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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Berkshire Museum is For the Birds Fine Arts
John James Audubon and Morgan Bulkeley
By: - Feb 12th, 2012There are too few museums quite like the eclectic Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield. It has a parallel interests in the natural sciences and fine arts.The current tandem of exhibitions Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds, (January 12 to June 17) and Morgan Bulkeley Bird Story (January 24 through March 4) neatly demonstrates that disparity.
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BIFF and Beacon 10x 10 Feb 16-26 Film
Free Smartphone Film Festival
By: - Feb 10th, 2012The Berkshire International Film Festival and the Beacon Cinema join together for the Berkshires’ first-ever Smartphone Film Festival – a new take on the film festival scene, as part of the 10x10 On North Festival taking place February 16-26 in downtown Pittsfield. Films were shot using the iPhone, iPad and various alternative cinematic "apps" to create a desired look or effect.
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TV or Not TV Television
Smash, Luck, Downton Abbey, Mad Men
By: - Feb 09th, 2012Too much TV turns your brain to mush and causes cancer. Which is what I love about it. This week we saw the first episode of Smash. It was awesome. But I just don't understand Luck on HBO. Something about horse races. So, if you like TV as much as I do here's an update.
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WAM Theatre Announces 2012 Season Theatre
24hr Project, WordxWord Festival, The Old Mezzo
By: - Feb 09th, 2012The second 24hr Berkshires/Capital Region Theatre Project, co-produced with MOPCO, will take place on April 13 + 14 at Shakespeare and Company in the Bernstein Theatre complex with a public performance taking place at 8pm on Saturday, April 14.
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BeauSoleil at the Colonial Feb. 24 Music
Louisiana Band Cooks a Musical Gumbo
By: - Feb 09th, 2012Founded in 1975, BeauSoleil released its first album in 1977 and became one of the most well-known bands performing traditional and original music rooted in the folk tunes of the creole and Cajun people of Louisiana. BeauSoleil tours extensively in the U.S. and internationally.
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Preserving the Berkshire Harvest Food
James Beard Foundation March 2
By: - Feb 07th, 2012The evening begins at 7 p.m. with a reception in the Beard House’s charming Greenhouse Gallery as guests enjoy an assortment of hors d’oeuvres. A seated tasting menu begins around 8 p.m. The James Beard House is located at 167 West 12th Street. The price is $130 per person for James Beard Foundation members and $170 per person for the general public.
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Critic Peter Bergman Part Two People
Liking Theatre and Wanting It to Thrive
By: - Feb 07th, 2012Here Bergman states "My history in the theater as a critic, as an actor, a director, a designer and a playwright gives me a very "reasoned" opinion about any show I see. I have worked in this industry in all those capacities over the years and I am still a performing artist in my lectures, readings, in my classes, in performances before a paying audience. I may not be a star, but I am creditable in my work. All of my work."
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Berkshire Critic Peter Bergman People
Covering Broadway at Fourteen
By: - Feb 06th, 2012Berkshire theatre critic reviews for the weekly paper The Advocate. He also posts overnight for his on line site Berkshire Bright Focus. His reviews are also syndicated nationally. He started covering Broadway at the age of fourteen and now in his 60s had been doing it ever since.
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Sanford Biggers at Mass Moca Fine Arts
The Cartographer's Conundrum Explores Afro-futurism
By: - Feb 05th, 2012The Cartographer's Conundrum is a major multi-disciplinary installation By New York-based artist Sanford Biggers. This new work is inspired by the Houston, Texas based artist, scholar and Afro-futurist John Biggers (1924-2001). A cousin of his subject, Sanford Biggers' goal is to both study and expand the emerging genre of Afro-futurism, which engages science-fiction, cosmology and technology to create a new folklore of the African Diaspora.
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Mission Bar and Tapas Food
A Hot Spot in Pittsfield
By: - Feb 04th, 2012The Mission Bar and Tapas in Pittsfield has become a popular destination for live music and light dining. It will participate in 10x10 on North Street from February 16 to 26. Recently the Pit Bulls stopped by for lunch.
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Ella Baff On Choreographer Pina Bausch Dance
Remarks Followed Biff Screening of Wim Wenders Film
By: - Feb 03rd, 2012During the benefit screening of the Wim Wenders film Ella Baff, the artistic director of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, shared memories of the renowned German choreographer Pina Bausch. It seems she performed just once at Pillow in 1968 in a program created by Ted Shawn.
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Pina a BIFF Benefit at Beacon Cinema Film
Stunning 3D Film by Wim Wenders
By: - Feb 03rd, 2012Wim Wenders started filming Pina in 2009 just a short time after the sudden death of the innovative German choreographer Pina Bausch. Accordingly the film which was shot in 3D includes only a brief archival sequence of her performing. There is little or no information provided about her as an individual in this documentary. But the magnificent film provides almost two hours of total immersion in her unique work. It sets a new paradigm for the genre of films about dance.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival at the Clark Feb. 27 Theatre
Reading of Moliere's The Misanthrope
By: - Feb 01st, 2012Williamstown Theatre Festival announced today a reading of Richard Wilbur’s translation of Moliere’s classic French comedy The Misanthrope, to be held at The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA on Monday, February 27th at 7:00 PM. Proceeds from the event will go to Higher Ground, a new organization formed in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene to address affordable housing and disaster relief issues in the Northern Berkshires.
