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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Chateau Frontenac Word
Overlooking St. Lawrence River
By: - Mar 27th, 2016Although defeated by the British in 1759 Quebec City has retained its uniquely French culture. The skyline is dominated by the grand Chateau Frontenac which soars massively above the cliff overlooking the broad St. Lawrence River.
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Zoot Sims Word
Hipster's Schmatta Stigmata
By: - Mar 26th, 2016We got to know Zoot Sims through club dates at Lulu White's in the South End. He was pals with Music America host Ron Della Chiesa on WGBH. Zoot was part of the legendary Four Brothers, three tenors and baritone, with Woody Herman's 1940s bop band The Third Herd.
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Blossom Dearie Word
Pixie Voiced Cabaret Singer
By: - Mar 26th, 2016No jazz singer was more influential yet mysterious than the legendary master of scat, King Pleasure. In 1952 the enigmatic cabaret artist, Blossom Dearie, recorded with him the iconic "Moody's Mood for Love." When I asked her about him there wasn't much to say. She had been hired for the session and beyond that day knew nothing about him.
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London Calling Word
March Madness
By: - Mar 25th, 2016March madness, that spring break in London first with Astrid. She had visited as a kid but it was new to her. Nothing like a week of art and theatre in my favorite city.
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Dolly Parton Added to Tanglewood Schedule Front Page
Country Music Artist to Perform on June 17
By: - Mar 25th, 2016Country music icon Dolly Parton makes her Tanglewood debut with a season-opening performance Friday, June 17, at 7 p.m. in the Koussevitzky Music Shed, joining the Tanglewood 2016 Popular Artist line-up. Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Swing Orchestra will also perform in the Shed on Saturday, September 3, at 8 p.m.
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Carmen McRae Music
Life Is a Cabaret
By: - Mar 24th, 2016During intimate club gigs you got to hang out with legendary artists like jazz singer Carmen McRae. She was open about sharing the insights and secrets of her unique craft as a compelling cabaret artist. Even in concert halls she conveyed a feeling of reaching out to every individual in the audience.
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Endangered Species by Tony Padilla Front Page
Pearl McManus Theatre in Palm Springs
By: - Mar 24th, 2016“Endangered Species” written and directed by Tony Padilla stars Bonnie Gilgallon as Tina, a suburban Chicago housewife married to David a successful businessman played by Alan Berry. The couple married over twenty years are in New York on a holiday where they plan to relax and recharge their romantic batteries.
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Disney’s The Little Mermaid at Theatre 29 Front Page
Theatre Still Delivers on Its Mission Statement
By: - Mar 24th, 2016“Disney’s The Little Mermaid” is one of the most ambitious productions Theatre 29 has tackled. And they have succeeded admirably. The California production continues through April 9.
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Sex with Strangers at LA's Geffen Playhouse Front Page
Talky Two-hander by Laura Eason
By: - Mar 24th, 2016In “Sex with Strangers, the plot revolves around Olivia (Rebecca Pidgeon), an intelligent, mid-career, one-book novelist who is having second thoughts about her ability is a writer, and Ethan (Stephen Louis Grush), a wildly successful, young, hyper-energetic stud/blogger with an ego to match, who meet in a mutual friend’s borrowed cabin on a snowy winter night in Michigan.
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Jazz Singer Betty Carter Word
Digging on Scatology
By: - Mar 22nd, 2016Scat, a jazz version of vocalise, was first recorded by Louis Armstrong with the Hot Five in the 1920s. Of course Jelly Roll Morton claimed that he had invented it along with jazz itself. Scat took off in the post war bop era. Its greatest exponent, Betty Carter, was know as Betty Bop. Twisting and turning she cold blow the roof off a tune.
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Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder Word
Blind Faith at Yankee Stadium
By: - Mar 21st, 2016During Soundblast '66 at Yankee stadium they pulled one blind brother, Stevie Wonder, off stage for another, top billed Ray Charles.
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Jazz Diva Sarah Vaughan Music
Sassy to the Maxy
By: - Mar 21st, 2016During the 1930s and 1940s, when sing was king, a remarkable number of now legendary women fronted big bands. There were so many great artists. Among jazz aficionados the dialogue often focuses on Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. When Bop and small combos broke up all but a few of the big bands there was a style shift, Artists like Vaughan were repackaged into the mainstream of top forty radio. In the late years Vaughan defaulted back to jazz.
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Ella Fitzgerald Word
First Lady of Song
By: - Mar 20th, 2016As a teenager Ella Fitzgerald broke out in Harlem during Talent Night at the Apollo Theater. That led to fronting the big band of drummer Chick Webb and her first hit. From then she conquered the world as the First Lady of Song.
