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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Hugh Jackman in The River Theatre
Fish Story of Ones That Got Away
By: - Dec 08th, 2014In the current film Birdman a cartoonish Hollywood star seeks to make his bones on Broadway. While Wolverine star Hugh Jackman is no stranger to Broadway in The River he appears up close and personal in an intimate play staged in the miniscule, by Broadway standards, Circle in the Square. Fans paid top dollar to get close to a beefy but uncannily talented celebrity.
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Honeymoon Word
Weekend in the Catskills
By: - Nov 30th, 2014He was so arrogant she couldn't stand him. Or his advances. Relented to assist him on a home delivery. First date. Married a couple of weeks later. On one condition. That eventually they would move to Boston to be with her family. It was a hard bargain.
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Honeymoon Architecture
By: - Nov 30th, 2014anything over 255 chars will be deleted.
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Casatta Word
Sicilian Holiday Cake
By: - Nov 28th, 2014When realtives traveled from Brooklyn for the holidays they brought the traditional holiday cake casatta. Intially it came from Tardo's. When it went out of business only Montelone's would do. You could tell the difference. This is something that only Sicilians can understand.
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Mad As Hell Word
Ferguson Our My Lai
By: - Nov 28th, 2014Our My Lai Massacre is Ferguson, LA, Chicago, Detroit. Anywhere that black life is less valued and whites run the game. When does it become too late?
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Mad As Hell Architecture
By: - Nov 28th, 2014This time the My Lai massacre can be any town from Ferguson to Chicago or LA. Why is a black life in America still less valued than a white one? When is too late?
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What the Butler Saw Theatre
Mark Taper Forum through December 21
By: - Nov 28th, 2014“What the Butler Saw†written by English playwright and ‘infant terrible’ Joe Orton, is classic English farce performed with stiff upper lip by a cast of clueless characters that looked as if they just stepped out of a West End theatre production. They find themselves on the stage of the Mark Taper Forum, bewildered as ever, but supremely confident in the correctness of their decisions.
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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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