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Legendary Florida Mountain Turnip Food
Unique Taste of the Berkshires
By: - Feb 01st, 2012The mountain hamlet of Florida on the Mohawk Trail in the Berkshires is known for its legendary turnips. They are enormous, sweet and formidable to prepare. Mostly served during holiday feasts. It proved to be a daunting and rewarding culinary adventure.
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Annette Miller Nominated for Carbonell Award Theatre
16-Year Veteran of Shakespeare & Company
By: - Jan 31st, 2012Annette Miller was recently nominated for a prestigious Carbonell Award, which recognizes excellence in South Florida Theatre. Miller was nominated for her role as Violet Weston in the Actors’ Playhouse production of August: Osage County , the critically-acclaimed play by Tracy Letts, which was the recipient of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Copycat: Reproducing Works of Art Fine Arts
At the Clark Art Institute Through April 1
By: - Jan 31st, 2012The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents its latest exhibition, Copycat: Reproducing Works of Art. Exploring the line between innovation and imitation, the exhibition features 50 prints and photographs that are both original works of art and repetitions of drawings, prints, paintings, sculptures, and architecture created by other artists.
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Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies Theatre
Boston's Lyric Stage February 17 to March 17
By: - Jan 30th, 2012Widely hailed as one of the best new Broadway plays, Time Stands Still is the story of Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent, who are reeling after a recent brush with death while on an assignment. Will their relationship of nearly a decade be more threatened by a traditional go at domesticity than the roadside bombs of Baghdad?
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Tanglewood Jazz Festival Cancelled Music
Labor Day Weekend Events To Be Announced
By: - Jan 28th, 2012As tickets go on sale for the 2012 Tanglewood season we are saddened to learn of the demise of the annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival. The BSO at a later date will announce plans for the now open slot of Labor Day Weekend. But it is encouraging to learn of new dates for jazz masters Chick Corea and Gary Burton as well as a date for bass player Christian McBride.
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Julianne Boyd of Barrington Stage Company Theatre
Bringing Year Round Theatre and Programming To Pittsfield
By: - Jan 28th, 2012During a luncheon meeting with the media Julianne Boyd, the artistic director of Barrington Stage Company, went beyond just highlighting the coming season of productions. She conveyed the year round commitment and involvement with the Pittsfield community. It helps us to understand how in its fifteen years BSC has grown into one the nation's foremost theartical and educational organizations.
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Mark St.Germain to Premiere Dr. Ruth Theatre
A New Works Initiative for Barrington Stage Company
By: - Jan 27th, 2012The playwright Mark St.Germain has a long relationship with Julianne Boyd and BSC. He is a board member and artistic associate. Now he is the first recipient of a New Work initiative and program which, this season, will see the world premiere of Dr. Ruth.
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10x10 on North Opinion
Winter Arts Celebration in Pittsfield
By: - Jan 27th, 201210X10 On North announces the schedule of events for the Berkshires’ first-ever winter contemporary arts festival, creatively enlivening downtown Pittsfield February 16-26 with art, dance, film, music, theatre, and more
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Huntington Theatre To Present Our Town Theatre
December Production by David Cromer
By: - Jan 26th, 2012Huntington Theatre Company announces that its 2012-2013 Season will include MacArthur “Genius†David Cromer’s groundbreaking new production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic Our Town December 7, 2012 – January 13, 2013. Cromer will direct and play the Stage Manager, a role he previously performed in Chicago and Off Broadway productions.
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Barrington Stage Company Announces 2012 Season Theatre
Fiddler, Arthur Miller, Mark St. Germain Headline
By: - Jan 26th, 2012It would be difficult to match the success of the 2011 season of Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield. The company set records with its productions of Guys and Doll and a riveting new work by Mark. St. Germain, Best of Enemies. But in a press conference Julianne Boyd, artistic director of BSC, stated that she doesn't want to repeat herself. Opening with a musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Arthur Miller and a farce directed by John Rando, however, looks sure to run the table on the Main Stage. With St. Germain's new Dr. Ruth among the tricks up her sleeve for Stage 2.
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ICA Endows Positions Opinion
Half of Goal of $50 Million Raised
By: - Jan 24th, 2012Both the Director and Chief Curator positions have been endowed for the first time in the Institute of Contemporary Art's 75 year history. Ellen Poss has endowed the Director position, now named the Ellen Matilda Poss Director; and Barbara Lee has endowed the Chief Curator post, now named the Barbara Lee Chief Curator.
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Mezze in Williamstown Offers Staff Menu Food
Comfort Food at Affordable Prices
By: - Jan 23rd, 2012In the cold winter months, comfort food is what most diners crave at mealtime. The Staff Menu evolved from the popularity of Comfort Sunday at Mezze Bistro – a three-course prix fixe menu available on Sundays from November through May. Comfort Sunday has created a strong following with many regulars coming back week after week.
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