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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Annie Baker's The Flick Front Page
Miami Theater Center
By: - May 30th, 2016The Flick by Annie Baker is being staged all over America. Given the scale of the movie theater with a theater the length of the individual productions varies greatly depending upon how long it takes for the trio of actors to sweep up all the popcorn between screenings. This is a review of a Miami production where it weighed in at about three hours.
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Red Scare Word
Trump Rallies Brown Shirts
By: - May 30th, 2016Thoughts on Memorial Day remembering those that gave their lives for democracy. The menace of Trump recalling McCarthyism and the Red Scare of the the 1950s when I was a kid. He is striving to make America greatly divided again.
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Azorean Restaurant and Bar Restaurants
Gloucester Destination for Traditional Portugese Cuisine
By: - May 29th, 2016When visiting Gloucester one of our favorite destinations is Azorean Restaurant and Bar. There are enticing week night specials for traditional Portugese cuisine.
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Presto Change-O at Barrington Stage Front Page
A Magical Three-Card Monte Musical
By: - May 29th, 2016Barrington Stage Company is launching its Pittsfield season with a commissioned musical Presto Change-O which is having its world premiere on the intimate St. Germain Stage. On many levels this perky production is zesty and magical and that's not just an illusion.
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Gloucester Poet Charles Olson Word
Maximus to the Max
By: - May 27th, 2016Dealing with my ancestral Gloucester heritage Charles Olson and his Maximus Poems are a hard act to follow.
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Vacuum Cleaner Word
Vibrant Medicinal Cocktail
By: - May 27th, 2016Worn out from Holiday traffic at the end of the road I needed a stiff one. End of season, the summer move next week, the stash was just about gone. Just a bit of rum from egg nog season and for a mixer, yikes, the only option was prune juice. But what the heck this new concoction, The Vacuum Cleaner, was not bad and good for what ails you.
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Bob Driscoll of Gloucester Word
Merchant and Masterpieces
By: - May 27th, 2016Bob Driscoll was wearing bling when we chatted in his Gloucester shop. It seems he sold it that morning on line. Lifting up a huge pile of sweaters he said "Just 20 bucks. I have rugby shirts in your size." Back in the day he designed simple but iconic poster's for friend Steve Nelson's rock club the Boston Tea Party.
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The Man Who Knew Infinity Front Page
Biopic Stars Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel
By: - May 27th, 2016The superb Jeremy Irons stars as the brilliant, eccentric, and passionate Cambridge University mathematics professor G. H. Hardy. When Hardy is confronted with the mathematics genius of a young twenty-five year- old completely self-educated Indian student from Madras, named S. Ramanujan (stoically and poignantly played by Dev Patel) Hardy’s faith and passion for his chosen profession is put the test.
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Little Lobster Boat Word
Encounter By the Sea
By: - May 27th, 2016This poem was inspired by contemplating a little lobster boat. From there to the cosmic and beyond.
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Good Harbor Beach Word
Bordering Rockport's Nugent Stretch
By: - May 26th, 2016Great Uncle George Nugent's vast pig farm included Gloucester's Good Harbor Beach. After lawsuits that went on for years the city got it for a pittance. Then a lawyer who landed in jail cheated his heirs of their inheritance. On the priceless land developers created Nugent Farms a condo village. Only the name remains of the family legacy.
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Glostah Chowdah Front Page
Charley’s vs. Causeway
By: - May 26th, 2016For the best chowder in New England head for Gloucester. But steer clear of the downtown and harbor tourist traps. Don't even bother with Rockport. Seek out the fringe lunch places like Charley's and Causeway where the locals belly up. It will take a bit of poking around to find them but it's worth the effort.
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Rockport Word
Footsteps of Nugent Ancestors
By: - May 26th, 2016A bright sunny Monday morning in Rockport the ancestral home of the Nugent clan. On the cusp of the summer season there were just a few gawkers scattered about.
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Breakwater Word
Rockport Granite
By: - May 26th, 2016My grandfather, James Flynn, was a saloon keeper and bootlegger. His family settled in Canada and worked the quarries. To find work they made their way first to New Hampshire then to Rockport. The helped to cut the granite that was used to construct the vast breakwater that shelters Sandy Bay from the damage of winter storms.
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Twin Lights Word
Room with a View
By: - May 25th, 2016Visiting ancestral turf in Gloucester researching Nugents of Rockport. From our room a view of the historic Twin Lights. There ancient lights and lenses long dismantled. One in Cape Ann Museum the other dashed to rocks below by indifferent blokes from the Coast Guard. Lights now automated as signifiers of direspect for the colorful past.
