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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Gonzo Aesthetics of Giuliano’s Poetry Front Page
Ultra Cosmic Gonzology
By: - Aug 18th, 2016With the third book of poetry by Charles Giuliano, Ultra Cosmic Gonzology, again the essayist is Robert Henriquez. The former CBS News producer has probed deeply into aspects of the avant-garde and places the development of gonzo poetry into a larger historical and literary context. The new book will be launched with a reading at Gloucester Writers Center on August 31.
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Provincetown Arts Front Page
31 Years of Publishing
By: - Aug 17th, 2016Mid summer, since 1985, we anticipate the annual issue of Provincetown Arts. The current magazine features whimsical works by the figurative fantasy painter Tabitha Vevers.
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Orson Welles Word
Citizen Kane Trump of His Day
By: - Aug 17th, 2016In 1941 a very young Orson Welles stood up to the yellow journalism of William Randolph Hearst. In every sense he was the reviled right wing Trump of his day. Citizen Kane earned nine Oscar nominations and won just one. It got the 26-year-old genius banned from Hollywood through the vindictive efforts of the Hearst tabloids.
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Depression Glass Word
Letting Go
By: - Aug 17th, 2016Buy low and sell high I thought decades ago. Planned to make a fortune on depression glass. Bought cheap at Revere Flea Market. We used some but not all of it every day.
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Journey Word
Here to Beyond
By: - Aug 16th, 2016The journey of an artist is not a straight line. Guided by an inner compass the creative path twists and turns. Initial plans morph and change as the work follows its own momentum.
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Terrence McNally Play in Fort Lauderdale Front Page
Love! Valour! Compassion! at Andrews Living Arts Studio
By: - Aug 16th, 2016“Love! Valour! Compassion!” is a character-driven, relatable, touching and terribly timely work with just a smidgen of sentimentality. The play, which will cause you to laugh one moment and cry the next, a la Neil Simon, vividly captures the fears, hopes, heartbreaks, tension and pride of a group of eight gay men in the summer of 1995.
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Boston's The Arts Fuse Front Page
Website Has Sixty Contributors
By: - Aug 15th, 2016As news rooms and journals have shrunk or disappeared there are ever fewer resurces for established arts writers. In Boston William Marx has established the respected and ever expanding site The Arts Fuse. One of the sixty contributors, film critic Gerald Peary, wrote a memo to his colleagues. We have published an excerpt. We urge our readers to link to and discover this diverse and informative arts site.
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And No More Shall We Part by Tom Halloway Front Page
Ending Life Drama with Molina and Kaczmarek at WTF
By: - Aug 14th, 2016What are the options when patients opt to end treatment for devastating, excruciatingly painful terminal illnesses? With astonishing performances by the renowned actors Alfred Molina and Jane Kaczmarek the issues are explored in And No More Shall We Part by Tom Holloway at Williamstown Theatre Festval.
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The Walk To The Paradise Garden Word
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Dorrance Dance at Jacob’s Pillow Front Page
Tapping Into New Possibilities
By: - Aug 12th, 2016Based on last year's collaboration with Toshi Reagon's band Big Lovely yesterday's performance of Dorrance Dance was, for us, the most anticipated of the Jacob's Pillow season. Michelle Dorrance is celebrated for pushing the limits of the indigenous, vernacular art form of tap dancing. Collaborating with the musician and inventor Nicholas Van Young there seemed too much emphasis on sound at the sacrifice of dance.
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On the Beach Word
Making Waves
By: - Aug 10th, 2016Bracing against a ferocious Nor' easter. Elders closing ranks and holding fast resisting crashing waves.
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Einstein's Gift by Vern Thiessen Front Page
Genesis Theatricals in Chicago
By: - Aug 09th, 2016Despite its title, Vern Thiessen’s play is the story of Fritz Haber (Chris Saunders), a German Jewish chemist who made important discoveries, one of which won him the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. That discovery—which synthesized ammonia for use in fertilizers and explosives — also became the chlorine gas that killed thousands of soldiers on both sides in World War I. In particular, it was the poison gas used in the 1915 Battle of Ypres, with 100,000 casualties.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Front Page
Sol Theatre in Boca Raton
By: - Aug 08th, 2016In a traditional production of “Midsummer,” the setting of law and order is the palace of Duke Theseus. In this production, that setting becomes Hermia’s house and the nearby school.
