Charles Giuliano
Bio:
Publisher & Editor. Charles was the director of exhibitions for the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University where he taught art history and the humanities. He taugh tModern Art and the Avant-garde for Metropolitan College of Boston University. After many years as a contributor, columnist and editor for a range of print publications from Art New England, Art News, the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Herald Traveler and Patriot Ledger, to mention a few, he went on line with Maverick Arts which evolved into a website.
Recent Articles:
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Land of Mine Front Page
Dane Martin Zandvliet’s 2015 Film
By: - Apr 25th, 2017Danish filmmaker Martin Zandvliet’s 2015 “Land of Mine,” was among the nominees for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film’s Danish title is “Under sandet,” and it is a shame distributors did not opt for the literal translation “Under the Sand,” which possesses a certain poetry the clumsy, double-meaning “Land of Mine” lacks.
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Pinball Wizard Word
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Hill of Beans Word
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Free Sunday at Clark Art Institute Front Page
Last of the Off Season
By: - Apr 20th, 2017Celebrate spring in the Berkshires with the Clark Art Institute’s final First Sundays Free program of the season on Sunday, May 7 from 1–4 pm.
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Linda Vista by Tracy Letts Front Page
World Premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf
By: - Apr 19th, 2017Tracey Letts is a master of dialogue and " Linda Vista" sparkles with some terrific character speeches, such as Wheeler’s discourse on his taste in music in act one. He likes jazz and the Talking Heads and hates Radiohead. “I’m a misanthropic piece of shit,” he says later. The play is having its World Premiere at Steppenwolf in Chicago.
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MASS MoCA Season Starts May 28 Front Page
Gallery and Performance Updates
By: - Apr 18th, 2017MASS MoCA launches into the summer season on May 28 with the opening of Building 6, the third phase of campus development, which encompasses more than 130,000 square feet of interior renovations to its 19th-century mill buildings.
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Luciano’s Upscale Cuisine Front Page
A Taste of Italy in Wrentham off 495
By: - Apr 14th, 2017Just a hop skip and jump off 495 in Wrentham is Luciano's one of the great Italian restaurants in he Northeast. Founded in 1991 the food and ambiance is on a par with the best of Vegas or New York's Little Italy. The decor is over the top to complement impeccable service and divine cuisine. Be sure to ask for a table with your back to the wall.
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Rocker J. Geils at 71 Front Page
Leader and Namesake of a Boston Band
By: - Apr 12th, 2017J. Geils (1946-2017) was the guitarist and leader of Boston's iconic J. Geils Band. The blues and rock group started in 1987 when lead singer Peter Wolf joined after Hallucinations broke up. Initially a blues based band they toured relentlessly while enjoying modest hits and mostly FM radio play. That changed when they left Atlantic Records and released the hit album Centerfold for Capitol/ EMI in 1981. While touring arenas for several years the band broke up after one last album when Wolf left to pursue a solo career.
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Ross Moffett from the Permanent Collection Front Page
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
By: - Apr 11th, 2017Ross Moffett (1888-1971) first came to Provincetown in 1913 to study with Charles Hawthorne. A year later a group of artists formed the Provincetown Art Association (later and Museum). In 1964 he published Art in Narrow Streets the first study of the art colony. Currently, the museum is exhibiting Ross Moffett from the Permanent Collection. It provides a rare opportunity to evaluate the work of a seminal Provincetown artist.
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How to Watch a Movie Front Page
Salvation in a Darkened Room
By: - Apr 10th, 2017This think piece explores the difference between movies and cinema. In a compelling overview Kempf states that "I go to a lot of movies for a variety of reasons: to learn about other worlds/people/times through fictions and documentaries, to measure the zeitgeist, to ease a 100°+ summer day, but my primary desire is to experience the art of cinema, a remarkable art that, even more than stage, is collaborative and incorporates the entire constellation of the arts."
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Lester Johnson Works on Paper Front Page
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
By: - Apr 10th, 2017The sixteen works on paper that comprise the small but evocative exhibition Lester Johnson from the Permanent Collection provide rarely seen early works, starting in 1951. They provide examples of how the artist was looking at and deconstructing or abstracting seascapes, facades of houses, and breaking down the human figure. It is on view at the Provinctown Art Association and Museum through May 7.
