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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O' Maley Birthday Party People
Renting the Hockey Rink with Pizza
By: - Jul 14th, 2015On the way to Ipswich for a birthday party. Renting the hockey rink with pizza to celebrate.
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Adams Front Page
The Terrorist Next Door
By: - Jul 14th, 2015On Monday nights a group of artists meet for dinner and gossip at Sushi House. Great food and margaritas served by Joy with just that. In the busy summer season there's a lot to talk about. Eric Rudd had hosted his annual Beach Party on Eagle Street. Fun stuff, news of exhibitions, projects and book launches. Then it got real dark.
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Brilliant Adventures by Alistair McDowall Front Page
St Chicago's New Steep Theatre Through August 15
By: - Jul 14th, 2015Brilliant Adventures, the grim and grimly funny new Steep Theatre production, was written by Alistair McDowall and directed by Robin Witt. It was first performed in Manchester in 2011 and won the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.
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Bells Are Ringing at the Colonial Front Page
Reviving a 1950s Hit Broadway Musical in the Berkshires
By: - Jul 12th, 2015The terrific husband and wife team of Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat star in a revival of the 1950s musical Bells are Ringing. It brings star power to the Colonial in Pittsfield to July 26.
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Tony Winning Actor/Director Roger Rees at 71 Front Page
Artistic Director of Williamstown Theater Festival 2004 to 2007
By: - Jul 11th, 2015Roger Rees, who has died following a medical procedure in May, had a long association with the Williamstown Theatre Festival. The renowned Tony winning actor/ director first came to Williamstown as an actor. From 2004 to 2007 he was the artistic director of WTF. He returned last summer for a revival of the Kander and Ebb musical The Visit which is currently on Broadway starring Chita Rivera.
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Nederlands Dans Theater 2 at Jacob's Pillow Front Page
A Heady Confluence of Ballet and Experimental Dance.
By: - Jul 11th, 2015Nederlands Dans Theater was founded in 1959 and with some 600 works in its portfolio has been one of the most influential global companies. In 1978 a younger second company was formed and this is its first week in Becket since 2007.
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On the Eve Front Page
Winter Pone People
By: - Jul 11th, 2015Ice skating on the eve of turning 76 has its treacheries. But also the joy of teaching to the toddlers potential future Bruins.
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Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art Front Page
Florida Themed Collection in Daytona Beach
By: - Jul 10th, 2015The newly opened (February 2015) Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art in Daytona Beach features a collection of 2,600 Florida themed oil and watercolor paintings, some dating back to the early 1800s, which recount the state’s cultural, geographic and natural history.
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James Flynn Front Page
Ran Boston Taverns and Inns
By: - Jul 10th, 2015The only difference between the Boston Irish Flynn and Kennedy clans is that the Kennedys made more money selling bootleg booze. Three of four Flynn children graduated from college. Two went on to careers in medicine and one in law. Uncle Arthur sat on the Federal bench. The Kennedys , of course, knew some success in politics.
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Old Mr. Boston Word
How Yankees Celebrate Independence Day
By: - Jul 09th, 2015During a party on the rocks in posh Northeast Harbor, Maine I discovered how old money stays that way.
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1913 People
On the Cusp of WWI Tragedy Struck for the Nugent Family
By: - Jul 09th, 2015In 1913 the European avant-garde was shown in the Armory Show in New York. In Paterson New Jersey the IWW led a strike. The world braced for war. In one terrible year Mary Nugent of Rockport lost two sons and a daughter.
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Beaver Dam Farm Front Page
Nugent Homestead 1875 to 1927
By: - Jul 08th, 2015In 1658 on 32 acres of land James Babson built a stone building now the oldest in Rockport. It is all that survives of the once extensive Beaver Dam Farm which my ancestors, the Nugents, leased from 1875 to 1927. Patrick died at 50 in 1900 and Mary raised their family of 13 and managed the farm until her death in 1927. Their son George moved up the street and became the owner of the largest expanse of land on Cape Ann including initially all of Good Harbor Beach.
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Patrick Nugent People
Scoundrel and Patriach of an American Clan
By: - Jul 08th, 2015Dead at 50 Patrick Nugent of Rockport left his wife Mary with 13 children. As well as one more on the side with her sister.
