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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Blind Boys of Alabama Visit Cape Cod Music
Wellfleet Congregational Church May 25
By: - May 07th, 2013The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The Grammy Awards and The National Endowment for the Arts with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, honored by performing for three presidents in the White House, and are winners of five Grammy Awards.
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Running Wilde in Indy Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest at EclecticPond Theatre
By: - May 06th, 2013There is nothing quite like the wit of Oscar Wilde. No play better represents his absurd gift for droll frippery than the perennial comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest. Our Ms Hall was indeed amused as well she should be good gracious me.
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Steven Sondheim's Into the Woods Theatre
Musical at The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, in Carmel, Indiana
By: - May 05th, 2013Into the Woods begins as any good story should with Once Upon a Time. The Steven Sondheim musical, at The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, in Carmel, Indiana reintroduces us to well-known fairy tale characters. We meet Cinderella, Jack (and his bean stalk), Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood at the beginning of their stories.
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The Birds of James Audubon Fine Arts
New York Historical Society Exhibits Watercolors
By: - May 04th, 2013John James Audubon (1785-1851) was not the first person to attempt to paint and describe all the birds of America, but for half-a-century he was the young country’s dominant wildlife artist. His seminal Birds of America (1827-39), a collection of 435 life-size prints, quickly eclipsed others’ work and remains a standard against which ornithological renditions that followed are measured.
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Imagine Beethoven's Fifth As It Premiered Music
Interpretation: A Case for Broad Perspective
By: - May 04th, 2013How wonderful it would be to be able to hear Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony exactly as it was heard at its premiere! Or would it? The classical violinist, conductor and author Gerald Elias discuses how great masterpieces evolve over time.
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Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra Music
Performing a Great Work
By: - May 03rd, 2013The first time I performed the Concerto for Orchestra I was moonlighting on last stand of the second violins in the New Haven Symphony. The New Haven Symphony has a long and respectable history as a semi-professional orchestra with many fine musicians. The gig also enabled me to pick up a few bucks for my Yale tuition.
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Aaron Neville at MASS MoCA Music
Launches Summer Concerts on May 25,
By: - May 03rd, 2013Aaron Neville's recent release, My True Story, is a collection of classic doo-wop numbers. To create the album, Neville teamed up with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones and the legendary Blue Note label producer, Don Was. Showcasing the old-school rhythm and blues that were the key influences throughout his career, Neville covers The Drifters, The Clovers, and Little Anthony and the Imperials. "Opportunities like this don't come 'round very often," says Richards. "I grew up with these songs, like Aaron did. It's such a pleasure to play with a voice like that."
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The Weight of Water at The Producers Club Theatre
The Provincetown Theater Production Off Broadway
By: - May 03rd, 2013The world premiere of Myra Slotnick’s new play, The Weight of Water, opened at the Provincetown Theatre on October 6th, 2011. In November of 2012, the entire original cast appeared in a staged reading of the play at The Abingdon Theatre in NY. The upcoming New York production features the original cast and creative team from The Provincetown Theater production.
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2013 Drama Desk Nominations Theatre
Awards May 19 at NYC’s Town Hall.
By: - May 03rd, 2013Musicals Giant and Hands On A Hardbody led the field with 8 nominations apiece as the 2013 Drama Desk nominations were announced today. Meanwhile, Bette Midler earned a nod for Outstanding Solo Performance for her turn as Sue Mengers in I’ll Eat You Last and a special Drama Desk ensemble award this year went to the cast of Working: A Musical. The awards will unveil May 19 at NYC’s Town Hall.
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The American Repertory Theater Theatre
Announces Its 2013/14 Season,
By: - May 03rd, 2013The 2013/14 Season, includes the previously announced Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way and the world premiere of the musical Witness Uganda. Also: All the Way – by Robert Schenkkan, The Heart of Robin Hood – by David Farr, The Light Princess – a family show for the holidays, The Shape She Makes – conceived by Susan Misner and Jonathan Bernstein, choreographed by Susan Misner; written and directed by Jonathan Bernstein and The Tempest – adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller (of Penn & Teller).
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Remembering Sir Colin Davis Music
Renowned Counductor was 85
By: - May 03rd, 2013As Principal Guest Conductor of the Boston Symphony from 1972 to 1984, Sir Colin Davis not only conducted the orchestra four or five weeks a year, he also led some of the orchestra’s great recording projects: the complete Sibelius symphonies (some say the best set ever recorded), and music by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Berlioz. He also was a leading interpreter of Handel, Haydn and Edward Elgar.
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MASS MoCA Launches 14th Season Opinion
Wide Range of Programming Begins Memorial Day
By: - May 02nd, 2013MASS MoCA's summer will include music from seasoned performers like Bettye LaVette and rising stars like Gabriel Kahane with Rob Moose, the annual Bang on a Can Festival of Contemporary Music, Wilco's Solid Sound Festival, and "circus punk marching band" Mucca Pazza.
