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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Adams Ale House Food
An Extreme Makover of Spacious Venue
By: - Sep 13th, 2013There are too few places in the Berkshires to chill, hang out, and groove to a live band. Adams Ale House with a reported $200,000 in ongoing renovations opened in June. It has steadily become a local hangout in the former Polish community center a stone's throw from St. Stans. While nothing special it offers affordable pub food, flat screen TV's, a large dining room and soon banquet, dance and function rooms.
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Wild Girl Waltz by Mark Lewis Film
Indy Film Shot in Pioneer Valley
By: - Sep 13th, 2013With just $10,000 and an eight day shooting schedule in Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts Mark Lewis created Wild Girl Waltz a charming and goofy film. It will be screened on October 12 at the annual Filmshift Film Festival in Somerville, Mass.
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Hal Foster’s The Art-Architecture Complex Architecture
Book of Criticism Published by Verso Books
By: - Sep 13th, 2013Matthew Hassell the editor of NYArts magazine reviews a book by noted critic Hal Foster. It explores the influence of fine arts on contemporary architecture. It examines architectural leaders such as the Venturis, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, and Zaha Hadid. Their work is evaluated in relation to pop aesthetics, the international style, and the widespread influence of minimalism.
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Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road at Carnegie Hall Music
Performance October 16
By: - Sep 11th, 2013On Wednesday, October 16 at 8:00 p.m., in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma returns to Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Silk Road Project—an initiative aimed at promoting innovation and cross-cultural understanding through performance and the arts.
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Paul’s Restaurant in Pittsfield Food
Family Style Greek Cuisine
By: - Sep 11th, 2013Located within walking distance of the hospital in Pittsfield, Paul's Restaurant features family style Greek cuisine. In a no frills setting the food is tasty and affordable although portions and ingredients reflect the price. We ordered the Greek standards Moussaka and the Gyro Dinner.
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American Repertory Theatre 2013-14 Season Theatre
Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston as LBJ
By: - Sep 10th, 2013American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has scheduled American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted performances and Audio Described performances for blind and low-visioned audiences during the A.R.T.’s 2013-14 Season. Bryan Cranston the star of the hit TV drama Breaking Bad plays President Lyndon B. Johnson in All The Way which opens the season in Cambridge on October 1.
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ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage Theatre
Announces 2014 Season
By: - Sep 10th, 2013ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage announces the second half of its fourth theatre season, beginning in early 2014. This covers productions into June of 2014. Rob Orchard, Executive Director for the Arts stated that "Our fourth season offers world premieres, classics, return visits from friends we've hosted before, and dialogue around important historical moments as well as a number of works featuring multi-media and music. In short, a world on stage coming to us this year from Belgium, Ireland, Italy, South Africa, England, Israel, The Netherlands, Russia and across the U.S."
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Berkshire Theatre Highlights 2013 Theatre
Reflecting on an Intense High Season
By: - Sep 09th, 2013With several major Berkshire arts organizations now closed until next year it's time to reflect on the intense and often remarkable 2013 high season. It's impossible to be everywhere, often with conflicts on any given night, but we offer highlights of what we managed to review. In addition to the Berkshires we covered five new plays at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The busy season included a number of interviews with artistic directors, actors and playwrights.
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The Roads of North America, Part Three Travel
A Drive South from the Berkshires to Georgia – 2013
By: - Sep 07th, 2013Part Three you wonder? It's our second road trip which we chronicled in daily entries, noting all roads by numbers. And what an adventure! The stops in this report include days in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, DC.
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Body & Soul at Museum of Arts and Design Design
A Dialogue with Curator Wendy Tarlow Kaplan
By: - Sep 07th, 2013The Museum of Arts and Design in New York City through March 2 is exhibiting Body & Soul: New International Ceramics. The medium has been used by artists to express a wide range of charged social issues including identity, sexuality, bullying, abuse, violence, rebellion and despair. Recently we discussed the project with Wendy Tarlow Kaplan who co curated the exhibition with Martin S. Kaplan and Laurent de Verneuil.
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Fall Season of Boston's Modern Theatre Theatre
Tina Packer to Direct Shakespeare's Henry VIII
By: - Sep 07th, 2013The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University announces the programming lineup for its fall 2013 season, featuring innovative performances of dance, opera, and new and classic plays. Among other attractions Tina Packer, founding artistic director of Shakespeare & Company, will produce his rarely staged Henry V111.
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Wisconsin's American Players Theatre Theatre
Shakespeare Outdoors Through October 20
By: - Sep 06th, 2013This season, through October 20, the American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin is presenting one of Shakespeare’s most revered tragedies, Hamlet. This production includes the full text and clocks in at three and a half hours with one 20 minute intermission. And they’ve made every single minute count!
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Beef and Boards Announces 2014 Season Theatre
Tasty Dinner Theater in Indianapolis
By: - Sep 06th, 2013Dinner theatre survives and thrives at Beef and Boards in Indianapolis. Our correspondent Melissa Hall covers the current offering of Father of the Bride a remake of the 119 film starring Steve Martin. It runs through September 29. The company posts its 2014 schedule
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Is Cate Blanchett a Lock for an Oscar Film
Stars in Blue Jasmine Woody Allen's 44th Film
By: - Sep 04th, 2013Based on a stunning performance in Woody Allen's 44th film, Blue Jasmine, odds are that the 44-year-old Australian born actress, Cate Blanchett, is a strong contender for her second Oscar. In his cost effective, low key, Indy manner it seems that Allen just turned on the camera and with little or no direction she dug deeply to reveal her heart and soul as a fallen woman of a certain age.
