Arts & Culture
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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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Harvard jazz leader, amid his Cuban roots
Harvard jazz leader and instructor Yosvany Terry returns to his musical roots in Cuba, where his destiny was formed.
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Student actress or acting student?
Ashley LaLonde ’20 may soon have the enviable dilemma of choosing between following her dream to Broadway or continuing her studies at Harvard.
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For hungry young writers, a kindred guide
Celebrated writer Michael Pollan talks to the Gazette about joining the Creative Writing Program as the Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer.
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A break from the usual bloodsuckers
Harvard Film Archive has programmed films by Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow and others for its “Night of the Vampire.”
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A Cuba-Harvard connection, with a beat
The Harvard Jazz Bands make and learn music, absorb culture on summer tour of Cuba.
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Dirtying their hands to grasp Viking history
While many of their peers were relaxing, a handful of Harvard students spent their summer immersing themselves in Viking history on a remote Danish island.
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Letting his fiction wander
Creative writing lecturer Paul Yoon talks to the Gazette about his new book, “The Mountain,” and about his process, teaching, and the thinking behind his new story collection.
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Must-see guest for campus art lovers
A portrait by the French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard helps highlight the loans that Harvard makes with other art institutions.
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For Harvard neurologist, words lead to ‘action!’
Harvard neurologist Howard Weiner is winning praise as a film director for his feature “The Last Poker Game.”
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Thoreau at Walden, and at Houghton
Harvard Professor Emeritus Lawrence Buell reflects on the lasting importance of Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” on the 200th anniversary of the author’s birth.
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Fresh thinking on history of feminism
Students in a new class on feminism learned about unsung leaders in the struggle for women’s rights.
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The Harvard in Thoreau
As the bicentennial nears for the birth of Henry David Thoreau, it’s clear that Harvard College influenced the churlish naturalist far more than he would have admitted, author says.
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A record of ruins, before the war
From 1993 to 1999, historian Frank Kidner traveled to Syria to document and study the the country’s classical ruins, taking over 9,000 photographs of the architecture, topography, and people.
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Skip the fake, snag the masterpiece
Harvard curator Edouard Kopp launched a workshop to illuminate the tricky terrain of the fine art market.
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Tef Poe and friends ‘break bread’ at Ed Portal
More than 100 people attended a free performance by 10 hip-hop and soul artists, featuring a full rendition of Warren Center Fellow Tef Poe’s latest album, “Black Julian.”
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Images of Harlem, then and now
Dawoud Bey’s photographs of the keystone, changing neighborhood of Harlem are part of a new Cooper Gallery exhibit.
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A concentration’s first growth spurt
As Harvard’s Theater, Dance & Media specialty turns 2 this spring, it graduates its first concentrators.
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Tango with a serious message
“Arrabal,” a new American Repertory Theater show with a book by Harvard graduate John Weidman explores the brutal years of Argentina’s military dictatorship through tango and music.
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Reviving the Philosophy Chamber
A new exhibit at Harvard Art Museums re-creates the Philosophy Chamber, located in Harvard Hall in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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‘Where the Roads All End’ is where story begins
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology curator Ilisa Barbash talks about her book “Where the Roads All End: Photography and Anthropology in the Kalahari.”
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‘Vanity Lane’ wasn’t always an easy path
Graduate student La’Toya Princess Jackson ’19 presents her original ballet, “Vanity Lane,” during DanceFest at Arts First.
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JFK speaks from his Harvard past
A new exhibit marking JFK’s centennial includes an audio file believed to be the earliest voice recording of the future president.
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The world in an exhibit
As Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology turns 150, a new exhibit highlights its pioneering efforts and the legacy of its cultural history.
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Star turn for Harvard arts
Diane Paulus honors Harvard’s legacy of artists with an evening of entertainment.
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Rare artifacts from the Harvard Theatre Collection
A photo gallery examines the Harvard Theatre Collection , which was founded in 1901, making it one of the oldest collections of its kind in the world.
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Arts First at 25
Since 1992, Arts First has had a profound effect on more than just the students who go on to become professional artists.
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Creative momentum at the Ed Portal
Partnership between the University and the Allston-Brighton community has shaped a world of creativity and inspiration at the Harvard Ed Portal.
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The art of the matter
Maximum fuss is a matter of course for Harvard history professor and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore.
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When words spell danger
Six writers at risk discussed their work during an event at Harvard.
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Classical space, modern dance
Performed entirely in silence, the modern dance piece “Catalogue (First Edition)” perfectly complemented the library and museum stages where noise is kept to a minimum.