Arts Front Feature
Film Conservation
Laurel Gildersleeve, Associate Film Conservator, checks 16 mm film for tears and breaks before sending it on to the archives.
Lights, Camera, Archive
Tucked beneath the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, the Harvard Film Archive is easy to miss. Yet as one of the most prominent university-based film collections in the U.S., the archive is a cinephile’s gem—one that cultivates a dynamic space for the film-watching community.
Alfred Guzzetti at the Carpenter Center
Harvard professor Alfred Guzzetti directed several short films which were shown on Saturday evening at the Carpenter Center.
Film Fumigator
Staff inspect delicate film acquisitions in a fumigator to protect them from contact with damaging airborne compounds.
More than Markings
Tattoos are etched all around Harvard's campus, adorning students, professors, TFs, and maybe even the tourists pausing to take photos of the red-bricked buildings. But behind the typically visible body art are intricate stories of passions and personal histories—stories that provide a lens to examine the experiences, struggles, and anxieties of Harvard affiliates.
A Change of Key
Mirroring nationwide conversations on social justice, Harvard’s Music Department is beginning to expand its course offerings beyond the bounds of the Western canon. As the music concentration prepares for an overhaul of its undergraduate requirements, faculty and students reflect on the ways in which the department is rethinking curriculum and canon.
Great on Paper’s Eclectic Jazz Not By the Books
The spirit that defines Great on Paper is one of growth and awareness among the band members—one that favors spontaneity and fosters creative adaptation of the jazz tradition. “What this band is great at is going beyond what is on the page, creating stuff that totally lifts beyond the materials that we originally start with,” Sun says. And as Great on Paper keeps collaborating and producing, it continues to prove itself a new and exciting addition to the Boston jazz scene.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Entertains at Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year Roast
Joseph Gordon-Levitt received Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year title at a ludicrous roast, teasing the crowd with improv performances and discussing life as an entertainer at the following press conference.
The Changing Face of The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Crimson has undergone numerous changes, both online and in print, over the past two decades. These changes have shaped the newspaper's focus in both design and content.
Banding Together
The Queen's Head Pub's introduction of biweekly College Nights featuring live bands and DJs provides student musicians a reliable venue in which to hone their craft and gives the student population access to an alternative, inclusive social space.
One Year Later
In the aftermath of six years of renovations, the Harvard Art Museums seek to connect with the student body.
Taking the Stage
Harvard’s newest concentration, Theater, Dance, and Media, has already attracted substantial interest from the student body. as sophomores consider their future fields of study.
Into the Archives
Though Harvard’s various archives have perhaps been underutilized by students at the College in the past, their staffs are working to change that status quo.
Reading the 2015 Boston Book Festival
This year's festival aims to attract an ever more diverse audience by maintaining free admission and continuing their "One City One Story" program.
Building on a Feeling
The "old Harvard feel" is difficult to define, but recent House renewals have featured administrators and students in an important dialogue: How to preserve the unique elements of antiquity prominent in House architecture while updating facilities to meet contemporary uses and needs.
Gathering the Galleries
The Harvard Museums of Science and Culture seek to approach museums and their supposed genres in different ways by emphasizing the importance of museums in merging disciplines. It clarifies the divide between public relations and private operations of the museums, ushering in a new era for six museums that have existed for the most part independently for years.
Boston Calling Fall 2015
The Crimson Arts board provides a breakdown of the biggest acts at this fall's Boston Calling music festival—from Of Monsters and Men to The Avett Brothers.