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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Grade Inflation Word
B- the Old C+
By: - Dec 20th, 2015Imagine driving over a bridge or visiting the emergency room in the hands of an engineer or doctor who was a C+ student. Kids now party and float through college. Not that we were different. But we read the books.
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Toledo Word
Once Home to Scholars
By: - Dec 19th, 2015Classical learning returned to Europe through Islamic, Christian and Jewish scholars in medieval Toledo. That stopped after the ethnic/ religious cleansing of Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella. That's what Trump proposes by sealing borders, deporting illegals and banning muslims.
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Visiting Israel Front Page
Food and Wine
By: - Dec 19th, 2015Israel, the Promised land of the Bible, is today a modern, thriving, bustling and vibrant country. In today’s Israel, cities, towns, villages, fertile farms, green forests, sophisticated industries and well-developed commercial enterprises have replaced barren hillsides, swamps and desert wilderness.
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Straitsmouth Light 2 Word
By the Sea in Winter
By: - Dec 19th, 2015Lobster traps piled high for winter. When the dogs go south.
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Pope Francis Word
Rubbing Noses
By: - Dec 19th, 2015Last night Pope Francis was in town. As a member of the media I got a one on one. The love was palpable. Everything you read about him was true.
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Berkshire Theatre Group 2016 Front Page
Winter/ Spring Schedule
By: - Dec 18th, 2015Music at The Colonial Theatre includes, legendary reggae band, The Wailers (part of the 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival); Grammy Award-winning pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, Richard Marx; Grammy Award-winning Walking In Memphis singer, Marc Cohn and “the godfather of British blues,” John Mayall.
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Alice's Restaurant Word
Now Fifty Years Ago
By: - Dec 18th, 2015Can you believe it? Alice's Restaurant now fifty years later. Still accused of writing a scandalous article. Actually a cover story for Boston Sunday Herald Traveler Magazine. Nobody remembers that. Alice now lives in P'Town.
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Playwright Robert Brustein Word
Over Exposed
By: - Dec 16th, 2015During graduate school I ran the candy concession at the Loeb Drama Center. When Robert Brustein left Yale to form American Repertory Theatre we were season subscribers. Each year one play was brilliant, two or three just so so, and one an absolute stinker. After a few seasons it wasn't worth it. Arts Fuse editor, Bill Marx, harshly reviewed his new play.
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Paella Word
The Sound of Silence
By: - Dec 16th, 2015On a bright, clear, radiant Sunday morning in Barcelona we visited the Picasso Museum. Wandering down side streets we explored to find a neighborhood bistro for lunch. There we observed something that still haunts us.
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Walking the Dead Front Page
Push Comes to Poetic Shove
By: - Dec 15th, 2015In matters poetic Stephen Rifkin is my mentor/ tormentor. In "Penelope" about the faithful wife of Odysseus I compared her to that slut Helen of Troy. He posted a similarity to his "Helen on the Beach" which I promptly read but failed to see the connection. I raised this issue during our weekly Monday night Chinese. He sent this further commentary which I suggested we post. Now you dear reader can be a part of the dialogue.
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Tanglewood Adds Brian Wilson and Chris Botti Front Page
June is Busting Out All Over
By: - Dec 15th, 2015Hey kids get out your calendars. The 2016 season is beginning to shape up. OK James Taylor is returning to Tanglewood over the Fourth of July. But the season will be old by then. The fun starts at MASS MoCA on Saturday, June 11 with The National. That's almost as wicked cool as Wilco. Then Surf's Up on June 19. It's a day gig so no curfew when Brian Wilson presents his iconic Pet Sounds in its entirety. Multivalent trumpet ace Chris Botti slips into Ozawa Hall, where we have seen him before, on June 24. By front loading the season in such a manner July will seem like so over man.
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Bilo Word
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Jacob's Pillow 2016 Front Page
Star Studded Season in Becket
By: - Dec 15th, 2015Highlights of Jacob's Pillow Festival 2016 include a world premiere engagement created by tap dance powerhouses Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Derick K. Grant, and Jason Samuels Smith; former New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan and choreographer Brian Brooks in an evening of new duets and solos, accompanied by eminent string quartet Brooklyn Rider; rare U.S. appearances by France-based Compagnie Hervé KOUBI and Korea-based contemporary ensemble Bereishit Dance Company; the explosive Che Malambo of Argentina; and the return of the beloved Seattle-based company Pacific Northwest Ballet.
