Performing & Recorded Arts


Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

What Does the Arctic Circle Sound Like?

Singer-songwriter Claire Dickson '19 releases debut album inspired by the tundra

by Nancy Walecki

Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner Named Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year

The parade, roasts, and performances return to Harvard Square.

by Kristina DeMichele

Being Alive Together

Stephen Sondheim, Omicron, and the Power of Theater

by Robin Bernstein

From Punk to the Silver Screen

The ingenious, intuitive film scores of Carter Burwell ’77

by Nicolas Rapold

World Premiere of esperanza spalding and Wayne Shorter’s Opera, (Iphigenia)

Two jazz legends collaborate on an operatic reimagination of a Greek tragedy.

by Nancy Walecki

“I Am Talking to the Part of You that Does Not Speak”

Artist Laurie Anderson delivers her fifth virtual Norton Lecture on Wednesday.

by Lily Scherlis

Visual Music

The "blurred boundaries" of Sam Wu's compositions

by Nancy Walecki

Staff Pick: A.R.T.’s WILD: A Musical Becoming

Harvard’s Diane Paulus brings climate change to center stage

by Nell Porter Brown

Documenting New England’s Unseen

Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts

by Che Applewhaite

Bias in Artificial Intelligence

Data journalist Meredith Broussard on “the civil-rights issue of our time”

by Lydialyle Gibson