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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Lobster Thermidor for British Christmas Front Page
Made Me Green with Envy
By: - Dec 26th, 2015Britain's Jane Baker was among the artists living near South Station back in the day. She was an incredible fashion designer. Jane created a complete set of outfits to go on a cruise with the legendary Oona Tropicana who was rumored to be mobbed up. During a recent holiday chin wag she revealed that she served lobster thermidor to her extended family for Christmas. That made me bonkers with envy.
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Paul Goldberger on Frank Gehry Front Page
Book by Former NY Times Critic
By: - Dec 26th, 2015This is Paul Goldberger's eighth book, but his first on an individual architect. I had a chance to review his book and interview him recently. Goldberger spent 4.5 years and many hours in conversation with Gehry and his clients and colleagues in writing the book, published last month by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Black Ensemble Theater's Dynamite Divas Front Page
Soul Music in the Windy City
By: - Dec 26th, 2015Dynamite Divas features appearances (via Mr. Maurice's "Assimilator") by soul singers of the past such as Nina Simone (performing "Mississippi Goddam" and "Young, Gifted and Black"), Dinah Washington ("This Bitter Earth"), and film excerpts of sensational older divas. There's even a cameo by a Beyonce impersonator, asking "Why Not Me?"
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Solstice Word
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Day After Christmas Word
Return to Normalcy
By: - Dec 26th, 2015If only the peace, joy and fellowship of Christmas could last all year. A day after feasting and celebration the world returns to business as usual. Now is the winter of our discontent.
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Peter Wolf Word
Blues in Harvard Square
By: - Dec 25th, 2015Harvard Square's rock legend, Peter Wolf, started with The Hallucinations while moonlighting as WBCN's first rock DJ. He quit to join the J Geils Band which cut a bunch of sides and some classic hits. That was long ago when rock was young.
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Athena LaTocha: Curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Front Page
Exhibition at CUE Art Foundation in Chelsea
By: - Dec 25th, 2015CUE Art Foundation presents a solo exhibition of new work by Athena LaTocha, which has been curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. The show features a large-scale immersive installation of an ink-wash drawing by LaTocha that spans the entire length of the gallery. While the work depicts a landscape, its more abstract elements leave the viewer to decipher what they see.
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Bridges of Madison County Front Page
LA's The Ahmanson Theatre
By: - Dec 25th, 2015The musical Bridges of Madison Country premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. It moved to Broadway for a successful run. Now it is being produced by regional companies. Jack Lyons reviews a production at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Dad Cooked Word
In the Kitchen on Christmas Eve
By: - Dec 24th, 2015During the Holidays Dad gave the gift of food. His spicy Sicilians dishes were not always appreciated by our Irish cousins the Sullivans.
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Once Upon A Mattress an Off Broadway Gem Front Page
NY's Transport Group Theatre Company
By: - Dec 24th, 2015For a small play, on a small stage, in a relatively small theatre of 335 seats, with a ticket price one third that of Broadway, and 20 actors singing and dancing their hearts out, all backed by a 14 piece orchestra, a rarity both On and Off Broadway, Once Upon A Matress, is the best bang for your buck in the city.
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Berkshire Christmas Word
Tanglewood Shed Shuttered Until Summer
By: - Dec 24th, 2015Hey Charles- I like that! With my white beard and ample belly, I could join the club with you and Santa. Below is one of a long line of my holiday poems, first written in 2005 and updated this year. Merry Christmas!
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The Christians at Mark Taper Forum Front Page
To Hell in a Handbasket
By: - Dec 23rd, 2015“The Christians” revolve around a charismatic and highly successful Pastor Paul (an absolutely mesmerizing Andrew Garman) of a Christian congregation who suddenly announces during his Sunday homily that he has had a change of heart concerning the Bible’s representation of the place known as “Hell”. In fact, he claims there is no such place.
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Christmas Memories Front Page
Chinese Food and a Movie
By: - Dec 23rd, 2015Our Boston correspondent Mark Favermann grew up in the south and attended Washington and Lee. In his community Jews were definitely a minority. So his Christmas experience was quite different from that of friends and classmates.
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Peabody Essex Museum's Mellon Foundation Grant Front Page
Supports Native American Fellowships
By: - Dec 22nd, 2015The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will allow the museum to expand and strengthen its Native American Fellowship program.
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Visiting Santa Word
No Snow in the Berkshires
By: - Dec 22nd, 2015It's a few days before Christmas in the Berkshires. In all of December not a flake of snow. Predicted to hit 70 on Christmas day. Yikes, Global Warming is really mucked up. How will Santa land his sled? Kids are getting worried. On behalf of children of all ages I visited Santa for a reassuring chin wag.
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Julia Child Word
America's Original Top Chef
By: - Dec 20th, 2015Julia Child was a neighbor in Cambridge. Her butcher, Jack Savenor, was my landlord. During the 1960s her PBS show, The French Chef, introduced Americans to fine dining. At six feet she towered over gourmet kitchens.
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Winter's Tale Word
Ancient Secrets
By: - Dec 20th, 2015Secrets dancing in the flames through the dead of winter.
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Madam Bricktop Word
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today, Madam.
By: - Dec 20th, 2015Ancient and elegant, tall and slender Madam Bricktop, hostess of the Lost Generation, slowly and with measured grace sang Miss Otis Regrets. Cloe Porter wrote it for her. Then in her 80's it was a memorable night at Lulu White's in Boston's South End.
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Grade Inflation Word
B- the Old C+
By: - Dec 20th, 2015Imagine driving over a bridge or visiting the emergency room in the hands of an engineer or doctor who was a C+ student. Kids now party and float through college. Not that we were different. But we read the books.
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Toledo Word
Once Home to Scholars
By: - Dec 19th, 2015Classical learning returned to Europe through Islamic, Christian and Jewish scholars in medieval Toledo. That stopped after the ethnic/ religious cleansing of Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella. That's what Trump proposes by sealing borders, deporting illegals and banning muslims.
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Visiting Israel Front Page
Food and Wine
By: - Dec 19th, 2015Israel, the Promised land of the Bible, is today a modern, thriving, bustling and vibrant country. In today’s Israel, cities, towns, villages, fertile farms, green forests, sophisticated industries and well-developed commercial enterprises have replaced barren hillsides, swamps and desert wilderness.
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Straitsmouth Light 2 Word
By the Sea in Winter
By: - Dec 19th, 2015Lobster traps piled high for winter. When the dogs go south.
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Pope Francis Word
Rubbing Noses
By: - Dec 19th, 2015Last night Pope Francis was in town. As a member of the media I got a one on one. The love was palpable. Everything you read about him was true.
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Berkshire Theatre Group 2016 Front Page
Winter/ Spring Schedule
By: - Dec 18th, 2015Music at The Colonial Theatre includes, legendary reggae band, The Wailers (part of the 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival); Grammy Award-winning pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, Richard Marx; Grammy Award-winning Walking In Memphis singer, Marc Cohn and “the godfather of British blues,” John Mayall.
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Alice's Restaurant Word
Now Fifty Years Ago
By: - Dec 18th, 2015Can you believe it? Alice's Restaurant now fifty years later. Still accused of writing a scandalous article. Actually a cover story for Boston Sunday Herald Traveler Magazine. Nobody remembers that. Alice now lives in P'Town.
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