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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David A. Ross Two Fine Arts
Critical Remarks on the MFA and Rose
By: - Nov 19th, 2011David Ross is less than impressed by the installation of the Museum of Fine Arts's new Linde Family Wing of Contemporary Art. He also expressed impatience with the lack of fundraising acumen by Carl Belz during his directorship of the Rose Art Museum. But Ted Stebbins of the MFA was a gentleman whom everyone loved.
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Former ICA and Whitney Director David A. Ross Fine Arts
Part One of a Feisty Dialogue
By: - Nov 18th, 2011In 2001 David A. Ross, after a four year "honeymoon" was fired as the director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Prior to that he served as director of Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Since departing as a museum director Ross has been a chameleon after decades in the art world with more than nine lives. Today he performs as lead singer with the band Red. His day gig is running a graduate program for the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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Tanglewood 2012 Music
Summer Schedule Released by BSO
By: - Nov 17th, 2011Tanglewood, one of the world’s most beloved music festivals and the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, celebrates its 75th anniversary season, June 22-September 2, with a spectacular lineup of musical guests and programs that spotlight Tanglewood’s rich tradition of presenting summertime concerts at their best since 1937.
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Remembering WBCN The Rock of Boston Music
25th Anniversary Album February, 1993
By: - Nov 15th, 2011In the process of scanning a vast archive of vintage jazz and rock images we came upon a album shot during the 25th anniversary party of the now off air WBCN. It jogged rusty rock memories. On hand were a heady mix of music celebrities from a golden age.
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Storefront Artist Project Closes After a Decade Opinion
Alarming Shifts for Pittsfield Unique Arts Economy
By: - Nov 14th, 2011The announcement of the closing of Storefront Artist Project after a decade in Pittsfield is just the tip of the iceberg. It is widely feared that a new mayor, Daniel Bianchi, will reverse the positive impact of the transition from abandoned manufacturing to an arts and tourism based economy. Theaters, galleries, artists, the Berkshire Museum and the restaurants that spin off of them are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists Fine Arts
Clark Art Institute to February 5
By: - Nov 13th, 2011The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown is fighting off a double Dutch dilemma (pun intended) with a miniscule but riveting special exhibition Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists. It is now off season in the Berkshires and the museum is 90% closed for renovation and construction through summer 2014. But it gamely remains open with free admission, terrific small exhibitions, and the enormously popular Met Live in HD broadcasts.
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La Fogata in Pittsfield Food
Miguel Gomez Serves the Taste of Colombia
By: - Nov 12th, 2011For those seeking authentic Colombian cuisine La Fogata in Pittsfield has become an essential destination. It is readily accessible on a main route into the downtown. It has been a favorite restaurant of Pancho's for several years. We compared notes of multiple visits to give an in depth report on the full range of an extensive menu. The chef and owner Miguel Gomez brings family food of the other to the starving Berkshires.
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Satyagraha by Glass Live in HD Music
Clark Art Institute Nov. 19
By: - Nov 11th, 2011Philip Glass’s twentieth-century masterpiece Satyagraha comes to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Saturday, November 19 at 1:00 pm, live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera. Don’t miss this “profound and beautiful work of theater†(Washington Post). Glass is widely regarded as among the foremost living composers.
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Under the Big Top: Festival of Trees 2011 Fine Arts
Berkshire Museum Nov. 18- Jan. 2
By: - Nov 11th, 2011Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for Under the Big Top: Festival of Trees 2011 at Berkshire Museum. The 27th annual holiday event, featuring more than one hundred dazzling, decorated trees filling the Museum’s galleries, begins with a gala Opening Night Party on Friday, November 18, 2011, and runs through Monday, January 2, 2012. Special exhibitions of vintage circus memorabilia and photography add to the exciting Big Top atmosphere. Bring the whole family to the most thrilling Festival of Trees ever!
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Taylor Made Christmas Carol Theatre
Family Holiday at the Colonial Dec. 17-30
By: - Nov 11th, 2011James Taylor and members of his family will appear on stage at the Colonial Theatre is a celebrity update of the annual holiday event. A Christmas Carol will have a limited run of eleven performances from December 17–30 at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. An annual production that previously was performed at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, it is a community production that sees friends and neighbors come together – this year for the first time on the Colonial stage.
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2011 Post-Election Impact on the Arts Opinion
Critical Analysis by Advocacy Group
By: - Nov 10th, 2011The 2011 election proved to be a fairly good year for incumbents. Many candidates who are supportive of the arts and creative economies within their state or region were elected into office. Taking the national pulse.
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Dick Alcombright Wins Again in North Adams Opinion
Former Foe John Barrett, III Earns Seat on City Council
By: - Nov 09th, 2011As home to Mass MoCA, MCLA and a growing arts community North Adams is one of the most unique cities in the Commonwealth. There wasn't the same intensity and media coverage of the race this time between incumbent Dick Alcombright who handily defeated opponent Ron Boucher. The 2009 contest against old time pol, John Barrett, III was a bloodbath. To make things interesting Barrett has won a seat on the City Council. Whether he is there to help the city or hurt Alcombright remains to be seen. Stay tuned.
