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Zachary T.L. Mohamed
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The History of Drinking: From New York to Timbuktu
A new exhibit at the Harvard Art Museums reveals the intricate — and often surprising — history of drinking from the ancient world to the present.
An Artsy Alternative to Harvard-Yale
Crimson Arts has put together an artsy Saturday alternative to Harvard-Yale.
Glenn Lowry Discusses Contemporary Middle Eastern Art at Harvard Art Museums
On Oct. 25, Glenn Lowry, GSAS ’76, director of the New York Museum of Modern Art, came to the Harvard Art Museums to deliver the annual Henri Zerner lecture, entitled “In Between Places: Making Contemporary Art in the Middle East.”
Arts Spotlight: Professor Richard Thomas, Author of "Why Bob Dylan Matters"
Richard Thomas, George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics at Harvard, is scheduled to release his new book, “Why Bob Dylan Matters,” on November 21.
Orhan Pamuk Reveals Inspiration Behind New Book
Book signings by Nobel Prize-winning authors tend to be popular events in Cambridge, and this event was no exception. On Sept. 25, Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author, visited the First Parish Church in Cambridge for a talk and book-signing session. The talk, hosted by Maria Tatar, the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and of Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University, revolved around Pamuk’s new book, “The Red-Haired Woman.”
St. Vincent Lays Bare in ‘Masseduction’
“‘Masseduction’ is different, it's pretty first person,” wrote Annie Clark, better known by her stage name, St. Vincent, about her fifth album in a press release. “You can't fact-check it, but if you want to know about my life, listen to this record.”