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Bald Eagle Word
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Sllk Road Ensemble at Tanglewood Front Page
Celebrating World Music
By: - Aug 08th, 2016Eighteen years ago Cellist Yo Yo Ma and a core of global musicians formed Silk Road Ensemble. Yet again their appearance was a musical treat and highlight of the Tanglewood season.
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An American Daughter at Williamstown Front Page
Revival by Pulitzer/Tony Winner Wendy Wasserstein
By: - Aug 07th, 2016Tony and Pulitzer winning Wendy Wasserstein, who died ten years ago at 55, was among the most successful and admired playwrights of her generation. One of her lesser Broadway plays, An American Daughter, is being revived at Williamstown Theatre Festival. It features a strong woman and candidate for high office who, because of a gaffe on camera, is being crucified by the media. Does this sound familiar?
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Farm Stand Word
Not the Same
By: - Aug 06th, 2016Now early August we grilled the first sweet corn of the season from the local farm stand. But something wasn't right.
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Stalking the Bogeyman at GableStage Front Page
David Holthouse Play in South Florida
By: - Aug 06th, 2016The play, “Stalking the Bogeyman,” by David Holthouse illustrates to what extent silence can aggravate, anger and agonize. The piece is a gripping, thought-provoking, bold theatrical work running through Aug. 28 in a riveting Southeastern premiere production by GableStage in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Ultra Cosmic Gonzology Front Page
Giuliano Book Launch in Gloucester
By: - Aug 05th, 2016In a couple of weeks Ultra Cosmic Gonzology will be hot off the presses. Already word is spreading on Facebook. There was a recent sighting at a taco joint in Vermont. The offical book launch will be staged with a reading at the Gloucester Writers Center, on Wednesday, August 31 at 7:30 PM. The address is 126 East Main Street, Gloucester.
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Swamp Talk Word
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Exploring Richmond, British Colombia Front Page
Incredible Asian Food
By: - Aug 05th, 2016In the late 1980s, the Canadian Pacific Coast city of Richmond, British Columbia, known to most as the location of Vancouver International Airport, welcomed a wave of new residents, mostly from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China. By 2013, Richmond had an immigrant population of 60%, with 50% of residents identifying as Chinese.
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Compagnie Herve Koubi Front Page
Conflating Sufi and Bach at Jacob's Pillow
By: - Aug 05th, 2016At the end of the hour long piece Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (What the Day Owes the Night) choreographed by Herve Koubi the cycle of a single day finds closure in gradual darkening signifying night.
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Cry "Havoc" by Stephan Wolfert Front Page
Must See Theatre at S&Co;.
By: - Aug 04th, 2016Last year the one-man-show Cry "Havoc" by Stephan Wolfert was given a couple of performances at Shakespeare & Company. It has returned with a longer but limited engagement. A number of individuals during a post performance talk back indicated that they returned to see it again. This is an astonishing and visceral experience that one simply must see at least once. It is arguaby the most compelling show of the Berkshire season. It has been hinted that it may become an annual event for the company.
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Rockwelling the Boat Front Page
Norman's Ersatz Conquest of Abstraction
By: - Aug 03rd, 2016In Norman Rockwell's 1961 Saturday Evening Post illustration "The Connoisseur" a dignified gentleman gazes on a simulacrum of a Jackson Pollock painting. It provided the impetus for a mishegos attempt to locate the representational populist illustrator as responding to the avant-garde art of that formative era.
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Grey Gardens at Ahmanson Theatre Front Page
Eccentric Relatives of Jackie O
By: - Aug 03rd, 2016Grey Gardens” is once again being staged by the award-winning director Michal Wilson who helmed the production back in 2007. His cast in this 2016 production stars a sensational Rachel York as ‘little’ Edie Beale/Edith, and a terrific Betty Buckley as Edith Bouvier Beale.
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