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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Music Festival Berlin in September 2012 Music
Part of a Series: Berliner Festspiele
By: - Sep 20th, 2012A yearlong celebration of world cultures continues in Berlin from September into Spring 2013. As the Music Festival came to an end, the exhibition “Dennis Hopper – The Lost Album†opened at the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Next, Berlin will offer a November “Jazzfest,†followed by an international literature festival and much more.
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Balanchine Live In HD September 23 Dance
Launches Clark Art Institute's Series
By: - Sep 20th, 2012On Sunday, September 23, at 1 pm, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s new Ballet in HD series begins with a broadcast of George Balanchine’s Jewels. Known as one of Balanchine’s most revered ballets, Jewels is performed by the famed Mariinsky Ballet and is set to the music of Fauré, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky.
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Big Bear Lake International Film Festival (BBLIFF), Film
Southern California Event Honors Cinematographer Jack Cardiff
By: - Sep 20th, 2012Big Bear Lake International Film Festival (BBLIFF) in Southern California, which MovieMaker magazine has called “one of the Top 25 Festivals worth the entry fee†keeps getting bigger, better, and more prestigious within movie-savvy circles. It’s been a personal favorite of mine for a couple of reasons. First, it’s one of a few festivals that recognizes and honors the creative effort and input of the Cinematographer.
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The Cantilena Chamber Choir' s Ethan Frome Oct. 6 Music
Caryn Block Composed Wharton Inspired Opera
By: - Sep 19th, 2012The Cantilena Chamber Choir will premiere scenes from Ethan Frome- A new three act opera by Composer Caryn Block Sunday, October 7, 2012- 5:00 pm at Trinity Church 88 Walker Street, Lenox, Massachusetts. The music will include select choral scenes drawn from the three act opera and dramatic arias, duets and trios for the principal characters in Wharton’s tragic love story based in the Berkshire region.
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Mayor Dick Alcombright Goes Public Opinion
Rallies North Adams Constituents
By: - Sep 19th, 2012Last night, Mayor Dick Alcombright rallied his base with an upbeat address. The fundraiser at the restaurant, The Public, in North Adams added to the war chest to run for a third term in 2013. During his first campaign he defeated John Barrett III who served for 26 years. There was a great mix of local politicians and grass roots constituents.
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Barrington Stage Company's On the Town Theatre
2013 Season Passes Now on Sale
By: - Sep 18th, 2012For the 2013 Season, Barrington Stage is introducing the Premium Combo Pass which includes seven shows for the price of five. This pass is the best value of the season and provides a savings of up to 31% off the 2013 single ticket price. Combo passes include front orchestra section
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The Mount Hosts Its Second WordFest Word
The Literati Gather in the Berkhires
By: - Sep 17th, 2012On a glorious fall weekend WordFest was held at Edith Wharton's estate The Mount. There was an intense program of back to back panel discussions, interviews and poetry readings. It seemed like many in the audience were New Yorker readers while the speakers were top loaded with contributors. Surely it was a well read and well-heeled assembly in the posh Berkshires.
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Faith vs. Flatulence Word
Mom Had a Pill for Everything
By: - Sep 17th, 2012Lunch at Mt. Alvernia Academy was followed by chapel and then recess. This sequence of events and its digestive process led to unfortunate consequences and intense embarrassment. Particularly when it entailed relics. It was an awkward moment not to be in control of bodily functions.
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WordFest at The Mount Word
Opening Night of Biannual Event
By: - Sep 15th, 2012Last night the biannual WordFest, the second such, opened on a comic note in The Stables of the Edith Wharton estate The Mount in Lenox. Hoping to make WordFest eventually into an annual gathering Mount director, Susan Wissler, introduced two local authors Kevin O’Hara and Alison Larkin who read from their books to the delight of an audience that near to filled a spacious room. This was followed by a wine and cheese reception.
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Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright's As It Is On Earth Word
Lenox Born Author's Debut Novel
By: - Sep 13th, 2012There will be a reception and reading to celebrate the publication of Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright's debut novel As It Is On Earth on Saturday, September 22nd, from 4-6 p.m., at Johnnycake Books, 12 Academy Street, Salisbury, CT 06068. The book introduces us to Taylor Thatcher, the irreverent scion of a fallen family of Maine Puritans, attempting to chart his own course away from the entanglements of his family over seven days leading up to Columbus Day, and the end of the Millenium, 1999.
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Terry Teachout Part Five Theatre
New Haven and Long Wharf Theatre Then
By: - Sep 12th, 2012In this fifth and final installment of a dialogue with Terry Teachout we discussed plans for the production of his first play Satchmo at the Waldorf which moves from Shakespeare & Company to Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. So far it has been seen by a number of artistic directors of regional companies and New York producers are expected to attend the production in New Haven. What happens next for Satchmo will become clear after opening night in New Haven. As teachout puts it "The word is out on this play."
