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FESTIVAL

New in 2025: The Harvard ARTS FIRST Festival is now Harvard Arts Festival, otherwise known as Arts Fest. The Office for the Arts is excited to continue producing this annual campus-wide event to highlight and celebrate all forms of artmaking. For a full calendar of Arts Fest events, visit the 2025 College Calendar festival channel.

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Namhi Kim Wagner: Playful Mastery, Traditional Roots

Mon, Mar 11, 2024 10am to 4pm

Ceramics Studio, Gallery 224

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Montage of actor headshots from both "Great Gatsby" film versions

Screenings of the Great Gatsby

Tue, Apr 23, 2024 6pm to 11pm

Brattle Theatre

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ARTS FIRST Public Art: Chashitsu

Wed, Apr 24, 2024

Tercentenary Theater

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ARTS FIRST Public Art: Home on the Yard

Wed, Apr 24, 2024

Harvard Yard

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ARTS FIRST Public Art: In Bloom

Wed, Apr 24, 2024

Harvard Yard

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ARTS FIRST Public Art: Leaf Litter

Wed, Apr 24, 2024

Tercentenary Theater

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ARTS FIRST Public Art: Oyster Floats: Camera Obscuras for a Floating City

Wed, Apr 24, 2024

Harvard Yard

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ARTS FIRST Public Art: Oyster Floats: Camera Obscuras for a Floating City

Wed, Apr 24, 2024

Harvard Yard

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Mather House

Mather House Student Artwork Galleries

Wed, Apr 24, 2024

Mather House

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PHOTOXSYNTHESIS

Wed, Apr 24, 2024

Science and Engineering Complex Lawn

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Brightly colored illustration of trees, leaves, and rainbows

Public Art mural: You, Me. A Place to Be

Wed, Apr 24, 2024

Harvard Ed Portal

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Two side-by-side images show a brown vessel with two handles near the rim and a heavily decorated, colorful vase with carved figures.

Gallery Talk: A Tale of Two Vessels

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 12:30pm to 1pm

Harvard Art Museums

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Kevin Young headshot: A bearded man wearing a dark suit and glasses.

2024 Harvard Arts Medal Ceremony: Kevin Young '92

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 5pm to 6:15pm

Lowell Lecture Hall

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Geometric white design on a black background

Catastrophic Interference

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 6pm to 8pm

GSD Kirkland Gallery

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JFK Jr. Forum: A Conversation with Ava DuVernay: Resistance, Storytelling, and Film

JFK Jr. Forum | A Conversation with Ava DuVernay: Resistance, Storytelling, and Film

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 7pm to 8pm

Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, JFK Jr. Forum

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Karen Albert's photo of a tiger

Preserving Intercontinental Wildlife

Thu, Apr 25, 2024

Gutman Library

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A cove reflecting the pink sky is bordered by a rocky shore in this view of a sunset.

Celebrating Future Minded: New Works in the Collection: A Day of Spotlight Tours

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 11am to 4:30pm

Harvard Art Museums

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ArtsThursdays: A Night of Biodiversity

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 5pm to 9pm

Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Harvard Art Museums at Night

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 5pm to 9pm

Harvard Art Museums

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Immersive Electronic Drones

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 7:30pm

Paine Concert Hall

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Headshot photo of drag queen Pattie Gonia wearing a dress and hat made out of candy wrappers

Into the Wild: An ARTS FIRST Drag Show

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 7:30pm to 9pm

Science Center Plaza

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Agassiz Theatre

Little Shop of Horrors

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 7:30pm

Agassiz Theatre

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A Musical Feast

Fri, Apr 26, 2024 12:15pm

Memorial Church Porch

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Black Arts Collective Community Mural

Fri, Apr 26, 2024 2:30pm to 5pm

Science Center Plaza

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Music 187 Performance

Fri, Apr 26, 2024 3pm to 5:30pm

Holden Chapel

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ARTS FIRST x Stringlight Swing Dance Social

Fri, Apr 26, 2024 4:30pm to 5:30pm

Science Center Plaza

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Split-screen of headshot photos of Terri Lyne Carrington and Yosvany Terry

Jazz on the Plaza: Musical Conversations Across the River

Fri, Apr 26, 2024 5:30pm to 7pm

Science Center Plaza

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"A Light in April" concert flyer, with an illustration of a sunset behind flowering bushes next to a lamppost

A Light in April

Fri, Apr 26, 2024 8pm

Sanders Theatre

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Holden Voice Program and Boston Art Song Society Present: Schubert's Winterreise

Sat, Apr 27, 2024 11am to 1pm

University Lutheran Church

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South Asian dancer in an angular bent-leg pose, wearing a red and orange traditional costume

Performance Fair Kickoff

Sat, Apr 27, 2024 12:15pm to 1pm

Science Center Plaza

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ARTS FIRST 2024: Make Art

Sat, Apr 27, 2024 1pm to 5pm

Science Center Plaza

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Singers standing in a half circle with soloist in front, inside Adolphus Busch Hall

ARTS FIRST Performance Fair

Sat, Apr 27, 2024 1pm to 5pm

Science Center Plaza

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Karen Albert's photo of a tiger

Reception: Preserving Intercontinental Wildlife

Sat, Apr 27, 2024 1pm to 2pm

Gutman Library

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four RootsUprising female dancers in mid-movement, each one caught in a difference pose– one centered in the foreground is bent at the waist with her arms bent by her head, and three in the background are in dynamic standing movement.

RootsUprising Open Rehearsal with Q&A

Sat, Apr 27, 2024 2pm to 3pm

Harvard Dance Center, Studio 1

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THUDwrecked

Sat, Apr 27, 2024 4pm

Lowell Lecture Hall

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Kuumba concert information text on an orange background, bordered by a scalloped multicolored, African-inspired design

The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College present Out of the Waters: A Black Diasporic Journey

Sat, Apr 27, 2024 8pm

Sanders Theatre

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Story Slam: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Leadership

Stories of Leadership

Sun, Apr 28, 2024 12pm to 1:30pm

Lowell Lecture Hall

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Drag queen Lilly Rose Valore posing confidently in roller skates and a white dress

CANCELED- Drag Queen Story Hour

Sun, Apr 28, 2024 1pm to 2pm

Science Center Plaza

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A woman stands in a gallery while a group of onlookers watch her speak and perform.

The Best New Work

Sun, Apr 28, 2024 1pm to 5pm

Harvard Art Museums

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A small bottle and a small can are covered in colorful fabric and twine.

Materials Lab Workshop: Modern Relics with Artist Duo MOSH

Sun, Apr 28, 2024 2pm to 5pm

Harvard Art Museums

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1812 Overture

Sun, Apr 28, 2024 3pm

Lowell House Main Courtyard

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Memorial Church

Hyuntae Choi '24 Senior Piano Recital

Sun, Apr 28, 2024 3pm

Memorial Church, Main Sanctuary

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