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Garson Kanin Play Born Yesterday Front Page
Chicago's Remy Bumppo Theatre
By: - Apr 06th, 2017Going to see Remy Bumppo Theatre’s sparkling production of the Garson Kanin play, Born Yesterday, was a re-introduction to a play that’s rich and relevant. Not fluffy. Funny and witty with a definite edge.
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Montano's in North Truro Restaurants
Affordable Family Style Dining
By: - Apr 06th, 2017Montano's is a family style Italian restuaranrt on Route 6 in North Truro not far from Provincetown. We arrived late for the early bird specials which end at 6 PM. But wednesday was pasta night with all of their offering at just $13. For another $5 we added the house salad. My sauce featured boar's meat and her pasta was created with duck ragu.
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Top Rated Mews in Provincetown Food
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Spring Awakening Word
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In to America by Griffin Theatre Front Page
World Premiere in Chicago
By: - Apr 05th, 2017In to America, the world premiere production by Griffin Theatre, is America’s origin story, a documentary-style production that tells our history of immigration and multiculturalism, in all its glorious and cruel aspects. William Massolia, Griffin’s artistic director, has compiled a richly researched story of 400 years of American history.
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Biotope: Friends, Life Forms, Landscapes Front Page
Exhibition at Gallery 51 in North Adams
By: - Apr 04th, 2017In the show Biotope, at Gallery 51 in North Adams, the viewer is given the chance to experience life from the perspective of other life forms: animals, landscape, and vast fields denoting the pattern and apparent chaos in nature. Biotope refers to “habitat –an area within a biome where smaller subdivisions of species live,” suggesting a search for the “spirit of place” mentioned in the show’s introduction.
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Boston Art Dealer Alan Fink at 91 Front Page
Art Was the Family Business
By: - Apr 04th, 2017Alan Fink met his artist wife, Barbara Swan, in Paris where he lived for three years on just $700. They married in 1952 and relocated to Boston. There he went to work for the next 16 years at Boris Mirski Gallery. In 1967 he founded Alpha Gallery now run by their daughter Joanna. Their son Aaron is an expressionist painter.
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Fanizzi’s by the Sea Food
Provincetown Waterfront Dining
By: - Apr 04th, 2017Early in Spring, while the town with narrow streets still sleeps, we found that Fanizzi’s by the Sea 539 Commercial St, Provincetown is open year round. On a Sunday night we popped in for the early bird specials. A window table with its harbor view was delightful.
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Eternity.com Word
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Remembering Jim Rosenquist Front Page
Billboard Painter to Pop Artist
By: - Apr 02nd, 2017For a period of time in the late 1960s I worked in the studio of Pop artist James Rosenquist. He passed away recently at 83. When Jim first arrived in New York he painted billboards high above Times Square. He later used those techniques as a key but undervalued Pop artist.
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Karoo Restaurant Front Page
Taste of South Africa on Cape Cod
By: - Apr 01st, 2017The name Karoo derives from a semiarid region of South Africa. In local dialect the term translates as “land of thirst.” But you will find the cuisine of Chef Sanette Groenwald, of Afrikaner Dutch heritage, to be no mirage. This a great place for exotic cuisine on Lower Cape Cod.
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Poetry Reading by Charles Giuliano Front Page
Williams Faculty Club April 18
By: - Mar 30th, 2017Since June, 2014 Berkshire poet, Charles Giuliano, has published three books of gonzo verse. A fourth is in production for a summer release. On Tuesday April 18, at 7:30 P.M. he will give a reading at the Williams Faculty Club (WFC), 968 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267. The event is free and open to the public.
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Henry Nugent of Vancouver Word
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Sweat by Lynn Nottage Front Page
Award Winning Play Finally Reaches Broadway
By: - Mar 28th, 2017Like her Pulitzer-Prize-winning Ruined, Lynn Nottage developed Sweat from many on-the-spot interviews with people in this predicament, whose stories and comments flesh out the drama that connects and thrusts home its meaning and impact. it’s moving intact to Studio 54 with only one cast change.
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