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Provincetown's Historic Dune Shacks. Going, GoingÂ…. Architecture
Preserving a Remarkable Legacy
By: - May 02nd, 2013This article on Provincetown's historic dune shacks was originally posted in 2007. It continues to attract readers through Google searches. With another season about to begin we are refreshing this article as a service to readers. They have spent time in the dune shacks several times since this article was written.
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Provincetown Launches Season Travel
Life is a Beach
By: - May 02nd, 2013Now that it is May beach resorts are launching the summer season. We got a jump by visiting Myrtle Beach and Tybee Island in February and a week on the Cape in April. We offer a preview of Truro and Provincetown with plans to return in the fall.
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P'Town's Christine McCarthy Part Four Fine Arts
Acquisitions, Endowment, and Education
By: - May 01st, 2013To fill gaps in the collection there are plans for 100 major acquisitions during the Centennial of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in 2014. In addition to the $8 million raised for expansion and renovation there is a need to raise the current endowment of $3 million with another $8 million in pledges. In this final installment of an extensive dialogue McCarthy discusses progress and plans for announcements during the Centennial.
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The Mount's Season Highlights Music
Sculpture, Theatre, Film, Music, Literature
By: - Apr 30th, 2013Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Tom Reiss, Shakespeare & Company, SculptureNow, BIFF and Lift E'vry Voice have something in common: they are all part of The Mount's 2013 summer season.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Tonys Theatre
32 Nominations for Current and Past Artists
By: - Apr 30th, 2013The 2013 Tony Award nominees were announced this morning and 32 members of the Williamstown Theatre Festival family have been nominated - including six that will visit this summer!
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Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Music
34th Festival from June 28 to July 7.
By: - Apr 30th, 2013Featured artists in this year's Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, June 28 to July 7, includes Aretha Franklin, Wayne Shorter, Chucho Valdés, George Benson, Oliver Jones; the absolutely essential Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, John Abercrombie, Ravi Coltrane, Bill Frisell Holly Cole and Boz Scaggs as well as many more.
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Tony Nominations for 2013 Theatre
Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 9th
By: - Apr 30th, 2013Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 67th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony†Awards® were announced today by Tony winning-actress Sutton Foster and star of both stage and screen Jesse Tyler Ferguson, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone at Mark Taper Forum Theatre
John Douglas Thompson Soars in August Wilson's Play
By: - Apr 30th, 2013John Douglas Thompson got stood up on a date to see Joe Turner's Come and Gone at Yale Rep. It inspired him to give up a life in business to pursue what has evolved as a remarkable career in theatre. Berkshire audiences are familiar with his performances at Shakespeare & Company including last season's Satchmo at the Waldorf. He returns to the S&Co. this summer paired with Olympia Dukakis in Mother Courage, In LA, as Jack Lyons reports, he finally gets to play the August Wilson role that first inspired him.
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Provincetown’s Christine McCarthy Part Three Fine Arts
Renovating and Upgrading for the Next Century
By: - Apr 29th, 2013In addition to the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the Library, and Fine Arts Work Center have been renovated while Provincetown Theatre built out a new facility. These changes occured, according to Chris McCarthy, the director of PAAM, "Because we had to." It represented the tipping point of preserving the legacy of America's oldest art colony and building for future generations.
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Huntington Theatre Wins Tony Theatre
Award for Oustanding Regional Theatre
By: - Apr 29th, 2013The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Friday that it will present the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award to the Huntington Theatre Companyof Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday, June 9.
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P'Town's Christine McCarthy Part Two Fine Arts
Provincetown Art Association and Museum Turns 100
By: - Apr 27th, 2013Gearing up for its 100th anniversary, next year, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum's director, Christine McCarthy, is in the midst of extensive plans for exhibitions and publications. This is the second installment of an extended dialogue.
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BIFF Announces 8th Season Film
Berkshire International Film Festival May 30 to June 2
By: - Apr 26th, 2013The 8th Annual season of The Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) today announces the line-up to the action packed program showcasing over 75 of the latest in independent feature, documentary, short and family films from some 20 countries. The festival, which takes place from May 30 – June 2, 2013 in Great Barrington and May 31 – June 2nd in Pittsfield, MA, will bring films, filmmakers, industry professionals and film fans together for a four-day festival celebrating independent film featuring 27 documentaries, 25 narrative features and 24 short films.
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Tru at Coyote Stage Works Theatre
Chuck Yates Channels Truman Capote
By: - Apr 25th, 2013“Truâ€, deftly directed by Larry Raben, from a wonderfully insightful script by Jay Presson Allen (who really knows her subject), is culled from Truman Capote’s own work and words and is brilliantly brought to life by Coyote StageWorks’ artistic director Chuck Yates.
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