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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Cop Out Word
Newport Nights
By: - Oct 03rd, 2014There were great parties in mansions following concerts at the Newport Jazz Festival. Hooked up with Wild Strawberry and crashed in Nobby's room. Then things happened.
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Beggars Word
Democrats Down on their Knees
By: - Oct 03rd, 2014I get 20 e mails a day to Astrid's 100 plus. Democrats asking, pleading, begging, down on their knees. Races too close to call. The future of America on the line for coin.
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Barrington Stage Company 2015 Theatre
Lost in Yonkers and Man of La Mancha
By: - Oct 03rd, 2014Barrington Stage Company (BSC),announced today two of its 2015 Boyd-Quinson Mainstage productions – Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers and Man of La Mancha.
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Koch Word
All the Government That Money Can Buy
By: - Oct 01st, 2014E mail has been clogged with pleas, no begging. Democrats down on their knees for donations. With a few swoops of the pen Republicans trump with effortless $12 million to steal another election.
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October Word
Frost Is on the Pumpkin
By: - Oct 01st, 2014A time to plant. A time to uproot that which is planted.
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Mark Favermann Functional Abstraction Fine Arts
Newbury College Exhibition
By: - Oct 01st, 2014Mark Favermann is known to readers of Berkshire Fine Arts for reviews of Boston theatre and articles on fine arts, architecture and design. From October 15 through December 5 an exhibition of his work Functional Abstraction will be on view at Newbury College in Brookline, Mass.
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Benno Friedman on Painterly Photography Photography
Berkshire Artist Overcomes Adversity
By: - Oct 01st, 2014For Berkshire based photograher, Benno Friendman, taking an image with a camera is the initial step in creating an exhibition print. In this third and final installment of an extensive interview he discussed the alchemy of the darkroom. In more recent years that has morped into manipulations using Photoshop. Several years ago he suffered a severe injury from which he has made a remarkable but gradual recovery. It proved to have little impact on his feisty spirit.
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Scorton Marsh, Sandwich, Cape Cod Photography
A Poetic Photo Story
By: - Sep 30th, 2014We live in the Berkshire Hills and forests, near lakes. Growing up close to the Baltic and North Seas draws me to oceans still. So we recently spent a wonderful and sunny week on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A photography project follows: From a thousand new Cape photos, we photo-shopped 100, then selected approximately 40, further enhanced or painterly distorted them (or not) for this story and poem.
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The Metaphor Word
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Lascaux Word
Cave Drawing to Burger King
By: - Sep 29th, 2014From ancient bison and cave drawings to sacred cow. The craving for meat sustains through millenia. Defining us as carnivores.
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Aging Word
Refusing to Wear Pearls or Pink
By: - Sep 29th, 2014Mirror mirror on the wall. Reflecting on age and not giving in.
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Dancing Shoes Word
Well Heeled Uncle Bill
By: - Sep 29th, 2014My elegant Uncle Bill was a professor of Romance literature at Queens College. With Astrid we met each year for a holiday dinner. Estere talked about having his shoes resoled with rubber. But not these he told her.
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Two Gentleman of Verona Theatre
Indiana Repertory Theatre To October 19
By: - Sep 29th, 2014Indiana Repertory Theatre opens its 43rd season with a play in honor of Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. The show includes a cast of IRT vets like Ryan Artzberger and Robert Neal (who both starred in HART “The Tempest†this summer), along with some excellent newcomers. Two standouts were Charles Pasternak as Valentine, who vacillates between ardent lover and frustrated exile and Ashley Wickett as both Julia’s maid Lucetta and the sought-after Silvia.
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Pittsfield CityJazz Festival Music
Lineup for Events Oct. 10-19
By: - Sep 29th, 2014The festival kicks off on Thursday, Oct. 9, with Jazz About Town, with sponsored and affiliated events that span the long Columbus Day weekend and including a "jazz craw,†when venues present Berkshires’ established performers in casual settings.
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Moondog Word
New York Street Music
By: - Sep 29th, 2014Born Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999) Moondog was blinded playing with a dynamite cap as a child.. The musician/ poet hung out for spare change not far from my gallery. We collaborated on a sold out gig. It kickstarted his recording career.
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Joe Cocker Word
Getting High With Some Friends
By: - Sep 29th, 2014I grew up with Tim Crouse during summers in Annisquam. We shared an encounter in the men's room with British rocker Joe Cocker.
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Captain Beefheart Word
Back of the Limo
By: - Sep 29th, 2014Warner Brothers promo man, Roger Lifeset, invited me to dinner with far out rocker Captain Beefheart and his wife Jan. We watched him crack into a three pound lobster. By the end of the evening he had glommed onto me as his personal Boswell.
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Mississippi Fred McDowell Word
Afternoon Shots and Beers
By: - Sep 29th, 2014Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972) known by his stage name; Mississippi. He was loaned to me for the afternoon. With a note pinned to his chest with directions to his next destination.
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Private Eyes By Steven Dietz Theatre
Fall Comedy at Shakespeare & Company
By: - Sep 28th, 2014Private Eyes at Shakespeare & Company is a theatre about theatre comedy which evoked hearty, knowing laughter from the many actors in the audience during opening night. There are so many dizzy reversals and plot twists in this play by Steven Dietz that one requires a shrink or chiropractor to unwind from the experience.
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Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate Theatre
Pasadena Playhouse to October 12
By: - Sep 28th, 2014The Pasadena Playhouse launched its 2014/2015 season with an inspired production of “Kiss Me, Kateâ€, brilliantly directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Sheldon Epps, and a cast of seventeen wonderful singers, dancers and actors.
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Made in the Berkshires 2014 Theatre
Opening Night Celebration, October 10, 2014
By: - Sep 27th, 2014The annual Made in the Berkshires festival will be held over the October 12 weekend. It features music, theatre and dance in a variety of venues. Here is the full schedule of events.
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Berkshire Composer Stephen Dankner Music
Premieres String Quartets at Williams October 12
By: - Sep 27th, 2014On October 12 at 3 PM there will be a performance by the Dover String Quartet of new works by Berkshire based composer Stephen Dankner. It was originally scheduled for the Clark but because of construction issues has been moved to Williams College and the Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, 54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown. We met for lunch to dicuss this and other premieres scheduled through March.
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Jonas Dovydenas Endless War Photography
Afghan Photo Series at Lenox Library
By: - Sep 26th, 2014From 1985 until fairly recently the Berkshire based photograher, Jonas Dovydenas, made a number of trips to Afghanistan. He started by shooting black and white film and later abandoned the darkroom switching to digital cameras. In all he shot some 15,000 frames. These were culled and edited resulting in the recent exhibition at the Lenox Public Library.
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Jim Brochu at Barrington Stage Company Theatre
Character Man Entertains and Informs
By: - Sep 26th, 2014In 2011 James Brochu appeared at Barrington Stage in the one man show Zero Hour. He has returned with another show that he has written and stars in Character Man. The great Mostel is but one of a plethora of great actors featured in a rich and colorful evening of songs and anecdotes from a life in theatre.
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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Cheek to Cheek Music
New CD Bridges Generations with Duets
By: - Sep 25th, 2014Talk about an odd couple. At 88 and 28 there's a sixty year spread between jazz singer Tony Bennett and his neophyte partner the totally gonzo Lady Gaga. There are winners and loosers on this much anticipated CD. For both artists this was an interesting and risky artistic and career move.
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