Hogwarts

It’s easier to digest and comprehend the ins and outs of your burgeoning personality when you have something to mold yourself around. 

From Mutter’s adoring gaze to the audience’s countless standing ovations, one thing was clear in Davies Symphony Hall: Williams is beloved. Perhaps he was the Valentine everyone needed.

Attending my dream school — even if seemingly for only a few hours a day — reminds me how much campus and Berkeley have to offer.

Oculus reparo! After watching “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” it’s clear that David Yates’ vision needs some repair.

The grind never stops — nor, it seems, does the presence of school in the products of collective societal perception. 

Despite its narrative shortcomings, “The Cursed Child” exalts theater as a medium much like a portkey, brimming with potential to transfix audiences and transport them to another world.

In December, social media briefly became invested in a controversy ignited by Jon Stewart: Are the banker goblins featured in the “Harry Potter” series antisemitic caricatures?

If the "Harry Potter" characters did wear sunglasses, their Hogwarts houses would definitely influence the styles they choose. Here’s what style members of each house would wear.

And that magic, beyond spells and mischievous bookcases, is a throughline for the entire production.

Fiction can be a great escape from the real world, and part of that comes from the wonderful locations found in these stories.