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Captors at Huntington Theatre Theatre
Alan Dershowitz to Speak Nov. 16
By: - Nov 08th, 2011In conjunction with the world premiere of Captors, the Huntington Theatre Company will host a Jewish Community Night featuring Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday, November 16 at the BU Theatre, Avenue of the Arts (264 Huntington Avenue). Captors, by Evan M. Wiener and directed by Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois, tells the thrilling true story of the capture of architect of the Holocaust Adolf Eichmann by secret Israeli agents in Argentina in 1960.
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North Adams Goes to the Polls Opinion
Glorious Weather for Light Turnout
By: - Nov 08th, 2011Just a week ago it was winter in the Berkshires. Veteran politicians standing out with their signs proclaimed they had never known a more gorgeous and sunny election day. The candidates hoped they could feel the warmth and love as voters trickled in and out.
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Eclipse Mill Gallery Annual Fine Arts
North Adams Exhibition Extended to December 3
By: - Nov 08th, 2011The popular Eclipse Gallery Annual, featuring work by residents of the Eclipse Mill in North Adams, Mass. has been refreshed and extended until Saturday, December 3. Because of prior commitment of some artists the overview has been refreshed with new works inviting a second look at this lively annual exhibition.
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Julianne Boyd of Barrington Stage: Three Theatre
Defining and Transgressing Boundaries
By: - Nov 06th, 2011In this third installment of a dialogue with Julianne Boyd, artistic director of Barrington Stage Company, we discussed the value and impact of reviews and critical dialogues. Is theater more of a life than a profession? What happens when boundaries get blurred?
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The Attic, The Pearls & Three Fine Girls Theatre
WAM Theatre at Barrington’s Stage Two Through Nov. 20
By: - Nov 05th, 2011Now in only its second season the itinerant WAM Theatre is well received by Berkshire critics and audiences. Currently it is being hosted by Barrington Stage Company on its Stage Two through November 20. The Attic, The Pearls & Three Fine Girls by Jennifer Brewin, Leah Cherniak, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer & Marta Ross is directed by Kristen van Ginhoven.
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Andy Rooney Signs Off Opinion
His 60 Minutes Expired at 92
By: - Nov 05th, 2011Tick, tick, tick. Sometimes late because of some damned football game. Or even worse, golf. I just hate golf. Never played the game. Like watching grass grow on TV. Then 60 Minutes. The best thing about Sunday night. Even though the commentators ain't what they used to be. I miss Mike Wallace. But Andy Rooney hung on and on and on. For a mean old crank he sure was lovable. Last month he signed off. Now gone at 92.
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WAM's The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls Theatre
Barrington Stage Company Stage 2, Nov. 3-20
By: - Oct 31st, 2011WAM Theatre’s November Production of ‘The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls’ is a comedy collectively written by Jennifer Brewin, Leah Cherniak, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer and Martha Ross. The production will be the Berkshire Premiere of this Canadian play, which the Ottawa Citizen called ‘a piece of theatre with warmth, humour and irresistible broadness of heart’.
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Short Films at Williamstown Film Festival 2011 Film
An Overview and 21 Shorts
By: - Oct 31st, 2011The 13th Season of the Williamstown Film Festival ended amidst the first Nor Easter during Fall season 2011. Call it lucky 13 ! This is the sixth and final BFA article, highlighting some of the 21 Shorts, which were screened throughout the two week long festival.
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Barrington Stage Company Retires Debt to City Theatre
Pays Back Pittsfield's $500,000 Loan
By: - Oct 31st, 2011Five years ago the City of Pittsfield loaned $500,000 to Barrington Stage Copmany. Since relocating to the city the company has become financially secure. Artistic director Julianne Boyd announces that BSC has paid back its financial obligation to the city.
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Blizzard Disrupts Williamstown Film Festival Film
Jeff Kleiser and Dori Berinstein’s Carol Channing Documentary
By: - Oct 30th, 2011The sixth and final day of the 13th annual Williamstown Film Festival got clobbered by a freak October blizzard. There was a small audience for the superb Saturday program. For the annual lunch seminar Jeff Kleizer took us behind the scenes while spending two years creating special effects for a just released Bollywood action film Ra.One. The afternoon screening presented a documentary on three time Tony winner, Carol Channing created by three time Tony winner, Lori Berenstein. It was a win win for the audience.
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Never Stand Still at WFF Film
Film Celebrates Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
By: - Oct 29th, 2011Over a number of years there have been annual collaborations between Jacob's Pillow and Mass MoCA. As a part of the Williamstown Film Festival the New England premiere of Never Stand Still, directed by Ron Honsa, was screened in the Hunter Center of Mass MoCA. The documentary film includes a sketch of the founding of the festival by Ted Shawn in 1941 as well as a collage of its diverse programming.
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The Restaurateur Danny Meyer Film
Profiled in Roger Sherman Film
By: - Oct 28th, 2011The Restaurateur by Roger Sherman provided a tasty start for the second weekend of the Williamstown Film Festival. It was a nasty, stormy Thursday night but Images Cinema was packed for a film about New York entrepreneur Danny Meyer. He and Sherman were on had for a post film chat with organizer Steve Lawson. Then the audience decamped for a tasting party at Mezze.
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Chinglish by David Henry Hwang Theatre
Lost in Translation
By: - Oct 27th, 2011Tony winning playwright (M Butterfly) returns to Broadway with a comedy, Chinglish, after a successful run at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. With no Holywood stars on the marquee, and almost the double the norm of production costs for a non musical, this play will depend on strong reviews and word of mouth for an extended run. It provides an often hilarious escape with a capable and enthusiastic cast.
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