, 2020
Jameela Jamil is in a good place The actor and activist talks cancel culture, fatphobia, and diversity in Hollywood DateSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020
Portrait of the documentarian as a young man Film explores midcentury archive of Kalahari peoples DateSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020
In translation, he found his raison d’être Arthur Goldhammer looks back on a life bringing the work of Thomas Piketty and others to readers of English DateSeptember 3, 2020
The long march for suffrage Radcliffe project marks 19th Amendment centennial while focusing on the women who would not be fully enfranchised for decades more DateAugust 18, 2020August 18, 2020
His hobby? Making award-winning documentaries Longtime AV staffer chronicles inner-city lives in his spare time DateAugust 12, 2020August 18, 2020
Art for a cause Graduate School of Design students auction works to advance social justice DateJuly 31, 2020August 3, 2020
This year, a single digitization focus at Houghton Library pauses other work for ‘Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom’ DateJuly 30, 2020July 31, 2020
Teaching children to be antiracist Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi discusses his latest book, ‘Antiracist Baby’ DateJuly 24, 2020July 24, 2020
Protesting police violence, a playlist Think of hiphop as a historical record of the nation’s racial violence and injustice, director of the Harvard Archive says DateJuly 23, 2020October 21, 2020
Snow White and the darkness within us Maria Tatar collects versions of the tale from around the world and explains how they give us a way to think about what we prefer not to DateJuly 16, 2020
