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Dominican finds friends and celebration at Yeshiva

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Key for Taveras’ success comes in support from his family By Clifford A. Merin For security guard Louis Taveras, a day’s work would not be complete without the support of his family. Taveras, a 32-year-old resident of West Harlem, is married with two children and gives his family much credit and appreciation for receiving this
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Merin Interviews Hallstrom

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Casanova Directed by Lasse Hallstrom Lasse Hallstrom’s Casanova, a sparkling satire set in 18th century Venice, is a departure from his more somber Chocolat and Cider House Rules. He wanted, he says, to tackle something lighter, to go back to being silly. “In the ‘60s, I made Swedish television comedies—although that might seem a contradiction
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CLUBS & LOUNGES ACME UNDERGROUND 9 Great Jones St. (betw. B’way …

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9 Great Jones St. (betw. B’way & Lafayette St.), 212-539-3909. MON: KONKRETE JUNGLE: NY’s longest running drum ’n’ bass party–regular DJs incl. Cassien, del Mar, SoulSlinger, Swingsett, Odi & guests, 604-4224 for info; 10:30, $10.   ALPHABET LOUNGE 104 Ave. C (7th St.), 212-780-0202. FRI: URBAN ROOTS: Soulful grooves spun by Mario Roberto & La
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Pinochet’s Shadow: No Politics, Please. We’re Chilean.

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Leaning over the row of swarming Japanese tourists, I catch a glimpse of the scorched brown crags that are the Andes at the start of a South American summer. Obscured by Yokohama BayStars baseball caps and unseasonal Gore-Tex, the bone-dry Andes are barely distinguishable from an enveloping brown haze. Record levels of air pollution descended
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The Faculty

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The Faculty directed by Robert Rodriguez Hop in the Way Back Machine with me, dear Sherman, and we will revisit 1992. That was a year when hard-luck indie filmmaker stories still seemed fresh, and Robert Rodriguez trumped everybody. The struggling Austin auteur became an international sensation with El Mariachi, an amusing Tex-Mex Western spoof shot for $7000 or thereabouts, designed
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