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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The Hunchback of Notre Dame Theatre
La Jolla Playhouse Premiere
By: - Nov 28th, 2014The masterful staging and direction of Scott Schwartz, who combines new orchestrations for this production from Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz’s 1996 original score, is blessed not only with a solid cast of supporting players and ensemble performers, but benefits from the local San Diego area SACRA/PROFANA choir whose singing and Gregorian chanting enriches all of the musical aspects of this impressive production.
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I Phone Word
Ap to Talk to God
By: - Nov 28th, 2014As a reporter I got an advance copy of an experimental I Phone. There are terrific new aps. One provides a direct line to Heaven. With questions about Creation I called God.
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Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin Theatre
LA's Geffen, Gil Cates Main Stage Until January 4
By: - Nov 28th, 2014In “Hershey Felder as Irving Berlinâ€, directed by Trevor Hay, now on the boards of the Gil Cates Main stage theatre, the genius of Berlin, is not only his longevity (he lived to be 101 years-old), but the prodigious output of his canon. We’re talking over one thousand songs over his career, many becoming major hits, which made him a household legend before he turned thirty.
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Freshman English Word
Birth of Gonzo
By: - Nov 28th, 2014In Camus' The Stranger for no compelling reason he killed the Arab on the beach. The story is told in deadpan prose with no affect. That inspired my freshman essay My Gradfather's Funeral. In so many ways it was proto Gonzo. That putz Arnie Sugarman gave me a C Plus.
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Irish Wake Word
Grandpa Flynn Stiff in the Parlor
By: - Nov 27th, 2014But a lad raised like a prince too little time with Grandpa Flynn. In a true Boston Irish tradition they waked him in the parlor. A house full of mourners with tons of food and booze. Many perfect strangers. Funeral groupies making the rounds.
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Thanksgiving 2014 Word
White Christmas One Month Too Soon
By: - Nov 27th, 2014Worst ever Holiday rush hour. Whiteout on year's busiest travel day. Not going anywhere waking to winter wonderland a month early. Thanksgiving as the new White Christmas.
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The Game Word
Latin vs. English at Harvard Stadium
By: - Nov 27th, 2014My ambitions as a football player at Latin School ended on the first play. Lined up for a 'chicken test' I tackled the opponent but busted my collar bone. For the annual Thanksgiving game against rival English High I sat in the stands. But as events ensued didn't mind not being on the field.
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New Harvard Art Museums Architecture
Three in One by Renzo Piano
By: - Nov 26th, 2014Arguably housing the finest university art collection in the world (over 250,000 objects in all mediums), Harvard University’s Harvard Art Museums comprise three museums. The Fogg Museum was established in 1895, the Busch-Reisinger Museum in 1903, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in 1985. Through innovation in research, teaching, professional training, and public education, Harvard’s museums have played a leading role in the development of art history, the science of conservation, and the evolution of the art museum as an institution.
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Mockingjay at Best a Holiday Turkey Film
Jennifer Dear How Could You
By: - Nov 26th, 2014In the first two Hunger Games films we fell deeply, madly in love with Jennifer Lawrence as the archer and woman warrior Katness Everdeen. The two hour third film Mockingjay Part One is little more than a boring rip off and setup for the hopefully better final film in the series a year from now.
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Tug of War Word
Ferguson the Day After
By: - Nov 25th, 2014The cop shot an unarmed black kid and walked. Scott free. Need for a change in the hearts and minds of America. Small powerful forces moving the ship of state.
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Bang Word
When the Lights Go Out.
By: - Nov 25th, 2014Cosmic conversations over lunches with Bruce Duchomel and Larry Murray inspired these terse lines. While still expanding from the Big Bang seen another way the universe is finite. What happens when all the stars burn out and the universe goes dark?
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Jaeschkes Apple Orchard Word
Famous Florida Mountain Turnip
By: - Nov 23rd, 2014At the base of Mt. Greylock in Adams is Jaeschkes Apple Orchard. Just a short distance from us I drove over for their famous Florida Mountain Turnip. It's a huge job to hack them up. But real sweet and special. Now and then they sell them cubed. But you have to ask, no insist. It's a festive dish I am bringing to Thanksgiving dinner this week.
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Trip Diary Word
On the Road with Stuart Davis
By: - Nov 23rd, 2014Because of the terse, tight, short sentence poems of Charles Giuliano friends suggest sources. There are parralels to the Word Poets according to Robert and another mentor advises reading William Carlos Williams. Pat Hills sent along diary entries by the artist Stuart Davis (December 7, 1892 – June 24, 1964). Yes. Good get.
