LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A Lakeport man who was killed during a confrontation in Library Park will be remembered at two events this week.

Vicente Zeta Colacion, 32, was shot to death near the seawall in Library Park on Friday night.

Colacion was a poet and visual artist. In honor of his life and memory, community members have organized two upcoming events.

From 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, the Middletown Art Center’s open mic event will be dedicated to Colacion. Readers and singers are welcome to perform in his memory.

“MAC mourns the loss of powerfully intense and moving Lake County poetry artist Vicente Zeta Colacion. Gone too young, too soon, too tragically. Vicente read many a visceral poem at the MAC over the years. Always impressive. Always physically vibrational. Speckled with brilliance, desire, need, and lonesomeness,” the center said on its Facebook page.

“Vicente liked to come and read from his phone from time to time. Let's do it for him,” the center said.

Then, on Saturday night, a candlelight vigil will be held from Colacion at Library Park.

The vigil will begin at 7:30 p.m. and take place at the gazebo.

Community members are invited to come and honor him.

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