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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September Song Word
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Open Letter to Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh Opinion
My Theatrical Response to Disaster in Ferguson
By: - Aug 29th, 2014Back in the day Larry Stark was the theatre critic for Boston After Dark which elided as The Boston Phoenix. He has covered theatre for decades currently with his website Theatre Mirror. Following up on campaign promises Stark in an open letter has questions for Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh. "To put it bluntly Mayor, I voted for you Only because I thought at the time that your commitment to The Arts was genuine."
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Salamander a 12 Part Belgian Thriller Television
Compelling Series on Netflix
By: - Aug 29th, 2014We devoured the 12 part Belgian series "Salamander" over three riveting evenings. Starting as a not so unique bank robbery the master mind has more than theft planned for the 66 owners of targeted private boxes in the vault. The real motive is to bring down a powerful cabal with the code name Salamander surviving from a WWII Resistance group.
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Magna Carta at the Clark Word
1215 and All That
By: - Aug 29th, 2014Magna Carta comes to the Clark courtesy of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral as part of the United Kingdom’s preparations for celebrating the document’s 800th anniversary in 2015. The Lincoln Cathedral Exemplar of Magna Carta is widely regarded as the finest extant copy of the document due to the fact that it is written in an ‘official’ hand and has remained at Lincoln since the time of its first issue.
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The Future of Theatre Theatre
Theatre Communications Group Conference
By: - Aug 29th, 2014When seeking news of what’s happening in American not-for-profit theatre, you can track those happenings via the Theatre Communications Group (TCG). Once a year the organization convenes its National Conference in a different city, allowing members and interested parties to come together, press the flesh, attend workshops and panels, and exchange ideas on the state and future of American theatre.
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Berkshire Photographer Benno Friedman Photography
Early Years: Woodstock, Rolling Stone, Playboy
By: - Aug 25th, 2014Berkshire based photographer, Benno Friedman, bought a camera in a duty free shop in the Amsterdam airport. It was the summer after graduation from college in 1966. Upon returning a friend helped him to process and print the film. Soon that launched into dual career as a commercial and fine arts photographer. That led to assignments like shooting Woodstock for Playboy and Seventeen. He was also a stringer for Rolling Stone. This is part one of a recent extensive interview.
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The Vaccination Divide Opinion
Exploring the Pros and Cons
By: - Aug 25th, 2014Faith based and other concerned parents have opted not to vaccinate their children. This can result in outbreaks in formerly widely preventable diseases. There are concerns that vaccinations may in fact induce dangerous side effects inluding an inclination for autism. Our science correspondent, a firm advocate of vaccination, explores the issues and risk factors.
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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at Pillow Dance
82nd Season Ends with Neo Classical Modernism
By: - Aug 25th, 2014The 82nd season of Jacob's Pillow Dance ended with the fifth Berkshire performance of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. With a program of works by three choreographers the company conflated classical traditions and contemporary variations. Post season we anticipate the annual collaboration with Mass MoCA.
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Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley Television
A Copper in BBC Hit on Netflix
By: - Aug 24th, 2014Sarah Lancashire is familiar to PBS viewers as the lesbian head mistress in Sally Wainwright's series Last Tango in Halifax. She has written a news cop series Happy Valley built around Lancashire. The hit, six part BBC series is now avaiable for binge viewing on Netflix.
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Two Gentleman of Verona at Old Globe Theatre
Shakespeare Summer Season to September 14
By: - Aug 22nd, 2014This time The Old Globe wraps up their highly successful 2014 Shakespeare Summer Season with the delightfully entertaining rom/com “Two Gentlemen of Veronaâ€, directed by acclaimed Globe Alum and Tony Award nominee Mark Lamos.
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NY Times Zings Mass MoCA Opinion
Mixed Report on $25.4 Million from Commonwealth
By: - Aug 22nd, 2014Twelve days after breaking news the New York Times has reported on $25.4 million in Commonwealth funding for the $50 million renovation of the final phase of build out for Mass MoCA. While damning the museum with faint praise the Times drags up an eight year old controversy of a botched installation by Christoph Buchel. The reporter probed far and wide for on and off the record smears of the museum and its critical reputation.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Theatre
Long and Short of the Bard
By: - Aug 20th, 2014With The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) there is a lot of farce crammed into an evening at the Tina Packer Playhouse of Shakespeare & Company. Based on a raucuous response of a near to packed house on a week night this is the run away comedy hit of the Berkshire season.
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A Hatful of Rain at Berkshire Theatre Group Theatre
Once Provocative Play Is Rarely Revived
By: - Aug 20th, 2014While the play has relevance to today’s veterans dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, and sometimes resulting addictions, the material is dated. Too much information has been spread about war, its effects on families and society, to make these characters’ shock seem real.
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Contemporary American Theater Festival Theatre
Production of Uncanny Valley Transferring to New York
By: - Aug 19th, 2014CATF has been invited to transfer its world premiere production of Uncanny Valley by Thomas Gibbons to New York City’s Off-Broadway venue 59E59 Theaters. Hailed as the Festival’s “most satisfying offering†by The Washington Post, Uncanny Valley will be presented by CATF for a four-week run beginning on October 2.
