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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Sunset Blvd at Palm Canyon Theatre Theatre
Cult Musical Starred Pamla Vale Abramson
By: - Mar 28th, 2013Pamla Vale Abramson is a wonderful Norma Desmond. She captures the spirit and the essence of the early Hollywood era through use of her marvelous eyes, hand gestures, and actor’s instincts, all the while never losing sight, of her role in bringing a bygone era back, if just for just awhile.
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American Star!!! by Emmy Winners Theatre
Theater for the New City April 11 to 28
By: - Mar 27th, 2013Theater for the New City presents"American Star!!!," a new rockin', boppin' family musical by William Electric Black and Gary Schreiner, both Emmy-winners. The show whimsically examines teenagers' fascination with make-me-a-celebrity TV shows. Performances are April 11 to 28, Th-Sat at 8:00 PM and Sun at 3:00 PM. Running time is :90. Critics are invited on or after April 12.
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Anastasia Barzee Opens in NY April 18 Music
Barzee Sings Bacharach at The Metropolitan Room
By: - Mar 27th, 2013Broadway and television actress Anastasia Barzee premieres “Barzee Sings Bacharach†in a prime-time major engagement at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, beginning April 18.
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Barrington Stage to Present Clybourne Park Opinion
Rehashing Regional Theatre
By: - Mar 27th, 2013Claybourne Park, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and 2012 Tony Award for Best Play is coming soon to a theatre near you. Here in the Berkshires from September 26 through October 13 at Barrington Stage in co production with Vermont's Dorset Theatre Festival where it will run from August 15-31. It begs questions about regional theatre companies focused on a short list of recycled Broadway and Off Broadway plays.
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2013 AICA Awards Fine Arts
Recognition from America's Art Critics
By: - Mar 26th, 2013The American Chapter of the International Society of Art Critics (AICA) announces its annual awards. There are a number of categories from site specific works to gallery and museum exhibitions.
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Michael Feinstein and Barbara Cook Back Home in Indiana Music
Celebrating The American Songbook at Carmel’s Palladium
By: - Mar 26th, 2013During our meeting of the American Theatre Critic's Association we visited Carmel, Indiana for an evening of The Great American Songbook with its Ambassador, Michael Feinstein and guest artist, Barbara Cook. For the audience of 1,600 filling the Palladium it was a love fest.
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Terence Blanchard at Tanglewood June 28 Music
Performed in 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival
By: - Mar 26th, 2013The Terence Blanchard Group, featuring New Orleans’ jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, joins the 2013 Tanglewood season line-up with a performance in Ozawa Hall on Friday, June 28, at 8 p.m. Mr. Blanchard first performed at Tanglewood during Jazz Fest on August 31, 2008.
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The Whipping Man at Indiana Repertory Theatre Theatre
Highlight of ATCA Meeting
By: - Mar 23rd, 2013Last night some forty members and guests of the American Theatre Critics Association were astonished by a riveting production of The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez. The Indiana Repertory Theatre production stars the astonishing David Alan Anderson with solid support from Tyler Jacob Rollinson and Andrew C. Ahrens.
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MASS MoCA's Book Club April 3 Word
Features Artists Johnny Carrera and Tom Phillips
By: - Mar 19th, 2013The second installment of MASS MoCA's Book Club will feature artists Johnny Carrera and Tom Phillips. It will be held on April 3rd at 6pm in the Life's Work exhibition. Unlike traditional book clubs, this program makes connections between museum exhibitions and the written word.
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Sixth Annual Berkshire Salon Fine Arts
Eclipse Mill Gallery Call for Artists
By: - Mar 19th, 2013The annual Berkshire Salon will be shown at the Eclipse Mill Gallery in North Adams, Mass from May 10 to June 2. For a handling fee of $15 all artists are invited. Drop off times are 3 to 7 pm on Sunday, May 5 and Monday, May 6. The exhibition, which is hung salon style, usually includes fifty or more artists. The gallery is located on Route Two within walking distance of Mass MoCA.
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Clarence Darrow Tonight at Coyote StageWorks Theatre
One Nighter Featured Brilliant Laurence Luckinbill
By: - Mar 19th, 2013Laurence Luckinbill as Clarence Darrow, brings the famous lawyer of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee, up close and personal, delivering a penetrating, riveting, and insightful portrait of the man many thought they knew but didn’t.
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Fast Eddy Reports from Indianapolis Opinion
On the Road with Our Peripatetic Critic
By: - Mar 19th, 2013Having returned from Paris, in a blur, our correspondent Edward Rubin is reporting from Indianapolis this week. This was a typically witty, gonzo, e mail note he dashed off to friends and colleagues. It captures the wit and flavor of life on the road. And why he is known as Fast Eddy to his pals.
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Mountaintop at San Diego REPertory Theatre Theatre
Danielle Mone-Truitt and Larry Bates Co-Star
By: - Mar 19th, 2013San Diego REPertory Theatre’s current production of “The Mountaintopâ€, written by Katori Hall, and deftly directed by Roger Guenveur Smith, is right on the money. It’s a talky two-character exploration leading up to of the last day in the life of Martin Luther King Jr, as imagined by playwright Hall.
