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LIW The Man Behind Luis Miranda The Curtain INSIDE
Serving the Greater Hicksville Area Vol. 34, No. 45
October 21 - 27, 2020
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Siempre, Luis documentary shines
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light on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pop
BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO
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hen we first meet the subject of the new HBO documentary, Siempre, Luis, he is having a matter-of-fact conversation with his doctor during a 2018 follow-up visit to his cardiologist’s office following a heart attack he suffered the year before. He admits he is busier since before age and his devoted wife, Dr. Luz Towns-Miranda his cardiac blockchimes in that he’s quite tired, Luis A. Miranda Jr. admits he goes to bed at midnight and sleeps for five and a half hours, “...which is a little more than I used to sleep.” Of course what he left out was that he spent the prior 12 months spearheading the campaign to get Letitia James elected to become New York State’s first female African-American attorney general, got the vote out in the Latino community for a number of 2018 Democratic mid-term races and helped his oldest son Lin-Manuel Miranda bring the latter’s Hamilton to Puerto Rico as a means of raising disaster relief to the island in the wake of Hurricane Maria’s devastation. And while the world knows his son via his offspring’s wildly successful entertainment career that has yielded a Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, three Grammys, an Emmy, two Olivier Awards and an Oscar nod, that drive Cont’d on next page
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Luis Miranda (center left), on stage with his son Lin-Manuel Miranda (center right) after Hamilton debuted in Puerto Rico
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Danielle Donnelly and her “Music Mobile” visited classes at Dutch Lane Elementary School.
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Music Mobile Makes The Rounds
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hile school looks different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers are still finding ways to engage their students and have fun. At Dutch Lane Elementary School in the Hicksville School District, classes are getting visits from the “Music Mobile.” Music teacher Danielle Donnelly created the Music Mobile, filled with instruments, in order to bring music lessons into each Dutch Lane classroom. This way, students don’t have to leave their classroom for specials, reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19. See the rest of the story on page 26.
County judge upholds push to hold fall sports, officially postponing them to the winter
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