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The Virtues of Vacation

Author - October 14, 2013

Reading Bertrand Russell's "In Praise of Idleness," 78 years after publication.

Because today’s direction of art depends on audience reception, our overwhelming tendencies for the kind of art that Stravinsky may have unintentionally espoused, the canon of kitsch, is harming our cultural climate.

In an Established Genre, an Uncomfortable Fit

Author - August 15, 2013

Attributes that made Harry Potter so endearing work against Rowling in her latest.

The Bro-ification of Dubstep

Author - July 30, 2013

After years underground, disco has reinvented itself as electronic dance music.

Biting into the Aesthetics of Food Culture

Author - July 25, 2013

In a world of caged chickens and mad cows, food fascism helps us cope with our own moral confusion.

Semper Cor: In Memory of Cory Monteith

Author - July 18, 2013

The late actor was remarkable not because of his talent, but because he was not afraid to be ordinary.

Dan Brown’s Inferno – More Heaven than Hell

Author - June 18, 2013

The latest of Professor Robert Langdon's adventures is a fast-paced thrill ride--but can Dan Brown effectively write about population science?

Wonders of Walsh: “Action! Action! Action! A Raoul Walsh Retrospective” at Harvard Film Archive

Author - May 30, 2013

Raoul Walsh generously gave his audience action and a room for thoughtfulness, too.

A Tale of Two Identities

Author - May 21, 2013

Fincher’s series mixes political opportunism and civic pessimism

The Dis-ORIENT Players: Asian Americans in Theater

Author - May 9, 2013

The Dis-ORIENT theater group promises to increase the visibility of Asian Americans in Harvard theater.