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Deathtrap at Berkshire Theatre Group Front Page
Now Kissing in Stockbridge
By: - Jul 08th, 2015In this staging of Ira Levin's enduring 1978 comic-mystery the men do not kiss. That cause a sensation decades ago on Broadway. The lip smacker is now banned by Levin's estate. But in a play that is chock full of clues you would have to be utterly clueless not to conclude that the washed up playwright Sidney (Gregg Edelman) isn't shagging his former student Clifford (Tom Pecinka). For a fun evening with no heavy lifting get thee to Stockbridge.
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Ancestors People
The Nugents of Rockport
By: - Jul 07th, 2015Ancestors is the first of a suite of poems The Nugents of Rockport. Born within a year of each other, 1850 and 1851, Patrick and Mary wed in 1875 and soon settled in Rockport. Soon after marriage Charles, the first of 13, was born. Initially, they leased land then in the 1920s, George, the heir to Beaver Dam Farm brought property down the road. He became the largest and richest land owner and the political whip of Cape Ann.
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Ella Baff to Leave Jacob's Pillow Front Page
Joins The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
By: - Jul 07th, 2015For the past 17 years audiences at Jacob's Pillow have been greeted by executive and artistic director Ella Baff. During summers in the Berkshires Pillow is the epicenter of the dance world. She will continue through the end of the summer festival then leave to take a position at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York City. We will miss her upbeat invitation "Let's Dance!"
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"Composition…Master-Pieces…Identity” Front Page
Breathing Life into the Words of Gertrude Stein
By: - Jul 07th, 2015Here, curiously, Edward Rubin conflates his passion for Gertrude Stein and Ludwig Wittgenstein! Go figure. The Off Off production that prompts him to quote generously from Stein has, alas, closed at the time of posting this review. If you are intrigued by "A rose is a rose is a rose" then this is a name that surely will smell as sweet.
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike in Chicago Front Page
Durang Play at Goodman Theatre Through July 26
By: - Jul 06th, 2015Steve Scott's new Goodman Theatre production is funny and charming and much of its wit rests on the many theatrical references and stage in-jokes (fond references to Chekhov and Greek tragedies, and to theater masters such as Stanislavski and Meisner). In addition, monologues by three of its characters are compelling and humorous set pieces.
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Dorrance Dance with Toshi Reagon and BIGlovely Front Page
The Blues Project at Jacob’s Pillow
By: - Jul 05th, 2015In 2013 The Blues Project with Dorrance Dance and Toshi Reagon with BIGlovely premiered at the smaller Doris Duke Theatre. With word of mouth and rave reviews it sold out as it did again in 2014. This season the stunning tap ensemble was presented to sold out audiences in the Ted Shawn Theatre of Jacob's Pillow Dance. We were thrilled by every moment of an ecstatic performance,
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Bris Front Page
Goy Mohels of Brookline
By: - Jul 05th, 2015On a warm spring Sunday in Brookline, after church, the parents brought their infant to be brissed by my goy parents.
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Around the Cape Word
Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester
By: - Jul 05th, 2015Broad Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester is where families bathe by the sea enjoying the flavors and linguistic textures of summer.
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Miles Front Page
Keith or Chick
By: - Jul 04th, 2015Miles on tour after Bitches Brew saw him at Harvard Stadium then later in the week Lennie's on the Turnpike. That night the band included Jack DeJohnette, drums, Michael Henderson, bass, Gary Bartz, horns, Fender pianos Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. John McLaughlin sat in on guitar. Back stage Miles asked me to help him make a difficult decision.
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Charity Front Page
Helping the Homeless
By: - Jul 04th, 2015The homeless hag hit on me for something to eat. That was cool but she pulled a fast one.
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Legacy by Daniel Goldfarb at Williamstown Front Page
World Premiere with Hecht, Bogosian, Long and Feiffer
By: - Jul 04th, 2015The new Williamstown Theatre Festival artistic director, Mandy Greenfield, has launched her tenure with a double header of world premieres. In the smaller Nikos Stage a fine cast is performing Legacy by Daniel Goldfarb. There are tons of laughs and then it gets very grim and dark.
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Tanglewood/ BSO Opening Night Front Page
All-American Program
By: - Jul 04th, 2015For the BSO's opening night at Tanglewood guest conductor Jacques Lacombe led the orchestra through a diverse program of Americana that celebrated the Independence Day theme of freedom. Particularly essential was the give and take, call and answer between the traditions and cross pollination of jazz and classical music. A highlight was John Douglas Thompson speaking the words of Abraham Lincoln in a tribute composed by Aaron Copland.
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