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At a vigil Monday night for homicide victim Brandon Coffin, 28, his mother, Kim Coffin, left, and sister Alexis Coffin, to her right, break down while surrounded by family and friends. Brandon was killed Friday night in the 700 block of Geiger Court in Colorado Springs. About 50 people gathered at the site of his slaying to remember him and share stories. Police arrested Tony Lawson, 49, on suspicion of first-degree murder, and son Zachery Lawson, 18, on suspicion of felony menacing.
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Alexis Coffin with her younger brother, Brandon Coffin, 28. Brandon Coffin was killed Dec. 14 on Geiger Boulevard in a shooting in which his younger brother and two friends also were wounded. Tony Lawson is arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and his son, Zachary Lawson, is arrested on suspicion of felony menacing.
Greetings, I’m
Charles McNulty, your friendly neighborhood theater critic, pinch-hitting for my colleague (and Times arts desk all-star)
Carolina A. Miranda, who’s taking a well-deserved vacation. Before I run out of baseball metaphors, allow me to fill you in on the arts stories that have gripped our attention in the last week.
A moment of silence
The nation reached a mournful milestone on Monday, surpassing 500,000 known coronavirus-related deaths. President Biden held a moment of silence for the dead, ordered flags to be flown at half-staff and, speaking as a man intimately acquainted with grief, reminded Americans that “to heal we must remember.”
This week s Theater Talk (Radice on Bentley) for January 22, 2021
Eric Bentley, Critic, Playwright, Teacher (at Harvard, Columbia, UB, et. al.) and friend of Buffalo s Neil Radice (retired from The Alleyway Theatre)
Credit Tyrone Dukes, The New York Times
Bentley, born in England on September 14, 1916 was 103 when he died this August 5, at home in Manhattan. Always a bit at odds with American theater, he was not fond of its most cherished institution, Broadway, preferring European theater and, in particular, plays by Bertolt Brecht.
Like Brecht and his first hero, Shaw, Bentley was left wing in his politics. He wrote plays about those who were persecuted by the establishment, including artists harrassed by McCarthyism, as well as Galileo and Oscar Wilde.
Huntley Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Albert Schlick dies Huntley Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Albert Schlick is pictured in this photo provided by the fire protection district. Courtesy Shaw Media
Updated 1/7/2021 11:00 AM
Huntley Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Albert W. Schlick III died Tuesday evening, a lieutenant with the district confirmed Wednesday.
Before serving in Huntley, Schlick was division chief for the Wauconda Fire District, so the two agencies are working together with his family to plan a service that will honor his life, Lt. Eric Bentley of the Huntley Fire Protection District said.
Just like anybody when they lose a family member, we re suffering the loss and each and every one of us is humbled to have such a great leader in Albert Schlick, Bentley said.