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Joan Baez and Indigo Girls at Tanglewood Music
Shed Performance on Sunday, June 23
By: - Mar 18th, 2013American folk singer Joan Baez, and folk rock duo the Indigo Girls, have been added to the 2013 Tanglewood line-up, with a special concert in the Shed on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. Joan Baez and the Indigo Girls last performed at Tanglewood on August 30, 1990. Also performing this year will be Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five and Guster with support from Boothby Graffoe as part of their 30 city “Last Summer on Earth Tour†on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at 7 p.m.
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Neal Rantoul: Wheat, Washington, 2009-2012, Photography
Danforth Museum Opens April 7
By: - Mar 18th, 2013Neal Rantoul: Wheat, Washington, 2009-2012, opens at the Danforth Museum in Framingham on April 7, 2013. This exhibition is an exploration of subject matter Rantoul has consistently revisited over the past decade—the wheat fields near Pullman, Washington.
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Chris Busa, Camille Paglia, Theosophy and Peggy Lee Fine Arts
Considering Leftist Political Theory in Contempoirary Art
By: - Mar 18th, 2013Chris Busa, the publisher/ editor of Provincetown Arts Magazine responded on Facebook to an essay which Mugar posted on Jed Perl’s new collection of essays “Magicians and Charlatans." Busa drew a parallel between Perl’s disenchantment with the current art scene and that of the contrarian arts commentator Camille Paglia. This exchange is the focus Mugar's essay which is reposted from his blog.
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Modern Lovers vs Aerosmith Music
Roadrunner or Dream On for Massachusetts State Song
By: - Mar 16th, 2013A well-meaning state representative introduced a bill that would have made Modern Lovers’ “Roadrunner†the official state rock song of Massachusetts. Now, a pair of Boston-area representatives have introduced a rival bill to make Aerosmith’s “Dream On†the official Commonwealth rocker. Here's a bit of vintage show and tell about the bands.
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Eclipse Mill Gallery 2013 Fine Arts
Season Launched with High School Invitational on April 20
By: - Mar 16th, 2013The artist run Eclipse Mill Gallery at 248 Union Street in North Adams announces its program for the 2013 season. It starts on April 20 with the annual High School Invitational in cooperation with Mass MoCA. The always lively Berkshire Salon follows from May 10 through June 2. A diverse schedule is planned including photography by the late Leonard Freed, Pin Hole Photography, and large format photographs by Chad Kleitsch. Joan Carney will be featured during Open Studios in October. The season ends with holiday themed small works November 15 to December 22.
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Netflix Gambles on House of Cards Television
$100 Million for So So Original Programming
By: - Mar 15th, 2013Last year Netflix initiated original programming with the series Lillyhammer starring Steven Van Zandt as a mobster in witness protection in Norway. It was mildly amusing. Now Netflix has taken a step forward with a remake of the classic BBC mini series House of Cards. The American version stars the always masterful Kevin Spacey who is not enough to bind together a sprawling often absurdly out of control political drama.
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2013 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Fine Arts
On View October 3, 2013 through January 5, 2014.
By: - Mar 15th, 2013After receiving nearly 900 entries for the 2013 Portland Museum of Biennial: Piece Work exhibition, the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) announces the names of the 28 artists selected to participate. The exhibition is the PMA’s eighth consecutive biennial.
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Boston Phoenix Incinerates Opinion
Venerable Alternative Weekly to Cease Publication
By: - Mar 15th, 2013It started in 1966 as Boston After Dark a weekly entertainment guide launched by Jim Lewis then a student at the Harvard Business School. Stephen Mindich was its theatre critic and later bought in as partner. After Mindich bought out Lewis he later acquired the Cambridge Phoenix. The renamed Boston Phoenix was the flagship of an alternative media empire that has now crashed and burned. It leaves a remarkable legacy of journalism and criticism.
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Gaetano Pesce's L’Abbraccio, (The Hug) Fine Arts
NY's Fred Torres Collaborations March 21 to May 25
By: - Mar 15th, 2013L’Abbraccio, (The Hug) the name of the exhibition, refers to a cabinet designed by Gaetano Pesce in 2009 of two people locked in an embrace. In addition to its “namesake†cabinet, the exhibition will feature some of Pesce’s rarely seen drawings, maquettes, lighting and furniture from the 1970s. On view at Fred Torres Collaborations from March 21-May 25, 2013.
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Longterm Impact of Monsanto's Roundup Seeds Opinion
Supreme Court Screws American Farmers
By: - Mar 14th, 2013Our science correspondent and organic farmer Jimmy Midnight explores in detail why our food ain't what it used to be. He states that. As a farmer myself, I would not use glyphosate, or plant any (Monsanto) Roundup Ready seeds, because I presume they’re not safe to use, eat, or feed. If it’s perfectly safe to eat or feed, why does it suddenly become dangerous in the hands of the world’s small-time agricultural operators? On May 13 The Supreme Court upheld the copyright of Monsanto against a farmer planting cheap, second generation seed purchased from a grain elevator.
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Against the Grain at Museum of Art and Design Fine Arts
Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design
By: - Mar 14th, 2013Featuring nearly 90 installations, sculptures, furniture, and objects, Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design explores the most cutting-edge conceptual and technical trends in woodworking today. It is on view March 19 through September 15, 2013 at New York's Museum of Arts and Design.
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Over, Under, Next At Hirshhorn Museum Fine Arts
Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913–Present
By: - Mar 13th, 2013The first in a series of permanent collection-related exhibitions leading up to the museum’s 40th anniversary in 2014, “Over, Under, Next†surveys an era in which the definition and scope of art were continually expanded through the avant-garde’s embrace of “non-art†materials.
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