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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Berkshires Remember Joan Rivers Theatre
2013 Performance at the Colonial in Pittsfield
By: - May 11th, 2013At 81 the sharp witted Joan Rivers has passed from complications at a clinic that are under investigation. In a 2013 appearance in the Berkshires we wrote "With a mask like face, pulled as tight as a drum from numerous nips and tucks, the potty mouthed, eighty something going on sweet sixteen, Joan Rivers prowled the stage of the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield like a tigress in heat hungry for raw meat."
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Other Desert Cities at Old Globe Theatre Theatre
Dry as Dust in San Diego
By: - May 11th, 2013This is our fourth review of Other Desert Cities and second by Jack Lyons who also covered the play at Mark Taper Forum. We will have our fifth review next season from Indianapolis. It begs the question of why every city in American seems to be producing a short list of the same ten overexposed plays.
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Yvonne Andersen on The Sun Gallery Fine Arts
Figurative Expressionism in Provincetown in the 1950s.
By: - May 10th, 2013From 1955 to 1959 the artist Yvonne Andersen and her late husband, the poet Dominic Falcone, operated the legendary Sun Gallery in Provincetown. In one week shows over five seasons, with a combination of group, one man and two man shows they displayed work by about 100 artists. A selection of whom formed the nucleus of the figurative expressionist movement. This summer the Provincetown Art Association and Museum will focus on this activity in Pioneers of Provincetown curated by Adam Zucker. This is part one of a dialogue about that era.
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Sixth Annual Berkshire Salon Fine Arts
Eclipse Mill Gallery May 10 to June 2
By: - May 09th, 2013The Eclipse Mill Gallery at 243 Union Street in North Adams launches its 2013 season with The Sixth Annual Berkshire Salon. The unjuried exhibition which includes work by 47 regional artists remains on view weekends, from noon to 5 PM, from May 10 through June 2.
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50th Theatre Festival in Berlin Theatre
Plays and Events Until May 20th
By: - May 09th, 2013The current Theatertreffen in Berlin is presenting German language plays, classics and modern classics from Medea, War and Peace, to Orpheus Descending, as well as other theatre events and panel discussions. For non German speakers, Berlin will offer again the Berliner Festspiele in June and July of this year; more reasons for a trip to Berlin!
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Snagged Word
A 500 Word Mystery
By: - May 09th, 2013The premise for the story is intriguing: a 500-word mystery that required the following elements: a jug of bootleg moonshine, a stuffed swordfish, a 1959 Soviet armored limousine, and a dead gypsy! Gerald Elias, who resides in Utah and West Stockbridge, is author of the award-winning Daniel Jacobus mystery series (St. Martin’s Press).
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Edith Wharton at Home: Life at The Mount Architecture
A Study by Richard Guy Wilson With Photos by John Arthur
By: - May 07th, 2013Edith Wharton was 35 in 1897 when, in collaboration with Ogden Codman, she published her first work, the widely influential treatise "Decoration of Houses." Eight years later, in 1905, she published her first work of fiction "House of Mirth. " By then the Whartons had been living in The Mount, their estate in Lenox, Mass. for three years. The mansion and grounds expressed many of her theories of architecture, interior deign, and landscape gardening. She left under unhappy circumstances in 1911 never to return to the home she no longer owned.
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The Cape Cod Theater Coalition Theatre
Total Membership Now 22 Organizations
By: - May 07th, 2013The Cape & Islands Theater Coalition is a collaboration of live performance theaters from Woods Hole to Provincetown and the Islands. Best known for its annual Theater Guide and Schedule which this year will be distributed to over 70,000 households and visitors throughout the Northeast, the Coalition also provides the latest theater performance calendars and news through its website, Facebook page, and Twitter feed.
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Oberon Is A.R.T.'s Cutting Edge Second Stage Theatre
Programming for May
By: - May 07th, 2013OBERON, the American Repertory Theater’s second stage and club theater venue, continues its mission to bring exciting and original programming. A destination for theater and nightlife on the fringe of Harvard Square, OBERON is the home of the A.R.T.’s hit productions of Beowulf, The Lily’s Revenge, Futurity, The Donkey Show, Cabaret, and Prometheus Bound and Ryan Landry’s Rocky Horror Show,OBERON is also a thriving incubator for local and visiting talent.
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Blind Boys of Alabama Visit Cape Cod Music
Wellfleet Congregational Church May 25
By: - May 07th, 2013The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The Grammy Awards and The National Endowment for the Arts with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, honored by performing for three presidents in the White House, and are winners of five Grammy Awards.
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Running Wilde in Indy Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest at EclecticPond Theatre
By: - May 06th, 2013There is nothing quite like the wit of Oscar Wilde. No play better represents his absurd gift for droll frippery than the perennial comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest. Our Ms Hall was indeed amused as well she should be good gracious me.
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Steven Sondheim's Into the Woods Theatre
Musical at The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, in Carmel, Indiana
By: - May 05th, 2013Into the Woods begins as any good story should with Once Upon a Time. The Steven Sondheim musical, at The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, in Carmel, Indiana reintroduces us to well-known fairy tale characters. We meet Cinderella, Jack (and his bean stalk), Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood at the beginning of their stories.
