John Killacky
CommentatorJohn Killacky is the executive director of Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington.
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Recently I had the pleasure of representing Vermont’s Department of Tourism and Marketing on its @ThisisVT Twitter handle. A different person each week…
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I just had a tune-up lesson with my driving coach at the barn. His take-away mantra was to keep my pony “calm, forward, straight.” Good principles for me…
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Fifty years ago this week, Sonny and Cher’s I Got You Babe topped the Billboard charts. I was thirteen. The moment I saw that doe-eyed waif in…
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As executive director of a nonprofit agency, I’m involved in recruiting and hiring new staff. This past year, I also served on the search committees for…
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I have been a fan of Vermont cartoonist Alison Bechdel for almost 30 years, first loving her comic strip, “Dykes To Watch Out For,” a groundbreaking…
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My Shetland pony has been pulling me in a cart for four years. There are occasional off days when nothing goes right. Harnessing up is annoying. She…
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Our federal tax system was created in 1913. Allowances for charitable contributions quickly followed in 1917. At the time, one Congressman said, “If a man…
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In yoga I’ve learned the term kula, a Sanskrit word for an intentional community. And as I journey through my day, I realize I have many kulas, all with…
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I work in the nonprofit sector, so I depend on the largess of many friends and supporters to underwrite programs my organization presents. This generosity…
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Two years ago, I was nervously waiting for Joan Rivers to arrive for rehearsal with local musicians the Flynn had hired as her musical back up. I expected…