0 Politics & Government Patch is providing candidate profiles for the April 4, 2023 election. Samantha Gasca is running for Board of Education for New Lenox D122. Lauren Traut , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply Patch is providing candidate profiles for several races in the area. If you are a candidate seeking an opportunity to complete our profile form, please email [email protected] Please note your position sought. Name: Samantha Gasca Age as of Election Day : 35 Town/city of residence: New Lenox School district: New Lenox District 122 Family: Hi there! This is a somewhat difficult question as I oftentimes feel the assumption is I am married or have children; however, I have neither. I simply care very much about children as I grew up being severely abused sexually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. For this reason, I became somewhat of a child advocate. … [Read more...] about New Lenox District 122 Board Candidate Samantha Gasca: Election ’23
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CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK; Forget the Shoes, Prada’s New Store Stocks Ideas
See the article in its original context from December 16, 2001 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. THIS is a year for opening presents early. Last week, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien's beautiful new home for the American Folk Art Museum opened its doors on West 53rd Street, next door to the Museum of Modern Art. Yesterday, Prada's SoHo store, designed by Rem Koolhaas, opened on Broadway and Prince. Someone has been making a list of architecture fans, and checking it twice. For a place whose opening has been delayed almost as long as Chanel's postwar comeback, the Prada store delivers a surprising jolt. Just a few weeks ago, the store was shaping up to be a landmark of unbeatably bad timing. With all around us counseling restraint on luxury, with Prada itself the target of cackling over its troubled finances, the launching of an estimated $40 million flagship emporium -- in … [Read more...] about CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK; Forget the Shoes, Prada’s New Store Stocks Ideas
Oakland’s new prosecutor tests voters’ views of crime and punishment
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 OAKLAND, Calif. - For more than a decade, the district attorney for Alameda County, where this city is the center of gravity, prosecuted crime the old-fashioned way, with stiff sentences and the reliable support of law-enforcement unions at election time. That changed sharply in November. Nancy O'Malley, the incumbent, declined to seek reelection amid the strengthening national push to reexamine who is punished and for how long. In her place, voters chose Pamela Price, a civil rights lawyer, who four years and a pandemic earlier had lost her challenge to O'Malley. Now, a woman who made a living taking on the local justice system is running it. "They elected me with a mandate," Price, the first Black woman to serve as Oakland district attorney, said in an interview. "And, to me, the right prosecutor for the moment is one who is not wedded to the status quo." Price … [Read more...] about Oakland’s new prosecutor tests voters’ views of crime and punishment
A SoulCycle Instructor Got the Vaccine as an ‘Educator’
For Stacey Griffith, a New York City-based SoulCycle instructor whose highly sought-after spin classes are often studded with celebrities, securing a vaccine dose was simple enough: She filled out some paperwork, and on Friday made the hour drive from Manhattan to a coronavirus vaccination site on Staten Island. But after posting on Instagram about her vaccination — and telling a reporter from The Daily Beast that her role as a fitness instructor made her eligible for the vaccine as an educator — Ms. Griffith quickly became the subject of a ferocious backlash. On social media, commenters questioned how a famously fit 52-year-old was able to secure a place in line ahead of essential workers and at-risk seniors. Almost immediately, Ms. Griffith, who has since apologized, appeared to become the latest example of a wealthy or well-connected person gaining improper access to scarce vaccine doses. The outcry came as officials across the nation struggle to respond to racial and … [Read more...] about A SoulCycle Instructor Got the Vaccine as an ‘Educator’
Another Life in the Many Lives of Zaldy
Hanging upside down on a support pillar in Zaldy’s spacious atelier is what looks like a body wrapped in garbage bags ready to be disposed of in the New Jersey marshlands. In actuality, it is a sculpture made by Desi Santiago, who has worked with Zaldy (he abandoned the use of his last name in high school) since 2001, and it encapsulates the theme of the new ZALDY collection, which is on the New York Fashion Week calendar for the first time since 2006. Everything came together with their trip to Paris for the Première Vision fabric fair in February. “This woman walked by,” Zaldy said, “and Desi was like, ‘I loved how she was wrapped like a mummy.’ ‘Luxury mummy’ was the jumping-off point. Nothing looks wrapped in bandages, but that’s the spirit. It’s subtle, a feeling.” The muses didn’t stop shouting when they went to lunch at a Japanese restaurant; its minimal décor consisted of a single floral arrangement. “I always hated baby’s breath,” Zaldy said. “As a kid, I’d take … [Read more...] about Another Life in the Many Lives of Zaldy
My Backpacks, My Boyfriends
Photo: The Strategist; Photo: Laura Fitzelle Instead of paying rent, I use a backpack . I mean, I pay rent too, but it’s $1,000 a month to live with three roommates. In 2019 I tweeted, “Please G*d, Please don’t let me be a 30-year-old with roommates.” I am 30 and a half years old, and I hear sex noises that aren’t my own when I go to sleep at night, and I think about this tweet all of the time. I don’t have my own bathroom. I tell some of the boys I’m seeing that I do, but I do not. I am never honest with the people I am seeing about my living situation. Recently, after I finished seeing a guy who had 3 other girlfriends, I started seeing another guy. This one just had one girlfriend. I thought: must be love. The thing about being a mistress, especially a mistress who lives with three roommates, is that it helps to have all of your belongings with you at all times. This period — my mistressing hour — is when I started my resurgence back into backpack territory. The first … [Read more...] about My Backpacks, My Boyfriends