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The Birds of James Audubon Fine Arts
New York Historical Society Exhibits Watercolors
By: - May 04th, 2013John James Audubon (1785-1851) was not the first person to attempt to paint and describe all the birds of America, but for half-a-century he was the young country’s dominant wildlife artist. His seminal Birds of America (1827-39), a collection of 435 life-size prints, quickly eclipsed others’ work and remains a standard against which ornithological renditions that followed are measured.
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Imagine Beethoven's Fifth As It Premiered Music
Interpretation: A Case for Broad Perspective
By: - May 04th, 2013How wonderful it would be to be able to hear Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony exactly as it was heard at its premiere! Or would it? The classical violinist, conductor and author Gerald Elias discuses how great masterpieces evolve over time.
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Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra Music
Performing a Great Work
By: - May 03rd, 2013The first time I performed the Concerto for Orchestra I was moonlighting on last stand of the second violins in the New Haven Symphony. The New Haven Symphony has a long and respectable history as a semi-professional orchestra with many fine musicians. The gig also enabled me to pick up a few bucks for my Yale tuition.
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Aaron Neville at MASS MoCA Music
Launches Summer Concerts on May 25,
By: - May 03rd, 2013Aaron Neville's recent release, My True Story, is a collection of classic doo-wop numbers. To create the album, Neville teamed up with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones and the legendary Blue Note label producer, Don Was. Showcasing the old-school rhythm and blues that were the key influences throughout his career, Neville covers The Drifters, The Clovers, and Little Anthony and the Imperials. "Opportunities like this don't come 'round very often," says Richards. "I grew up with these songs, like Aaron did. It's such a pleasure to play with a voice like that."
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The Weight of Water at The Producers Club Theatre
The Provincetown Theater Production Off Broadway
By: - May 03rd, 2013The world premiere of Myra Slotnick’s new play, The Weight of Water, opened at the Provincetown Theatre on October 6th, 2011. In November of 2012, the entire original cast appeared in a staged reading of the play at The Abingdon Theatre in NY. The upcoming New York production features the original cast and creative team from The Provincetown Theater production.
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2013 Drama Desk Nominations Theatre
Awards May 19 at NYC’s Town Hall.
By: - May 03rd, 2013Musicals Giant and Hands On A Hardbody led the field with 8 nominations apiece as the 2013 Drama Desk nominations were announced today. Meanwhile, Bette Midler earned a nod for Outstanding Solo Performance for her turn as Sue Mengers in I’ll Eat You Last and a special Drama Desk ensemble award this year went to the cast of Working: A Musical. The awards will unveil May 19 at NYC’s Town Hall.
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The American Repertory Theater Theatre
Announces Its 2013/14 Season,
By: - May 03rd, 2013The 2013/14 Season, includes the previously announced Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way and the world premiere of the musical Witness Uganda. Also: All the Way – by Robert Schenkkan, The Heart of Robin Hood – by David Farr, The Light Princess – a family show for the holidays, The Shape She Makes – conceived by Susan Misner and Jonathan Bernstein, choreographed by Susan Misner; written and directed by Jonathan Bernstein and The Tempest – adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller (of Penn & Teller).
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Remembering Sir Colin Davis Music
Renowned Counductor was 85
By: - May 03rd, 2013As Principal Guest Conductor of the Boston Symphony from 1972 to 1984, Sir Colin Davis not only conducted the orchestra four or five weeks a year, he also led some of the orchestra’s great recording projects: the complete Sibelius symphonies (some say the best set ever recorded), and music by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Berlioz. He also was a leading interpreter of Handel, Haydn and Edward Elgar.
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MASS MoCA Launches 14th Season Opinion
Wide Range of Programming Begins Memorial Day
By: - May 02nd, 2013MASS MoCA's summer will include music from seasoned performers like Bettye LaVette and rising stars like Gabriel Kahane with Rob Moose, the annual Bang on a Can Festival of Contemporary Music, Wilco's Solid Sound Festival, and "circus punk marching band" Mucca Pazza.
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Provincetown's Historic Dune Shacks. Going, GoingÂ…. Architecture
Preserving a Remarkable Legacy
By: - May 02nd, 2013This article on Provincetown's historic dune shacks was originally posted in 2007. It continues to attract readers through Google searches. With another season about to begin we are refreshing this article as a service to readers. They have spent time in the dune shacks several times since this article was written.
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Provincetown Launches Season Travel
Life is a Beach
By: - May 02nd, 2013Now that it is May beach resorts are launching the summer season. We got a jump by visiting Myrtle Beach and Tybee Island in February and a week on the Cape in April. We offer a preview of Truro and Provincetown with plans to return in the fall.
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P'Town's Christine McCarthy Part Four Fine Arts
Acquisitions, Endowment, and Education
By: - May 01st, 2013To fill gaps in the collection there are plans for 100 major acquisitions during the Centennial of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in 2014. In addition to the $8 million raised for expansion and renovation there is a need to raise the current endowment of $3 million with another $8 million in pledges. In this final installment of an extensive dialogue McCarthy discusses progress and plans for announcements during the Centennial.
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The Mount's Season Highlights Music
Sculpture, Theatre, Film, Music, Literature
By: - Apr 30th, 2013Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Tom Reiss, Shakespeare & Company, SculptureNow, BIFF and Lift E'vry Voice have something in common: they are all part of The Mount's 2013 summer season.
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