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Erik Esckilsen
Erik Esckilsen is a contributing writer for Seven Days and Kids Vermont. He is also a professor of rhetoric and digital storytelling at Champlain College.
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Theater review: 'As You Like It,' Plainfield Little Theatre
While many of William Shakespeare's most frequently produced plays are set in regal locales — the courts and corridors of power and intrigue —…
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Fiction: A Bit of Harmless Mischief
My office is a busy place during final exam week, when students imagine, wrongly, they can negotiate making up the work they've failed to…
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A Vermont Dad Reflects on His Annual Tradition of Building a Backyard Skating Rink
Scrawled on the inside of the pantry door in my mother and stepfather's house are lines and dates marking their grandchildren's heights over the…
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Theater Review: 'The Father,' Unadilla Theatre
Time takes a toll on the body and mind and provides us all with a private drama. When a family member suffers from dementia,…
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Theater Review: 'Cabaret,' Lost Nation Theater
The human impulse to seek shelter from a storm can kick in just as strongly when the gathering clouds are political, not literal. Artists…
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Vermont Playwrights Circle Seeks 'Fantasy' 10-Minute Plays for Festival
It doesn't take a mathematician to see that our culture likes to think in tens. There's the "perfect 10" score. Thrilling 10-second countdowns for…
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Catching the Big Picture With Fly Fisherman and Author Peter Shea
When Peter Shea agreed to introduce me to fly fishing, he didn't say we'd catch fish. I didn't press the issue. I figured I'd…
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In Burlington's South End, Two Side-by-Side Salons Share 'Head' Space
Commercial development in Burlington's South End is a study in consumer choice. If you like pizza with your beer, walk the west side of…
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