Campus Arts
Artist Profile: Pontus Lidberg on Dance, Medicine, and ‘Embodied Storytelling’
Pontus Lidberg, an artist-in-residence at Harvard Medical School, is a dancer and filmmaker studying how individuals communicate about medicine.
‘Sketch, Shade, and Smudge’ Review: Harvard Art Museums Tells Stories Without Color
On Sept. 12, the Harvard Art Museums opened “Sketch, Shade, and Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black.”
Harvard Ballroom Dance Team’s Professional Showcase: A Step Towards Making Dancing More Accessible
On Oct. 19, the Harvard Ballroom Dance Team (HBDT) organized a professional showcase as part of their Harvard Beginners 2025 Competition.
Augustin Hadelich with the BSO: A Performance Worthy of a Modern Violin Great
This performance was a worthy tribute to the contrasting, yet equally expressive qualities of Romantic and contemporary classical music.
Fall On Campus: Autumnal Vignettes from Crimson Arts
I’ll notice the red leaves gathering on the edges of the wood, the lily pads fading beneath the autumn rainfall; the light wood growing darker from the water.
Artist Profile: Sneha Shrestha on Nepali Letters and Fostering a South Asian Arts Culture
Sneha Shrestha, the Arts Program Manager at Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family Institute of South Asian Studies, is a Nepali visual artist known for her work with graffiti, Nepali scripture, and larger canvas work.
Celestial Duality: Debussy and Mahler at the BSO
The pairing of Debussy and Mahler illuminated the BSO’s command of sound and sensitivity under Nelsons’ direction.
‘Edward Gorey: The Gloomy Gallery’ at Houghton Library Review: The Bleak and the Beautiful
The whimsical, slightly sinister, and always bizarre illustrations of Edward S. J. Gorey ’50 take on a new, distinctly Harvard quality.
Music 110 Finds Strength in Softness for Opening Concert
“A Night of Mahler” may have been a softer concert in design, but it revealed the orchestra’s depth, balance, and control.
Harvard’s Mittal Institute and MITHAS Host ‘Intersections’ Conference: The Art and Academia of Indian Classical Dance
Intersections was a two-day conference centered on traditional Indian dance.
BSO Presents Mozart and Strauss: A Heroic Evening of Musical Conviction
From Sept. 25 to 27, the Boston Symphony Orchestra presented a concert featuring Mozart’s “Jupiter Symphony” and Richard Strauss’ tone poem “Ein Heldenleben.”
The Great Northeast Jug Band Festival: When the Audience Becomes the Band
Free, friendly, and proudly odd, the Arlington Center for the Arts’ Great Northeast Jug Band Festival filled the grass with blankets, picnic baskets, and a steady drift of listeners.
Matisse Is In My Room: A Look at the Student Print Rental Program at the Harvard Art Museums
At the beginning of each fall semester, Harvard students are given the opportunity to bring a part of a museum into their dorms.
‘From Broadway to Hollywood’ Review: A Night of Generational Nostalgia with the Boston Pops
Led by conductor Keith Lockhart, the Pops presented the audience with a vibrant yet nostalgic show.
Artist Profile: Anika Liv Christensen ’26 on Changing the World One Piece at a Time
“No matter what I do, I’m not going to be able to stop being an artist,” Anika Liv Christensen ’26 said in an interview with The Crimson.
