Fall 2007
New College Theatre Opens on Historic Hasty Pudding Site: With the fall opening of the New College Theatre, a state-of-the-art venue on the Hasty Pudding Theatre site, Harvard’s active undergraduate performing arts scene gets a bigboost. The new 274-seat theater has been built behind thefacade of the Georgian Revival building at 10-12 Holyoke Street. (Read more...)
Two Guest Directors Energize Fall Theatrical Season: Carmel O'Reilly directs Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses in the Loeb Drama Center; David R. Gammons '91 directs the NCT's inagural production of Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad by Arthur Kopit ’59, both with an undergraduate cast. (Read more...)
Love, Arabian Style, for Residency by Silk Road Project: A classic Arabian love story dating back to the 7th century, beloved throughout Central Asia, will be the centerpiece of this year’s residency by the Silk Road Project. (Read more...)
Year-End 2006-07
A Metamorphosis in the Arts Makes Itself Quietly Felt. A Year of Changes, Big and Small: Change is the word of the moment at Harvard. Well, actually, many changes (in case you have not been keeping up!). A new President, new Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, a new undergraduate curriculum, and soon a new college calendar, to name a few examples... (Read more...)
The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) and Office of Career Services (OCS) are pleased to announce the 2006-07 recipients of the Artist Development Fellowship. This new program supports the artistic development of students demonstrating unusual accomplishment and/or evidence of significant artistic promise... (Read more...)
CURTAIN UP: Completed in June and opening this fall, the New College Theatre—built under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and managed by the Office for the Arts—is a state-of-the-art venue located on the former site of the Hasty Pudding Theatre at 10-12 Holyoke St. dedicated primarily to undergraduate theater production. (Read more...)
Spring 2007
The 'Sun of Latin Jazz' to Shine on Afro-Cuban Music Celebration," A salute to Eddie Palmieri, the Latin icon and piano innovator known as the “Sun of Latin Jazz,” continues the Office for the Arts’ year-long Afro-Cuban music celebration this spring. Palmieri will visit Harvard in March and April..." (Read more...)
Composer John Adams to Receive Arts Medal, "One day in 1969, after hours spent studying the works of composer Arnold Schoenberg, a Harvard senior concentrating in musical composition had an epiphany..." (Read more...)
Public Art Piece Wins New England Critics Award, "'Deep Wounds,' a media installation last spring in Memorial Hall by Boston artist Brian Knep, has been chosen to receive the award for “Best Exhibition of Time-Based Art, Boston-Area (Film, Video, and Performance)” by the International Association of Arts Critics/New England..." (Read more...)
Winter 2007
'Sweeney Star' to Sharpen Student Skills... "Michael Cerveris, who recently retired his bloodied razor from his Tony-nominated title role in John Doyle’s hit revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd..." (Read more...)
Dresden Dolls Share Views on 'Onion Cellar', "...a new musical performance piece created by Boston’s own cabaret/punk/art-rock duo Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione, aka the Dresden Dolls..." (Read more...)
Rink to Create New Work for Harvard Dancers, "Choreographer Scott Rink will be in residence as visiting master dance instructor and choreographer..." (Read more...)
Sanabria, Palmieri Showcase Afro-Cuban Music Traditions, "Be-bop improv, cascading on top of authentic Latin grooves, will echo through Lowell Hall on Saturday, December 9 as percussionist Bobby Sanabria and New York-based trumpeter Brian Lynch perform..." (Read more...)
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