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Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer Front Page
Lindsay Ann Crouse Launches Gloucester Stage Season
By: - May 24th, 2016Veteran actor Lindsay Ann Crouse left LA several years ago to relocate to Annisquam the summer home of her theatrical family. In a now annual production she has been offered great roles by the local Gloucester Stage now launching its 37th season. She is stunning in the meaty role of an eccentric docent of a seedy British mansion. While entertaining she doesn't stick to the script. The play was written as a vehicle for Dame Maggie Smith by Peter Shaffer who wrote Equus and Amadeus. This play, as you will learn, is the cat's meow.
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Sondheim on Sondheim as Putting It Together Front Page
Stage Door Theatre in South Florida
By: - May 24th, 2016Unlike in another Sondheim revue, “Side by Side by Sondheim,” has no narrator to link the songs. Rather, a dramatic framework exists in which two couples are attending a cocktail party at an upscale residence. This allows the characters to sing nearly 30 Sondheim songs outside the context for which he composed/or wrote the lyrics.
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World Premiere Noir Musical Thriller Hollywood Front Page
By Tony Winners Joe Di Pietro and Christopher Ashley at La Jolla Playhouse
By: - May 23rd, 2016La Jolla Playhouse has the best track record of any West Coast theatre when it comes to sending their original theatrical productions to Broadway (over 30 of them to date). Their 2008 musical production “Memphis”, written by Joe Di Pietro and directed by Christopher Ashley went on to Broadway winning a 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical. “Hollywood”, again written by Di Pietro, and helmed by Ashley, is looking to pull off a Tony Award-winning ‘Daily Double’ coup.
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Michael Bernardi Discusses Fiddler on the Roof Front Page
Filling His Father Herschel's Boots an Original Tevye on Broadway
By: - May 19th, 2016Michael Bernardi lost his father, Herschel, when he was not yet two. Still, for much of his life, he has sensed his father’s presence. His father played Tevye on Broadway over three years and 702 performances, beginning in 1965. The younger Bernardi is currently playing Mordcha in the Tony nominated Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof.
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The Tin Woman by Sean Grennan Front Page
Actor’s Playhouse The Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables
By: - May 19th, 2016Anyone who’s required an organ transplant knows the horrible ordeals of blood tests and waiting lists. But what happens after a successful transplant is complete? Does life revert to normal for the recipient, the donor and their families?
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Autumn de Forest at Butler Institute of American Art Front Page
Juvenile Has First One Man Show
By: - May 19th, 2016Although just fourteen August de Forest is being given a one woman show at the Butler Institute of American Art’s Mesaros Gallery in Youngstown, Ohio. She is from a family famous for its artists and museum professionals.
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The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord Front Page
Scott Carter at Northlight Theatre in Chicago
By: - May 19th, 2016Scott Carter is executive producer for HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” and previously produced the first 1100 episodes of Maher’s “Politically Incorrect.” He has written two full-length monologues. Discord premiered in 2014 in Los Angeles at the Geffen Playhouse and the NoHo Arts Center.
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Steeple Town Minus One Word
Knocking the Spire Off St. Francis
By: - May 19th, 2016Finger pointing. The blame game. Vacant since 2008 St. Francis of Assisi fell into disrepair. Once condemned as a hazard razed to the concern and shame of a city once so proud of faith that it was known as Steeple Town. Now minus one.
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Eastern State Penitentiary Front Page
Built in 1820s Near Philadelphia
By: - May 18th, 2016Before Pennsylvania’s fortress-like Eastern State Penitentiary was built on the then-outskirts of Philadelphia in the early 1820s, jails had traditionally been dirty, overcrowded rooms where prisoners were subjected to brutal treatment by the guards.
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Future Shock Word
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
By: - May 18th, 2016Vivid memories as a child during the war years of the 1940s. Yet what happened yesterday or even an hour ago at best a blur. So much of life, time and memory under my belt. Both sharply etched and well defined as well as utter chaos. Looking back and trying to make sense of a life lived with an eye to tomorrow.
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Dissent Word
Unearthing Ruins
By: - May 17th, 2016From the bonfire of dead art rises the hope of new ideas. One must destroy, refuse to obey, not follow in the footsteps in order to find a true self. In art that's all the matters for which it is specious to expect praise or understanding. Tear down temples and museums in order to rebuild them. The only relevance is art of our time and what comes next.
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