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Tanglewood Drops the Ball by 9% Opinion
Time to Rethink Mix of Classical and Popular Programming
By: - Sep 04th, 2013For its gala 2012, 75th anniversary Tanglewood logged its third best attendance at 375,776. This year, despite generally favorable weather, attendance declined by 9%. Non classical programming was off by 14% largely attributed to the absence of James Taylor whose three concerts last season sold 54, 385 tickets (minus comps). Even with deep pockets and a broad base of support it has been a year of red ink for Mark Volpe and the BSO. There is no need for panic but it's time to bring in consultants to book non classical programming.
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Barrington Stage Jumps Gun on 2014 Season Theatre
Kiss Me Kate and St. Germain's Dancing Lessons
By: - Sep 03rd, 2013Barrington Stage Company announces two productions for the theater’s 20th Anniversary Season - Kiss Me, Kate the musical comedy masterpiece by composer Cole Porter and authors Sam and Bella Spewack and the world premiere romantic comedy Dancing Lessons by Mark St. Germain. The new play was well received during a staged reading over the holiday weekend.
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A Dialogue with Creator/ Director Mary Zimmerman Theatre
Bringing Jungle Book from Chicago to Huntington Theatre Company
By: - Sep 03rd, 2013Launching the fall season of Boston's Huntington Theatre Company the renowned director and creator Mary Zimmerman returns with a new musical adapted from Kipling's The Jungle Book. Previously she directed the Leonard Bernstein musical Candide. Adding to an extensive prior dialogue we corresponded with Zimmerman about the new production which may be New York bound.
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Shakespeare & Company Beauty Queens Two Theatre
Risk Taking Based on a 35 Year Legacy
By: - Sep 02nd, 2013There has been considerable risk taking in the 2013 season programmed by Shakespeare & Company artistic director Tony Simotes. It has combined rarely produced Shakespeare plays as well as tough works by Stoppard and Brecht. The season ends on September 15 with arguably the most controversial play of the Berkshire season Martin McDonagh's brutal dark comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane. This is part two of a discussion with its cast members Tina Packer, Elizabeth Aspenlieder, David Sedgwick and Edmund Donovan.
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‘Tanz im August’ in Berlin Dance
A Fantastic 25th Season
By: - Sep 02nd, 2013Germany’s most celebrated Contemporary Dance Festival just closed after presenting for two weeks choreographers and companies from around the globe. All performed to sold out houses and on public stages. Where is contemporary dance heading? Berlin may have given many indications.
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Yvonne Andersen Sun Gallery Co-Founder Fine Arts
Recalling Film and Animation Programming in Provincetown
By: - Sep 02nd, 2013As research for “Pioneers from Provincetown: The Roots of Figurative Expressionism†an exhibition focused on the emergence of a largely misunderstood movement in the 1950s we interviewed Sun Gallery co-founder Yvonne Andersen. In response to our coverage she has sent additional notes of great historical interest.
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Harry Connick, Jr. at Tanglewood Music
Blustery Last Night in the Shed
By: - Sep 01st, 2013With thunder and lightning it rained cats and dogs for the Shed performance of Harry Connick, Jr. at Tanglewood. We managed to stay sky high and bone dry through the best non classical performance of the season. Connick charmed the audience with the full range of his vast musical talent. He sang several songs from the new CD Every Man Should Know his 30th and 7th that he entirely composed and arranged.
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Anna Christie at Berkshire Theatre Group Theatre
O’Neill Play Washes Up in Stockbridge
By: - Aug 30th, 2013The Berkshire Theatre Group production of Eugene O'Neill's 1921 play Anna Christie has been given an extreme makeover by Pulitzer prize winning director David Auburn. The play has been condensed from four acts to two with the cast cut from ten to five characters. With these drastic reductions, while clear and cohesive, Auburn serves the steak without the sizzle.
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Meeting with the Beauty Queens of Leenane Theatre
Rocking the Boat at Shakespeare & Company Part One
By: - Aug 29th, 2013Tina Packer has been quoted in the media that she can't wait for the end of the run of Beauty Queen of Leenane at Shakespeare & Company on September 15. Audiences and critics agree that it is the most powerful and harrowing production of the Berkshire season. In part one of a meeting with the cast Packer exploded about why she hates the character she has been roped into portraying. Her Mag Folan reminds her of the two mother in laws she hated.
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Barbiere at Hubbard Hall Music
Rossini Opera an Unqualified Success
By: - Aug 29th, 2013Rossini's Barber of Seville has proven to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music, and has held its position as a masterpiece of musical comedy for 200 years. It is one of the few operas which still has its talons in popular culture, with Figaro resonating in modern sensibilities as the everyman who pulls all the strings. Hubbard Hall Opera Theater does great justice to the work. .
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Trial by Jury at Hubbard Hall Music
Short but Sweet
By: - Aug 29th, 2013Part musical, part opera, this production is a good blend of both, featuring hilarious dance numbers and strong voices that have no need of amplification to be heard. Trial by Jury is the “second-stage†show in this summer’s line-up at Hubbard Hall.
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