Funny or creepy? MetaLab researcher creates sitcom-like experience
“The Laughing Room,” brainchild of Harvard metaLab researcher Jonny Sun, uses an algorithm to turn library visitors into performers.
Nov. 19, 2018 • ~4 min
Composer performs with birds to make his own kind of music
Composer David Rothenberg ’84 will bring the sounds of outdoors inside for a demonstration and discussion that features his unique ability to perform with nature.
Nov. 15, 2018 • ~5 min
Tony Conrad: An artist of the avant-garde and the everyday
A whimsical artist’s work is being celebrated in the exhibit “Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospective” at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and MIT's List Visual Arts Center.
Nov. 14, 2018 • ~6 min
Forum plots a ‘Pathway’ to careers in music or entertainment
Panelists at the Office of Career Services’ Music & Entertainment Pathways forum said the best way to a career in music or entertainment may well be networking.
Nov. 13, 2018 • ~2 min
At Harvard, the life and legacy of Gore Vidal
Author Gore Vidal left his papers and library to the University. The fruits of that gift, combined with an earlier gift of a portion of his papers in 2001, have been meticulously cataloged and archived at Houghton Library.
Nov. 9, 2018 • ~9 min
Scholar speaks at Harvard on how images helped shaped legend of King Tut
Christina Riggs of the University of East Anglia previewed her forthcoming book, “Photographing Tutankhamun: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive,” in a Harvard lecture.
Nov. 9, 2018 • ~7 min
Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum attracts ‘Little Women’ with Meryl Streep
Columbia Pictures transforms Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum into a Paris park as it films the American classic “Little Women.”
Nov. 1, 2018 • ~3 min
Producer, consultant share creative ambition behind Pixar’s ‘Coco’
Harvard’s Office for the Arts will welcome producer Darla Anderson and cultural consultant Marcela Davison Aviles for a conversation about their work on the Academy Award-winning Pixar film “Coco.”
Oct. 31, 2018 • ~6 min
Serious campus readers share their favorite spooky books for Halloween
In the days before Halloween, we asked Min Jin Lee, Maria Tatar, and other serious campus readers to share with us the stories that have scared them most — and why.
Oct. 29, 2018 • ~7 min
At Harvard, a show presents the influence of immigration on theater
At Harvard, a Houghton Library exhibit showcases the influence of immigration on American theater.
Oct. 29, 2018 • ~10 min
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