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Arts

'In The Heights' Dances From The Stage, To The Streets, To The Screen

9:33am June 10, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical is an ode to the neighborhood near where he grew up. Now a movie musical, the film's director, cinematographer and choreographer discuss the new adaptation.

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Jonny Sun emerges from behind his social character and navigates his space within the illustration world.

Twitter Star Jonny Sun Draws 'Positive, Hopeful Things' Into Being

6:00am October 26, 2018

by Andrea Y. Henderson

The comedian and illustrator joined forces with Lin-Manuel Miranda for Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You. Sun says he filled the book's 100+ drawings with peace and quiet optimism.

Prodigy, left and Havoc from the Queens, New York rap group Mobb Deep. Prodigy died June 20, 2017.

Music & Culture

Lin-Manuel Miranda Unearths New Mobb Deep Song For 'Hamildrop' Series

11:35am June 19, 2018

by Sidney Madden

After the death of Prodigy — one-half of the the Queens duo — last year, they bring the posthumous noise on the new track "Boom Goes The Cannon..."

Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of the 24 award winners this year.

Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates Among 2015 MacArthur 'Genius' Award Winners

2:14pm September 29, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Representing fields from chemistry to poetry, the 24 MacArthur Foundation Fellows will each receive $625,000 over the next five years.