Can ten earnest kids playing Bach become the next Kardashians? When I enter the de la Mottes’ home—a three-floor, red brick townhouse in Harlem, around the corner from the Apollo Theater and down the block from a Verizon store—the somber thrum of a double bass echoes upstairs. I’m greeted by Amber, 43, who looks plucked straight out of an old-timey hearth catalog in a pleated emerald skirt and white blouse, her long, red hair pinned back. She leads me to the dining room table on the first floor where five kids are bent over laptops or workbooks. Marc, 45, her husband and the patriarch of...…Can ten earnest kids playing Bach become the next Kardashians? When I enter the de la Mottes’ home—a three-floor, red brick townhouse in Harlem, around the corner from the Apollo Theater and down the block from a Verizon store—the somber thrum of a double bass echoes upstairs. I’m greeted by Amber, 43, who looks plucked straight out of an old-timey hearth catalog in a pleated emerald skirt and white blouse, her long, red hair pinned back. She leads me to the dining room table on the first floor where five kids are bent over laptops or workbooks. Marc, 45, her husband and the patriarch of...WW…

It’s game over for NYC players.“Pre-COVID, I had a different date every Thursday night,” said Jack Lemmens, a 25-year-old entrepreneur who lives in Mahopac, NY. “I took girls to Italian joints, seafood restaurants. There were a lot of tacos and tequila, too. I kept it casual, and I had my routine down pat.” Now, things are getting more serious, faster. Since the put the kibosh on partying, Lemmens is learning to take things slow.“I would call myself a reformed playboy,” he said. “I’m out here trying to have a connection with somebody and find that special person.”There’s nothing...…It’s game over for NYC players.“Pre-COVID, I had a different date every Thursday night,” said Jack Lemmens, a 25-year-old entrepreneur who lives in Mahopac, NY. “I took girls to Italian joints, seafood restaurants. There were a lot of tacos and tequila, too. I kept it casual, and I had my routine down pat.” Now, things are getting more serious, faster. Since the put the kibosh on partying, Lemmens is learning to take things slow.“I would call myself a reformed playboy,” he said. “I’m out here trying to have a connection with somebody and find that special person.”There’s nothing...WW…