Monica Martino

Before Lin-Manuel Miranda brought his astonishing "Hamilton" to Broadway he created "In the Heights," a Broadway musical set in a Latino, mostly Dominican neighborhood of Washington…

Actor Kenan Thompson on taking comedy very seriously.

Domenico Ingenito speaks about his book, “Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry.”

Joan Silber writes about life's strange surprises in her new book, “Secrets of Happiness."

A statewide program called Project Homekey converts motels, hotels, or vacant apartment buildings into long-term supportive housing for people living on the streets.

Actor and director David Oyelowo on the layers of a family film.

It’s a mid-May mega banter!

Earlier in his career, Hugh Grant played the charming lead in romantic comedies.

Biographer Brad Gooch reveals that he traveled 2500 miles to trace Rumi's footsteps, learned Persian and spent eight years to write “Rumi's Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love.”