Arts & Culture
Breaking Bread
Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.
by Jack R. Trapanick
The Happy Misanthrope
A playwright making those overlooked by history into lore
by Olivia Schwob
Music and Meditation
Night Song soothes the soul at First Church in Cambridge.
by Nell Porter Brown
A New Portrait of “Jackie”
The screenplay, by Today Show producer Noah Oppenheim ’00, traces how the Camelot myth was made.
by Sophia Nguyen
“Presenting Jane” at Harvard
A rediscovered short film, with new commentary by Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery ’49, Litt.D. ’01, gives a glimpse of the New York School's early days.
by Matthew Browne
A Welcome Change
In her “lecture-performance,” playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith practiced and preached “Radical Hospitality.”
by Matthew Browne
Outside In
The director of Head Over Heels and The Star, on animation's different dimensions
by Sophia Nguyen
World Music 2.0
In Uproot, Jace Clayton ’97 explores technological trends in music around the globe.
by Lara Pellegrinelli
Honors for Harvardians
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
by Sophia Nguyen
Supporting Cast
A film composer's career, from annotating Sneakers to doing “archaeology” for 12 Years a Slave
by Sophia Nguyen
A Pianist on the World Stage
Aristo Sham ’19 takes first place at the New York International Piano Competition.
by Aidan Langston