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Classics Word
Ode to Thalia Howe
By: - Dec 15th, 2015At Brandeis I studied the classics with one of the worst professors, the dreadful C+ Earle, as well as the best, Thalia Howe. She was beautiful and Greek a perfect synergy to love her as much as poetry and theatre. During a later trying time she was caring and kind.
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Stuff Word
Treasures and Trash
By: - Dec 14th, 2015Baby boomers all at one, a tsunami, retired. Empty-nesters downsize from house, to condo, to Florida then assisted living. Along the way dumping stuff from treasures to trash. Dealers and appraisers say the market is flooded. Nothing is worth what you thought it was. Don't believe the Antiques Road Show it's just for entertainment.
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MASS MoCA Winter Spring Front Page
Upcoming Exhibitions and Performances.
By: - Dec 14th, 2015MASS MoCA has many highlights in its schedule for exhibitions and performances. Start to mark our calendars particularly for the June 11 exclusive performance of The National which is sure to sell out in a flash.
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The National To Perform at MASS MoCA Front Page
Only East Coast Gig on June 11.
By: - Dec 14th, 2015The National will be in North Adams on Saturday, June 11, at 8pm, in its only Northeast headline show in all of 2016. The concert benefits MASS MoCA and Hawthorne Valley Association, in Ghent, New York. The Ohio-raised, Brooklyn-based band, which consists of vocalist Matt Berninger, plus two pairs of brothers: Aaron Dessner (guitar, bass, piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar), and Scott Devendorf (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums), have landed on every “best of” list in print.
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John Douglas Thompson Touring with Satchmo Front Page
Spring in New York with Strindberg and Ibsen
By: - Dec 14th, 2015From April 30 to June 12, 2016 at Theatre for a New Audience Arin Arbus will direct John Douglas Thompson in Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and August Strindberg’s “The Father.” They will be presented in repertory. Previously he performed as Judge Brack in Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler at the New York Theatre Workshop directed by Ivo von Hove but this will be his first role in a Strindberg play.
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Straight White Men in Culver City Front Page
Kirk Douglas Theatre Premieres Comedy
By: - Dec 14th, 2015The boys always gather at Christmas time to be with their widowed father where all get to ham it up, tease one another and play the games of their youth as a way of diverting the boredom of the three day holiday. California's Kirk Douglas Theatre premieres a play by the New Yorker Young Jean Lee.
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Penelope Word
Stay at Home Mom
By: - Dec 14th, 2015The true hero of the Odyssey is not Odysseus but in fact his fair and faithful wife Penelope. Some twenty years on she waited for his return.
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Gonzo Shine Front Page
Roots of the Poetry of Charles Giuliano
By: - Dec 13th, 2015The critical essay "Gonzo Shine" was written by Robert Henriquez on the occasion of the publication of Total Gonzo Poems by Charles Giuliano. He was also essayist for the first book Shards of a Life. Here Henriquez further explores the development and sources for gonzo poetry. These ideas germinated through an ongoing dialogue as the work developed and morphed into a signature style.
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Free Willie Word
At 83 Still on the Road Again
By: - Dec 13th, 2015The IRS claimed Willie Nelson owed them $32 million. That's a lot of scratch that near to done him in. Got past that but nixed the retirement fund. Now 83 he's still touring with a nice buzz on. Standing tall for Outlaw Country in the land of the almost free.
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Der Alte Stil Word
The Darkening Late Works of Artists
By: - Dec 12th, 2015In the arts the term Der Alte Stil defines the torment and life experience of the late works of artists. There is a contrast with the bright, sensual optimism expressed by the notion of juvenalia. It is common that with time and the trials of life the arts morph exploring the depths of the dark side.
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Fresco Cycles Word
From Archaic to Classical
By: - Dec 12th, 2015In fresco cycles we see how artists morph and become more experimental and expressive from beginning to end. The act of making art and the commitment to a sustained project changes both the work as well as its creator. Consider the process as the morphology of self.
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Great Spirit Word
Lost Tribe
By: - Dec 11th, 2015Many Americans who go back a few generations claim remote Indian ancestors. Selling beads and rugs its a sales riff. When asked I had a different answer.
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