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Owner Mark Henegan says Madiba Restaurant, at 195 Dekalb Ave. in Fort Greene, will stay open.
This year's festivities will include a South African dance class and a "Madiba Cafe" poetry slam.
"Mandela" will be performed Friday Saturday and Sunday at the National Black Theatre.
The Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice opens inside Boys and Girls High School in September.
Louis Lassalle allegedly nabbed the artwork from the Cotton Candy Machine Art Gallery.
The city is planning a new co-location in Boys and Girls High School.
Boys and Girls principal Bernard Gassaway said he's against the co-location, despite its new name.
If approved, the Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice will open in 2014.
Mandela, who was 95, was honored at the South African restaurant named for him.
His daughter and granddaughter began a U.S. wine tour at Bed-Vyne on Tompkins Avenue.
The Toast of Brooklyn Festival will pay tribute to Nelson Mandela and serve wine from around the world.
The human rights icon celebrates his 95th birthday amid recent health issues.
South African restaurant named for Nelson Mandela will release sky lanterns for Mandela Day on July 18.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.