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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A Tart Elevator Poem Word
Ban Muzak
By: - Jan 26th, 2015The photographer and artist Matuschka wades in on life's ups and downs.
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The Imitation Game Nominated for Eight Oscars Film
Benedict Cumberbatch Captivating as Alan Turing
By: - Jan 25th, 2015Because of the Official Secrets Act it would be decades before the efforts of 10,000 at top secret Bletchley Park would be revealed. Primarily through the genius of the brilliant, tormented Alan Turning they succeeded in cracking the seemingly impossible 159 million daily variations of the Enigma code machine. Convicted of Gross Indecency Turing was alleged to take his life after a year of court imposed chemical castration.
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Sunshine Dimmed Word
Remembering Rock Critic Dennis Metrano
By: - Jan 24th, 2015In a colorful era rotund, red headed bartender to the stars Dennis Metrano was larger than life. Always smiling and upbeat he wrote with passion and insight about rock. We shared zesty memories and the madcap humor of la vida loca.
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The Honourable Woman Golden Globe Winner Television
Maggie Gyllenhaal Astonishing as Activist Nessa Stein
By: - Jan 23rd, 2015The Honourable Woman is a combined project of SundanceTV and the BBC. Written and directed by Hugo Bick it stars the American actress Maggie Gyllenhaal as a Jewish CEO of the British Stein Corporation. She is a Nominee for the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries and has been honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Miniseries Or Television Film.
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Tanglewood Tickets On Sale Music
Best Seats Available for 2015
By: - Jan 23rd, 2015Yet again Tanglewood is committed to finding the balance between traditional classical music and evenings featuring popular artists with enough appeal to balance the books. The BSO base audience will embrace the new and youthful conductor Andris Nelsons in his limited appearances. Popular artists including James Taylor, Dianna Krall, and Sheryl Crow return. Idina Menzel and Huey Lewis will be featured in the Shed. The wild card and most interesting booking of the season will present the gonzo pairing of over the top Lady Gaga and the venerable octogenarian Tony Bennett.
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Oscar Bound American Sniper Takes Hits Film
Doves and Hawks Debate Clint Eastwood Film
By: - Jan 21st, 2015From rodeo rider in Texas to sniper Bradley Cooper is superb in depicting the nuances of Chris Kyle who holds the record with 160 confirmed kills as an American Sniper. After 9/11 there was a rush to take the battle to the terrorists who attacked America. As the war dragged on with staggering cost and loss of life it grew ever less acceptable to the American people. Director Clint Eastwood again polarizes a nation divided into hawks and doves. Was Kyle a hero and defender of freedom or, as Michael Moore has stated, a "coward" and sanctioned serial killer?
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PBS Anounces New Programming Television
lInks for More Detailed Information
By: - Jan 19th, 2015PBS announced new programs and initiatives launching in 2015. A brief synopsis of each program is listed below, along with links to the full press releases.
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Tangerines an Estonian Film Film
Directed by Zaza Urushadze
By: - Jan 18th, 2015It’s safe to say that the anti-war message of “Tangerines†will not diminish the impact of an intense, well-crafted war movie that, no doubt, will resonate with audiences everywhere.
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Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains Film
Emering Films from Kyrgzstan
By: - Jan 18th, 2015Following a two-year post graduate course in screenwriting and directing in Moscow, Sher-Niyaz returned to his native Kyrgzstan, and founded the film production company Aitysh Film in 2006. For his debut as a director he chose to film the epic story of his country’s most iconic citizen, Kurmanjan Datka.
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Lucky Stiff a Cute Musical Farce Film
Directed by Chistopher Ashley of La Jolla Playthouse
By: - Jan 18th, 2015The newly adapted movie version of the theatre piece, Lucky Stiff, revolves, in short, around a young down-and-out, mousey British shoe salesman Harry Witherspoon (a winning performance by Dominic Marsh) who takes his dead American Uncle (a sedated (?) live actor who mustn’t make a false move played by Don Amendola) – a murdered Vegas casino manager to Monte Carlo – for the best time of his life, even though he’s dead. Shades of “Weekend at Bernie’sâ€.
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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Film
Film on Divorce Israeli Style
By: - Jan 17th, 2015The melodrama cleverly written and directed by the brother-sister team of Ronit Elkabertz and Shlomi Elkabertz introduces to non-Israeli audiences the complicated nature of its legal system concerning marriage and divorce. In theocracies, religious law trumps all varieties of civil law procedures that are common in most other countries.
