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Updike spoke after receiving this year's Harvard Arts Medal, which was part of the sixth-annual Arts First festival. The talk also featured actor John A. Lithgow...
Originally conceived by current "Master of the Arts" John A. Lithgow '67 (one step down from "Master of the Universe") while serving on the Board of Overseers, the volume of events included in Arts First has grown consistently. An elaborate grid is currently required to list all of the performances and a "Harvard Arts Medal" is awarded annually--this year to John H. Updike...
...parade has really grown since the first time [we did Arts First]," says Myra A. Maman, director of the Office for the Arts. "The first time it was John Lithgow and myself with the Harvard Band walking down the street...
...Harvard Juggling Club, Cambridge school children and a large version of Curious George, among others, following Maman and Lithgow on parade. The sense of inclusion and flexibility that characterizes Arts First weekend may be the key to its popularity among students and Cambridge residents...
...computer terminals require a little coaxing as both are strongly determined to replay the interactive experience of the outside terminal. But there is more information to be found, even rare glimpses into Harvard life. For example, a video documents the acting career of "3rd Rock" star John Lithgow during his time at Harvard. And images of Mother Theresa's address here in 1982. Of course, with our $11 billion endowment, the university could obviously not afford to make these presentations real multimedia features, thus effectively denying visitors the pleasure of hearing sounds to go with the paltry images...