Arts & Culture

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  • Harvard Humanities 2.0

    A $10 million gift to the Humanities Center at Harvard will help bring the traditional arts of interpretation to more students.

  • How to get happy

    Former Harvard President Derek Bok and his wife Sissela, a Harvard fellow, discussed their recent books on happiness in a discussion at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

  • The dark corners of ‘Cabaret’

    In a panel discussion, Harvard scholars and performer Amanda Palmer examined the sinister sides and social significance of the American Repertory Theater’s new production of “Cabaret.”

  • Looking past the plantation

    Archaeologists examining the African-American past are broadening their focus to include a greater understanding of Africa, according to Christopher Fennell, who spoke at the Harvard African Seminar.

  • Language made visible

    New Harvard lecture series, “Visible Language,” explores the origins of the written word across diverse ages and cultures, its origins marked by a “diverse oneness.”

  • Century of scientific breakthroughs

    A lecture marks the path to a Harvard exhibit of 16th century art and science, still in the making.

  • The soaring sounds of music

    Harvard’s newest professor of composition explores the limits of musical expression with her works and hopes to steer students to their own musical voices.

  • The golden ruling

    “In Brown’s Wake,” the new book by Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, tackles the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education.

  • The 24/7 Baby Doctor: A Harvard Pediatrician Answers All Your Questions from Birth to One Year

    This valuable handbook for new parents, written by McEvoy, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, offers evidence-based solutions and covers everything from spit-up to vaccinations.

  • Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans

    Harvard Extension School instructor Philip Gambone traveled for two years, interviewing 40 members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities about their lives. These interviews include insights from David Sedaris, Mark Doty, and Barney Frank.

  • Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

    Youngme Moon, the Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, says mediocrity in competition is rampant, but it’s adventurousness that spells success. Just ask Google or Apple.

  • Out of the studio, into the classroom

    Seven take on teaching roles at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies.

  • A master of motion

    Artistic director offers students insights and technical tips on the graceful yet grueling craft of ballet during master class.

  • Aftermath of a world at war

    “Our World at War” photo exhibit revisits the scenes of recent conflicts, exposing a penumbra of pain, fortitude, and even joy.

  • Off the beaten path

    A new exhibition, “Rev. Badger’s Misfits: Deviations and Diversions,” at the Harvard Map Collection, asks viewers to consider some of these “cartographic curiosities.”

  • Melding Spanish and spirituality

    A new language course offers students at Harvard Divinity School a chance to develop a nuanced cultural approach to their ministry work.

  • Sit down, stay a while

    A new season of performances involving the Common Spaces Chairs Project kicked off with the chairs as the star.

  • Vendler on Dickinson

    Renowned critic Helen Vendler takes on Amherst’s own Emily Dickinson in her new book, “Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries.”

  • A Short History of Cape Cod

    Historian Robert Allison colors in Cape Cod’s record with photographs, historical figures, and far-from-dry tales in “A Short History.”

  • Pecos Pueblo Revisited: The Biological and Social Context

    Peabody Museum Associate Curator Michèle Morgan and authors review significant findings at the historical New Mexico reserve, answering many questions about the population and behavior of the Pecos pueblo.

  • Saturday Is for Funerals

    Max Essex, the Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences, and Unity Dow track the Botswana HIV/AIDS crisis through heartrending narratives of those affected by the disease — an estimated one out of four adults.

  • ‘Africans in Black & White’

    The Du Bois Institute opens a new exhibit at the Rudenstine Gallery in conjunction with the M. Victor Leventritt Symposium and a 10-book series.

  • War’s artistic alchemy

    Museum presentation discusses three German artists shaped in the cauldron of world war, and a younger fourth molded by the gender wars.

  • Hot, hot, hot

    The American Repertory Theater presents a rollicking fall lineup, with surprises at every turn.

  • A glimpse of lost language

    Peabody Museum researcher finds 400-year-old document that contains numerical translations of a previously unknown Peruvian language.

  • A life of transition

    A new exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library explores the life of philosopher William James.

  • One writer’s gospel

    A student in novelist Paul Harding’s last Harvard class recounts the lessons learned.

  • The little book that could

    Novelist Paul Harding rose from obscurity and rejection to win a Pulitzer Prize for his debut book “Tinkers,” which is derived from his family history.

  • Oberon is so on

    Oberon, the American Repertory Theater’s sister theater space, is turning up the volume with its summer schedule.

  • ‘Mockingbird’ memories

    At 50, a durable “To Kill a Mockingbird” still has power to enthrall.