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Mark Titus Documentary Fire in the Water Film
Alaskan King Salmon Endangered Species
By: - Jan 17th, 2015The documentary film Fire in the Water by Mark Titus is a dire warning of the threat to an American culinary staple The Alaskan King Salmon and other marine species. Fishing Alaska salmon is a $ billion dollar plus industry that appears to be headed for a financial tsunami.
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Elevator Options Word
Stairway to Heaven
By: - Jan 17th, 2015Faced with an elevator to heaven or hell the poet explores other options.
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Georgie: The Life and Death of George Rose Theatre
Sharon Playhouse Season Opens May 14
By: - Jan 14th, 2015Sharon Playhouse will present a developmental workshop of Ed Dixon’s Georgie: The Life and Death of George Rose to kick off its 2015 Season from May 14-17 and May 28-31 in the Stage 2 at the Bok Gallery. John Simpkins directs.
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All Dolled Up Word
Beautician Got Busted
By: - Jan 14th, 2015Today beauty parlors are unisex. The first time I freaked and Aldo the beautician got busted as a result of my visit. That never happens in barber shops other than the occasional mafioso getting whacked.
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Barrington Stage Company's 10X10 Theatre
Set for February 12 to March 1
By: - Jan 14th, 2015Barrington Stage Company, has announced casting for the 10-minute plays for the 4th Annual 10X10 New Play Festival, with performances February 12 through March 1, as part of the 2015 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
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Barrington Stage Announces 2015 Season Theatre
Dreaming the Impossible Dream
By: - Jan 13th, 2015On a miserable January day the media gathered for lunch on stage at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield. Artistic director Julianne Boyd announced programming for the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage. There are still slots to fill on the Mark St. Germain second stage. Once that is complete Boyd will move on to schedule the cabaret largely based on who is available for the 99 seat basement venue. The company will again collaborate with the Berkshire Museum to present a youth oriented production.
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Brattleboro Museum & Arts Center Fine Arts
Open Call NNE (North Northeast)
By: - Jan 11th, 2015The Open Call NNE (North Northeast) at Brattleboro Museum & Arts Center will be on view to February 7, 2015. During the breakfast opening we were pleased to encounter artists we haven't seen for decades. The Vermont kuhsthalle featured several simultaneous exhibitions including celebrity photographs by senator Patrick Leahy.
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Michael Keaton in Birdman Film
Is Riff of Holywood on Broadway Oscar Bound
By: - Jan 11th, 2015“Birdmanâ€, like last years’ Oscar Winner “Dallas Buyers Club†features a character I didn’t much care for, but I sure did enjoy and admire the performance of its star Matthew McConaughey, who walked off with a much deserved Oscar statuette by playing a flawed character. It’s a strong possibility that Michael Keaton, another flawed character-study, will do the same?
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Elevator Flirt Word
Beauty and the Beasts
By: - Jan 10th, 2015Here is an elevator poem from Bruce Garlow. H is a retired town administrator (Richmond, MA), onetime weekly newspaper columnist (formerly with the old Berkshire Courier, the Berkshire Record and now defunct Berkshire Beacon), and editor of the just published book "Becket, Massachusetts: From Colonial Township to Modern Town, 1765-2015."
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Dante on the Elevator Word
Between Heaven and Hell
By: - Jan 09th, 2015Updating the Divine Comedy from Dante's circles to a post modern elevator. Hell as other people.
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An Elevator Full of Crows Word
Cyrano Knows Noses
By: - Jan 09th, 2015Up the river in the heart of darkness seeking the higher elevations. A scattering murder of crows.
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Rules of the Elevator Word
Discipline for Girls
By: - Jan 09th, 2015Berkshire theatre critic Gail Burns recalls strict rules for the use of elevators in her school for girls. Only under special circumstances could she take a ride down.
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Elevator Shoes Word
A Matter of Inches
By: - Jan 09th, 2015Thinking of elevators what about elevator shoes? My friend Hoey led a short life.
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Elevator Adventure Word
Hop On
By: - Jan 09th, 2015All in the family. Here is an Elevator poem from Pippy Giuliano of Annisquam, Mass.
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