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Susan Schwalb at Garvey|Simon Front Page
Abstract Metalpoint Works on View in New York Gallery
By: - Mar 19th, 2016An exhibition by Susan Schwalb features abstract, linear compositions of mixed metalpoint on colored surfaces, many of which investigate absence or the void as a constructive element The exhibition at Garvey/ Simon Gallery in New York will run from April 28 – June 4, 2016
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Lorca's Blood Wedding Front Page
Anemic Production at Chicago's Lookingglass
By: - Mar 18th, 2016Blood Wedding was part of Federico Garcia Lorca’s plan for a “trilogy of the Spanish earth”—unfinished when he was killed in 1936. Most critics include Yerma and The House of Bernada Alba in the “rural trilogy” but Lorca did not include the latter. The decision to set this production in the more-realistic Depression-era U.S. diminishes the mythic nature of Lorca’s story.
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Lazarus Word
Time After Time
By: - Mar 17th, 2016That dark land from which no traveler should return.
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Jimi Hendrix RIP and Read Word
Me and the Devil Traveling Side by Side
By: - Mar 16th, 2016The harrowing Amy Winehouse documentary made me think of Jimi Hendrix also cut down at just 27. I first heard him as Jimi James with Curtis Knight and the Flames at the Cheetah in the '60.
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Dak'Art African Contemporary Art Biennale Front Page
Dakar, Senegal from May 3 - June 2
By: - Mar 16th, 2016Dak’Art 2016 is inspired by the theme “The City in the Blue (La Cité dans le jour bleu)” and will be curated by Simon Njami who was also named as the fair’s new artistic director. As inspiration from the theme, Njami selected the extract of Léopold Sédar Senghor’s poem: “Your voice cries out for the Republic - let us raise up that city in a blue daylight: Of equality for brotherly peoples. So we sing in our hearts. “We are here, Guélowar!”
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Off Broadway Musical Ruthless Front Page
Falling In Love Again Is Simply Marvelous
By: - Mar 16th, 2016That NY critic, Edward Rubin, is a bit gonzo and over the top is no secret to his friends who know him as Fast Eddy. He refers to us as kids in a flurry of daily notes and links to reviews and articles of interest. In general we deplore the use of personal pronouns for reviews. Professional standards and decorum strive for objectivity. Now and then, as is the case here, his passion and enthusiasm know no bounds. Regarding an Off Broadway musical Ruthless he gushes "I loved, loved, loved Ruthless." That's just for openers.
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Amy and Tony Body and Soul Word
Whom the Gods Love
By: - Mar 15th, 2016We were devastated by the harrowing Oscar winning documentary of the brief, brilliant life and career of the British singer Amy Winehouse. In particular we were astonished by glimpses of her last studio session a duet with Tony Bennett. On every level with Body and Soul they created a masterpiece.
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Barrington Stage Company Announces Programming Front Page
Rounding Out 2016 Season
By: - Mar 15th, 2016Following its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theater, Peerless by Jiehae Park (Hannah and the Dread Gazebo, Wondrous Strange), and directed by Margot Bordelon (Okay, Bye; At the Rich Relatives), will be the third production for the St. Germain Stage.
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Nasreen Mohamedi at Met Breuer Front Page
Work of Exquisite Indian Artist Launches Rebranded Museum
By: - Mar 15th, 2016The Metropolitan Museum of Art has leased the iconic Madison Avenue building that was formerly the home of the relocated Whitney Museum. The artist Susan Schwalb offers an insightful and personal view of the work of the Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi (1937-1990) which launches the new space.
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ATCA Announces Playwriting Finalists Front Page
Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award
By: - Mar 13th, 2016The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2015.
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Polish Rider Jerzy Kosinski Word
Flawed Masterpieces
By: - Mar 11th, 2016While upgrading and downsizing archives I rediscovered and enhanced images from a chance encounter with the Polish born author Jerzy Kosinski. He was handsome and successful at the time chatting with a woman in Manhattan. Digging deeply into that frozen moment it seems that he was not what he appeared to be,
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Christian McBride Named Newport's Music Curator Front Page
To Succeed Newport Jazz Festival Founder George Wein
By: - Mar 10th, 2016For 62 remarkable years George Wein has be the head of the Newport Jazz Festival franchise. The renowned bass player Christian McBride will ease into that position as artistic director. McBride is a multiple Grammy winner. Has performed at Tanglewood on a program with Wynton Marsalis.
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