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The Jan. 7 death by suicide of Glenbrook North High School student Dylan Buckner is just one example of why parents are concerned. Buckner’s father in a Tribune interview said his son’s isolation and lack of school activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to his struggles.
“I would argue, and I believe strongly, that Dylan’s death is not going to show up in COVID statistics, and yet absolutely it’s a COVID death,” Chris Buckner said.
Las Vegas-area school officials moved quickly late last year to get schools reopened after noticing a spike in suicides and an uptick in a student mental health monitoring system. Eighteen students had died by suicide as of December. The superintendent of schools, Jesus Jara, wanted to move quickly to get kids back into their school routines.
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The series of four shows later in March will include socially distanced seating and will come roughly a year after the state's stay-at-home order put the local music industry mostly into limbo.
The Cabinet, through 5/22: available for download 24 hours after purchase, cocechicago.com, $15.
It Is Always Almost Upon Us, through 3/31: available online anytime, 16thstreettheater.org, F.
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Debates and speculation continue to unspool about whether or not online theater is really theater and whether it can (or should) continue after the pandemic ends. But even defining what online theater is can be tricky.