An invite from the 1st Sugar Hill Art Festival takes place on Saturday, May 6th, 2023, from 9 am-5 pm at Jackie Robinson Park at 148th Street and Bradhurst Avenue in Harlem, NY. We will be featuring 15 local and international artists doing live canvas painting. We also have masking tape sculpture, face painting, and…
Harlem Bespoke: The Morningside Park Farmers Market has been around for over 10 years now and recently extended the season into the winter months. Everything shut down for the holidays at the end of December but the regular schedule starts up again on January 7th of 2023. This outdoor pop-up on West 110th Street and Manhattan Avenue runs every Saturday from 9:00AM to 2:00PM and a list of visiting merchant can be found on the official website: LINK
It’s one of the biggest New York superstars of the past decade: The Cronut, all flaky lamination and creamy filling. An ingenious (and delicious!) cross between a doughnut and a croissant, the brainchild of pastry virtuoso Dominique Ansel first took the world by storm on May 10, 2013, with its Rose Vanilla flavor combo. In the 10 years since, Dominique Ansel Bakery has rolled out rotating Cronuts inspired by the seasons (pumpkin chai) and classic flavor profiles (dulce de leche, milk and honey).
Now to celebrate the big 1-0, the now world-famous bakery brand is doling out one of its annual favorites, a five-piece box of Cronut Holes, rejiggered with beloved flavors from the past decade.
The special anniversary Cronut hole flavors include:
Dark Chocolate & Raspberry Chambord (December 2014): dark chocolate ganache with raspberry Chambord jam
Caramelized Banana & Brown Sugar (July 2015): caramelized banana jam with brown sugar ganache
Lychee Rose & Pistachio (February 2017): lychee rose jam with pistachio ganache
Brown Butter & Caramel (November 2020): brown butter ganache and caramel ganache
Strawberry & Hojicha (February 2021): strawberry jam and hojicha tea ganache
The brand is shipping the Cronut Holes worldwide this month, but given that New Yorkers have the real thing right in their midst, you can now preorder for direct pickups from the Soho bakery on Friday, May 5 through Sunday, May 7. A limited number of boxes will also be available for sale in-store during those dates, though arrive early. You know how those Cronut lines can get! (The Soho storefront opens at 8am from Monday through Friday, and at 9am on Sundays, FYI.)
And if things look sold out online, don’t fret: per the brand, you can add yourself to the “Notify Me When Available” list at the bottom of the bakery’s website and you’ll be emailed if and when new inventory launches.
“Ten years have flown by, but I’ll always be grateful for all of you who’ve come out to support us each morning, rain or shine. Here’s to many more flavors and many more years ahead,” the chef-owner posted on Instagram to commemorate the anniversary.
Harlem Bespoke: The Brown Sugar Comedy show has been bringing back stand up to the neighborhood and featuring some laughs from local black comedians. Live comedy night has been added to the lineup at Shrine at 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard by West 134th Street on Sunday nights starting at 6:00PM. Our favorite music venue in Harlem has been around for over 10 years and now has a regular in-person show schedule. Check out the updated calendar on the official website and drop by for some great local music and entertainment on the weekends: LINK
Harlem Bespoke: A historically distinguished brownstone at Number 205 West 139th Street by Adam Clayton Powell within the Strivers Row Landmark District has recently arrived on the market for $2.75 million $2.595 million and is in the much coveted single-family layout. McKim, Mead and White was the most renowned architects of the gilded age and built these townhouses as a cornerstone to one of Harlem’s most beautiful block. There are a lot of original details within along with a garage and private driveway out back that each Strivers Row home is notably known for. As many uptowners know, this was the neighborhood for many established Harlem Renaissance luminaries during the early decades of the past century. More details, contact information and photos can be found on Streeteasy: LINK
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — He is a senior at 16. His grade point average is 4.98. Even before graduating from high school, he has earned 27 college credits and, perhaps the most impressive numbers of all, he has scholarship offers from around 130 colleges and universities that, as of Thursday, totaled more than $9 million.
Dennis Maliq Barnes’ achievements at the International High School of New Orleans are a source of pride for school administrators who are looking into whether Barnes has set a record for scholarship offers. But it wasn’t a record he was looking for as he piled up around 200 applications to colleges around the nation. It was about making sure he had plenty of options.
“I just kept going forward, kept applying, kept applying to different schools that I thought would even remotely interest me,” he said in an interview — occasionally interrupted by the rumble of streetcars rolling by outside as he sat in the urban charter school’s computer room.
His plan is to major in computer science as an undergraduate. But he also said he has done work as an intern at the Louisiana State Bar Association — the offices are a short walk from the high school campus — and that has him thinking about law school.
He credits a strong Christian religious faith as part of his success. He also gives a lot of credit to Denise James, the school’s college admissions counselor.
James and Head of School Adierah Berger both describe Barnes as a leader and an example to other students — including the school’s English language learners.
“He’s a great translator,” James says of Barnes, who is fluent in Spanish. “They do not have to ask him. If he sees that they need assistance, he will offer assistance and just take over.”
Barnes, born and raised in New Orleans, hasn’t determined how far from home his college journey will take him. If, after weighing his offers, he finds that something close to home will fit his needs, he will stay in the area.
But Barnes is intrigued by the idea of going farther away. “I would love to see something new,” he said.
