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Jackie Chen
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Hasty Pudding Honors Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance with 8th Order of the Golden Sphinx
This year, the Hasty Pudding Institute awarded Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance ’82 with the 8th Order of the Golden Sphinx.
The Hasty Pudding Honors Cynthia Erivo as 2025’s Woman of the Year
Erivo is the 75th person to be named Woman of the Year by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
Jeffrey Deaver and Isabella Maldonado are Partners-in-Crime-Fiction: Boston Book Festival Mystery Keynote
Jeffrey Deaver and Isabella Maldonado gave the mystery keynote at the 2024 Boston Book Festival following their recent collaboration, "Fatal Intrusion."
‘Book and Dagger’ Review: How Readers Rewrote Espionage
In this powerful mid-20th century commentary, Graham shows how artists can produce both economic value and political power with world-altering effects.
More Than Bedtime Stories: Childhood Books Vignettes
Whether it’s a classic beloved by many or a more obscure work of children’s literature, these vignettes reflect on the power of a book to turn back the clock.
Embracing Inevitable Change: The Art of Art Conservation
The dynamic, ever-changing nature of art conservation is exemplified in the field’s rare usage of the term “restoration.”
Urban Hearth Review: The Price of Slowing Down and Savoring More
The restaurant’s core farm-to-table values are present in its minimalist and elegant atmosphere.
Artist Profile: Katie Irish on Using Costuming to Bring Humanity to ‘Manhunt’
Costume designer Katie Irish is the behind-the-scenes leader bringing the thrill of immersive and evocative dress to life in suspense media.
‘Masters of the Air’ Review: Smooth Takeoff, Shaky Landing
“Masters of the Air” illuminates the fierce loyalty, foolhardiness, and conquered fear that flight in B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers demands.
‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Season 1 Review: Calibrated, Calculated Lovers
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith” provides a raw glimpse — with a spy-fiction twist — into the challenges and rewards of letting a stranger not only into your life but into the role of your significant other.