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FORUM: “The Young Lords Party: 40 Years Later” with panelists Augustín Lao-Montes, Marta Moreno-Vega, Johanna Fernández, Darnell Enck-Wanzer and Andrés Torres, at Hunter College’s Faculty Dining Room, 8th floor, West Bldg., 6 p.m. Free.

FILM: “El Círculo,” a documentary about Dr. Henry Engler, a former Uruguayan guerrilla leader who was imprisoned for 13 years during his country’s military dictatorship, premieres at El Café at El Museo del Barrio, 6:30 p.m. Free, RSVP to www.elmuseo.org.

CLASSIC: Acclaimed Bolivian guitarist Piraí Vaca at Americas Society, 680 Park Ave., 7 p.m. Free.

THURSDAY 3

FLAMENCO: Chano Domínguez Quintet, a flamenco/jazz combo, presents new interpretation of the 1959 Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue,” at Jazz Standard, 116 E. 27th St., 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. shows. Cover $30. Through Sunday.

“Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo” at BAAD!

THEATER: Charles Rice-González’s “Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo,” a gay-themed Christmas comedy, returns to BAAD!, 841 Barretto St., in the Bronx. Through Saturday and Nov. 10-12. Tickets $20.

“¡Viva Pinocho!” at Pregones Theater.

 SALSA: Cita Rodríguez and her orchestra perform tribute to her late father, Pete (El Conde) Rodríguez, at Latin Tinge Thursdays, Brooklyn Crossroads Supper Club, 402 Third Ave. at Sixth St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn, 6 p.m. Tickets $5-$10, ladies free until 8 p.m. Read more..

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Given the tong wars between the Yankees and the Red Sox over the years, it was a bit of an eye-opener for the New Yorkers that the Los Angeles Angels dismissed Boston with such ease.

It should also be a tap on the shoulder for the Bronx Bombers. If they didn’t feel at all uneasy before, they should now.

The Angels have been one of the best teams in baseball the past eight years. Five times in that span, they have won the AL West. In one of the years they didn’t — 2002 — they won the World Series. In those eight years, they have averaged 93 wins a year and only twice in that time period have they won fewer than 90 games.

In recent years, though, they have underachieved quite dramatically in October. After they won the World Series as a wild-card team in 2002, they won just one playoff series in the next five. That one win was over the Yankees in the 2005 League Division Series. In the other four series until this year, the Angels had won two games and lost 13. Read more..

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COVER THE UNINSURED WEEK 2009 (Covering Our Community First)
Sunday, March 22, 2009 thru Sunday, March 28, 2009
Are you uninsured? You are not alone. Millions of Americans are without health insurance. Some
lost their insurance when they lost their jobs. Others work hard, but their jobs do not provide
health insurance benefits. According to the latest Census Bureau numbers, there are more than
400,000 uninsured in our community thorough out New York City. Today, many of our families
are living without health insurance coverage – most of our community children have parents who
work but are not offered or cannot afford to purchase health insurance. Read more..

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The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

That saying held true in the second round of the PSAL ‘B’ tournament as two of the top five seeds - No. 4 Riverdale/Kingsbridge and No. 5 Adams - were upset by underdog squads, and another highly regarded team, third-seeded Banneker, was taken to the limit by No. 14 Bronx Leadership.

Three double-digit seeds advanced to today’s quarterfinals at Hunter College in Manhattan.

Here’s a look at the weekend’s second-round action:

No. 3 Banneker 2, No. 14 Bronx Leadership 1

Bronx Leadership nearly upended undefeated Banneker before bowing out in a three-set loss.

The Wolves played the No. 3 seed close in a 25-20 first-set loss, then hit their stride in the second set, winning, 25-21, on the strength of two 4-0 runs.

The Lady Warriors held an early eight-point lead in the third set, but Leadership rallied to tie the set at 23, and pressed the set into extra points before losing, 28-26.

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It isn’t much of a secret, at least not to coach Tricia Palotti. She knows her Bayside girls’ volleyball team has a tendency to play to the level of its opponent. She saw its bad side in a two-set loss against middling PSAL Queens 6-A opponent Townsend Harris on Oct. 15.

“We definitely shouldn’t have lost,” Palotti said.

But when the Commodores are playing against high level of competition, they’re quite formidable. On Sunday, they were very good. Bayside beat Kennedy, 25-20, 16-25, 25-21, in the final of JFK’s host tournament in the Bronx. Kennedy was ranked No. 2 in the PSAL in last week’s FiveBoroSports.com top 10.

The Commodores had two second-place finishes in tournaments this season: one at Cardozo and the other at the first Seward Park tourney.

“They were tired of coming in second place,” Palotti said with a laugh.

Bayside, which is 6-3 in Queens 6-A, swept Kennedy and Hillcrest in pool play and defeated Lehman in the tournament’s semifinals.

“They played a very consistent game,” JFK coach Iris Bromfield. Read more..

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