John Killacky
CommentatorJohn Killacky is the executive director of Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington.
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Federal tax changes could seriously affect Vermont’s nonprofit organizations that rely on contributions to deliver mission-related services. With the new…
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Growing up in a working-class family in Chicago, I did not experience a lot of culture - but a school trip to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater… -
I unhitch my Shetland and put her outside in a corral to cool down. As she grazes, I see in her the ancestral Mongolian ponies: compact muscularity,… -
Visiting a retrospective exhibition of the art and film of Robin Lloyd and Doreen Kraft reminded me of how many arts administrators are also artists in…
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I attended my first gay pride festival in 1973, a mere four years after disenfranchised drag queens rioted against police harassment at New York’s…
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Vermont has many national treasures living quietly among us, and one of them is Addison County resident Eli Clare. His latest book, Brilliant…
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National funding for the arts, humanities, and public broadcast media are once again on the chopping block in Washington. And Vermont has much to…
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My father was a difficult man – hard working all his life and hard drinking for much of my youth. We were estranged for many years, until his cancer… -
One-third of the children in Burlington and Winooski public schools are students of color, including new Americans who are English language learners. With…
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As the last vestiges of winter linger, the pony gets distracted in the indoor arena as the old wooden barn creaks in the freezing wind. She startles at…