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Simeon Bruner on Mass MoCA Architecture
Pioneer of Reuse Architecture.
By: - Nov 23rd, 2014During the recent press conference to announce plans for Phase Three of the development of the Mass MoCA campus we met with the museum’s chief architect Simeon Bruner. In addition to his ideas for the design of building six we discussed the approach of reuse architecture of which he and his firm Bruner/ Cott have been pioneers.
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Vintage Word
The Rarest French Wine
By: - Nov 22nd, 2014A Berkshires Christmas Eve on Mt. Shango. Experiencing two rare bottles of 1940s French wine.
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Moosh Magique Word
Berkshire Tripping
By: - Nov 22nd, 2014Through the bitter cold Berkshire night the spirit of Moosh Magique danced in the hearth. La vida loca.
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Poem for My Birthday Word
Levitation
By: - Nov 21st, 2014Days separate the births of Jane Hudson and Charles Giuliano. For many years they celebrated when she roasted a duck.
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James Turrell at Mass MoCA Fine Arts
Light Years for Planned Installation
By: - Nov 21st, 2014James Turrell is best known for developing Roden Crater in Arizona as an epic scaled celestial observatory and light work. The project is incomplete and not accessible to visitors. But it is the heart and soul of work that is world renowned. In 2013 there was a touring retrospective of his work. The approximate scale of that exhibition, some 32,000 square feet, will be used for a 25-year-long Turrell installation at Mass MoCA.
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Irish Sport Pages Word
Here Today Gonzo Tomorrow
By: - Nov 20th, 2014A blip on the radar screen of infinty. Then what?
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Laurie Anderson’s Mass MoCA Project Fine Arts
Part of Phase Three Museum Expansion
By: - Nov 20th, 2014Mass MoCA a kunsthalle or non collecting museum established a new paradigm when it opened 25-year-long, large scale installations of works by Sol LeWitt and Anselm Kiefer. Now six more A list artists are planned including space for multi media performance artist Laurie Anderson. During the recent media event to announce these ambitious projects we spoke with Anderson about her ongoing relationship with MoCA and the Berkshires.
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Thanksgiving Word
1940s When the Boys Came Home
By: - Nov 20th, 2014Recalling childhood Thanksgiving with Flynn grandparents. Rambling old house where he was waked in the living room. Long since razed for generic apartjment building. When holidays were a time for warmth and wonder with family.
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PBS Fall Winter Primetime Schedule Television
Tony Winner Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall
By: - Nov 20th, 2014PBS revealed today its full primetime schedule for the 2015 winter/spring season along with key talent appearing at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, taking place this January in Pasadena, CA. PBS will host two days of press conferences featuring Damian Lewis, who plays Henry VIII in MASTERPIECE’s “Wolf Hall,†starring Tony-Award winner Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell; Rory Kennedy, director and producer for LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE; Nicholas Kristof for A PATH APPEARS; Phylicia Rashad for AMERICAN MASTERS “August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Standâ€; Misty Copeland for AMERICAN MASTERS “American Ballet Theatre at 75 (w.t.)â€; Ricky Jay for AMERICAN MASTERS “Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practiceâ€; Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson for MASTERPIECE’s “Poldarkâ€; and other names to be announced.
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Tom Reney's 30 Years as WFCR Jazz DJ Music
NEPR Endowment for Continued Jazz Programming
By: - Nov 20th, 2014Jazz à la Mode has been a staple of WFCR-FM’s offerings –and Tom Reney its only host-- since the station’s inception of jazz programming in 1984. The NPR affiliate, which operates under the aegis of New England Public Radio, recently relocated from the environs of Reney’s alma mater, the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, to become part of the downtown Springfield scene.
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Mass MoCA Launches Confluence Campaign Fine Arts
Some $13.56 of $30 Million Matched to States $25.4 Million
By: - Nov 18th, 2014Yesterday's lively press conference at Mass MoCA, announcing the $54.4 million Confluence Campaign, was preempted by a news leak of an embargoed press release by Geoff Edgers of the Washington Post. While that story provided a tantalizing overview the press conference covered many of the complex and exciting details. This updates our prior reports with more to follow.
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Words Matter Opinion
The Value of Education
By: - Nov 16th, 2014People who make money are successful. They are sometimes well educated, and sometimes not, but they are smart. They are smart enough to be successful in the way most of us value success.
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