Performing & Recorded Arts


A New Chapter for Harvard Arts

The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year Awards

Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.

by Kristina DeMichele

Karl May

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

by Eugene Stelzig

Deep Roots

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.

by Olivia Schwob

Hot Pursuit

Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

“Write Your Own Songs”

An Oscar-nominated collaboration

by Olivia Munk

And the Academy Award Goes to…Math

Ben Zauzmer '15 tackles Oscars predictions, with math. 

by Jacob Sweet

A Radcliffe Return

Annette Samuels ’55 goes back to class.

by Jacob Sweet

The Language of Movement

The brothers Kuperman—choreographers, directors, and storytellers

by Lydialyle Gibson

Creative Exposure

Lena Chen transforms trauma into art and performance.

by Mathilde Montpetit