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Boston Modern by Judith Bookbinder Fine Arts
Definitive Study of Boston Expressionism
By: - Aug 18th, 2014Judith Bookbinder's 2005 publication Boston Modern: Figurative Expressionism as Alternative Modernism is the definitive study of this important but neglected movement. Her study is meticulously researched and documented. This is the catalogue for the exhibition that the Museum of Fine Arts has failed to deliver. Significantly most of the Boston Expressionists were Jews struggling with Biblical constraints against the graven image.
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Companhia Urbana de Dança at Jacob’s Pillow Architecture
From Favelas to World Stages
By: - Aug 17th, 2014Companhia Urbana de Dança thrilled the audience last year and this week was equally well received in a return to Jacob's Pillow. The company of eight men and one woman combines the street smarts of break dancing and hip hop moves with the choreography of the classically trained Sonia Destri Lie. The two part program of hour long works contrasted joy and tragedy in a world permiere of "You. We…ALL BLACK" and the uppeat celebration of "Na Pista."
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Theatre
Durang Off the Hook at Shakespeare & Company
By: - Aug 16th, 2014Directed by our friend the late Nicholas Martin of Williamstown Theatre Festival Christopher Durang's serious comedy Vanya and Sonia and Macha and Spike won a Tony for Best Play. Since then it has been widely produced and now through September 14 by Shakespeare & Company. Matthew Penn has directed an awesome cast in this side splitting gonzo riff on Anton Chekhov. It's a fresh, fun, zinger that rounds off a top heavy summer of the Bard in Lenox.
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Cape Ann Museum Reopens Fine Arts
Tour with Director Ronda Faloon
By: - Aug 15th, 2014The Cape Ann Museum has raised $5 million with $3.5 for a renovation of its eclectic warren of buildings and galleries. Just prior to the recent reopening we were given a tour of the collection by the museum's director Ronda Faloon. The collection displays all aspects of life on historic Cape Ann. Its heart and soul comprises 40 paintings and 100 drawings by America's most renowned 19th century painter of seascapes Fitz Henry Lane. There are also many works by leading artists who were a part of the art colony.
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Walldogs at Hatch Art Collective Theatre
An Economy of Means by New Pittsburgh Company
By: - Aug 15th, 2014Hatch Arts Collective is a relatively new enterprise (they are in their second year of existence), and in this production of Walldogs director Adil Mansoor has made the smart choice to embrace and make a virtue of the company’s poverty of resources. The scene design is simple and spare, foregrounding the play’s “third character,†the wall, and the costume and lighting design are equally pared down.
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Reasons to Be Pretty at Geffen Playhouse Theatre
Neil LaBute Play Through August 31
By: - Aug 15th, 2014In his latest play “Reasons to be Prettyâ€, directed by artistic director Randall Arney, now playing on the Gil Cates stage of the Geffen Playhouse, Neil LaBute introduces us to four characters in their mid-twenties, who are what some might label as border-line losers. The younger generation come off as spoiled, self-indulgent, and suffering from a lack of parental oversight when they were growing up. And, they’re still not grownups when we catch up with them.
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Dancing Lessons by Mark St. Germain Theatre
Swept Off Our Feet at Barrington Stage
By: - Aug 14th, 2014Dancing Lessons is the ninth play and eighth world permiere by Mark St. Germain at Barrington Stage Company. As a signifier of their long standing relationship the new play is directed by Julianne Boyd the founder of the company. In recent years his plays have gone on to successful tours of regional companies. Starring the astonishing John Cariani with a stunning dancing partner in Paige Davis this play has the potential to be on the road for years.
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Bottoms Up at Tanglewood Food
Beer Tasting and Concert on August 15
By: - Aug 13th, 2014On August 15 conductor Stephane Deneve will lead a Beethoven and Prokofiev program featuring pianist and soloist Emanual Ax, followed by mezzo-soprano Elena Manistina. Starting at 5:30, prior to the concert, there will be a tasting of regional microbreweries and snacks.
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WAM Theatre Fresh Takes Theatre
reading of Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England by Madeleine George
By: - Aug 11th, 2014WAM Theatre will present the reading on Sunday, August 17 at 3:00 p.m. at No. Six Depot Roastery and Café, 6 Depot Street in West Stockbridge, MA. Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England is the fourth presentation in the new Fresh Takes play reading series, which offers new and reimagined works that tell women’s stories. The series has proven popular with audiences and the first three readings sold out.
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18th Jazz Festival 2014, Garana, Romania Music
Part Three: Director Marius Giura
By: - Aug 11th, 2014Jazz lover and writer Ioana Taut has attended the Garana Jazz Festival for many years. This year she interviewed musicians Joey DeFrancesco, USA, and Kimmo Pohjonen, Finland - an indication, how international the festival has become. Founder and director of Garana Jazz, Marius Giura speaks about the festival's development over many years and the gargantuan task to make it happen in Romania!
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Breakfast with Playwright Mark St. Germain Theatre
Discussing Dancing Lessons for Barrington Stage
By: - Aug 11th, 2014Honoring his many contributions The Mark St. Germain Stage was named for him by Pittsfield's Barrington Stage Company. A number of his best known works- Freud's Last Sessions, Best of Enemies, Dr. Ruth- have premiered for the company of artistic director, Julianne Boyd. This week the latest Dancing Lessons will open. In what has become an annual ritual we met at Dottie's in Pittsfield for breakfast to discuss this new work as well as the challenges of a life in theatre.
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