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Terry Teachout Part Four Theatre
Taking Satchmo to the Next Level
By: - Sep 10th, 2012After opening night the Shakespeare & Company production of Terry Teachout's new play Satchmo at the Waldorf was "frozen." Teachout attended a number of performances and took notes for revisions working with director, Gordon Edelstein, and the actor, John Douglas Thompson, for the next production which opens at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven in October. For this installment Teachout discusses the primary sources researched for the harsh language of Louis Armstrong and his gangster manager Joe Glaser.
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Terry Teachout Part Three Theatre
Mood Indigo a Duke Ellington Bio in Progress
By: - Sep 08th, 2012Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout has written and produced an opera The Letter and a play Satchmo at the Waldorf. He has written two plays and another libretto since then but refuses to reveal details. We discussed his next music bio Mood Indigo, about Duke Ellington, which he hopes to finish in January. He did admit that he had a multi character idea for a play that would not include Ellington.
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Open Season at Boston's Hall Space Gallery Fine Arts
Doug Bell, Marlon Forrester, Gerry Perrino, and Marisa Sciabarrasi.
By: - Sep 08th, 2012Boston's HallSpace presents Open Season with work by Doug Bell, Marlon Forrester, Gerry Perrino, and Marisa Sciabarrasi. This is the season of political discourse where immigration, race, war, peace, religion, oil, money, and an endless list of other personal interests are enthusiastically discussed and debated.
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Terry Teachout Two Theatre
Refining Satchmo at the Waldorf
By: - Sep 06th, 2012The production of Terry Teachout's new play"Satchmo at the Waldorf" starring John Douglas Thompson was "frozen" after opening night at Shakespeare & Company. He defended against critical remarks about the strong language of rhe play and the development of a third character Miles Davis in addition to Louis Armstrong and his manager Joe Glaser. The changes will be a part of the Long Wharf Theatre production in October which will be reviewed by the national media.
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Terry Teachout America's Drama Critic Theatre
On the Road for the Wall Street Journal
By: - Sep 04th, 2012Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal is the only critic for a national publication covering both New York and regional theatre. During the American Theatre Critics Association meeting in Chicago, last June, we heard his keynote address on the state of criticism. Taking a break from working on his new play "Satchmo at the Waldorf" at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass. we followed up on issues he raised for assembled ATCA members. It concerns him to be America's Drama Critic. There should be a dozen others like him on the road. This is part one of an in depth dialogue.
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The Old Mezzo by Susan Dworkin Theatre
WAM Premiere Oct. 12-28 at Berkshire Museum
By: - Sep 04th, 2012WAM Theatre’s October 12-28 World Premiere production of The Old Mezzo by Berkshire based playwright Susan Dworkin will feature professional actors from Berkshire County and the Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts, the Capital Region of Upstate NY and beyond. It will be presented at the Berkshire Museum.
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Liza Minnelli & Michael Feinstein at Tanglewood Music
American Songbook With Betty Buckley and Christine Ebersole
By: - Sep 03rd, 2012A lady a few rows in front of us was waving her cane, literally, in time to the music of Michael Feinstein's American Songbook. Later she joined him on stage for a duet of "New York New York." Incredibly, Liza Minnelli made a surprise appearance during the last day of the Tanglewood season. Tony winners Betty Buckley and Christine Ebersole also helped to bring the curtain down on another Tanglewood season.
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Susan Wissler Describes The Mount's Strong Season Word
Reducing Debt and Quadruple Programming
By: - Sep 02nd, 2012Susan Wissler, director of Edith Wharton's estate The Mount, in Lenox, discusses reducing debt from $9 million to under $4 million. In the past three years programming has quadrupled with an ambition to run year round. Some $750,000 has been raised to renovate The Stable as a performance, office and conference center. The September Vogue has an 18 page spread shot at The Mount by Annie Liebovitz. The second WordFest returns September 14 to 16.
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David Cole at New York's Dodge Gallery Fine Arts
Launches Season on September 8
By: - Sep 01st, 2012In his most recent body of work at New York's Dodge Gallery, David Cole navigates memory, history, national identity and the interlocking resonance of each. Cole's protean craftsmanship gives voice to both a scholarly knowledge of this nation's past and a conscientious understanding of what it means to be an American today.
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Julee Holcombe and Charles Teenie Harris Photography
Photography Exhibitions at Kayafas Gallery Open September 7
By: - Sep 01st, 2012Boston's renowned Gallery Kayafas opens its season on September 7 with tandem exhibitions by Julee Holcombe and Charles "Teenie" Harris. Holcombe's large scale photographs from her Homo Bulla series, architectural and figurative scapes, are digital collages of layer upon layer of assembled resonant images from many different places. A collection of rare Charles "Teenie" Harris (1908- 1998) photographs from his family's archive is on view before they are disseminated.
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North Adams: Art About Town, DownStreet Fine Arts
Painting the City Red White and Blue
By: - Aug 31st, 2012There were volunteers assisting in another Art About Town project to paint colorful, geometric patterns on the streets of North Adams. It was a community celebration of the pop up galleries of the annual summer long DownStreet. There was a lot to see and do for children and art lovers of all ages.
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Broadway Opening Night Schedule Theatre
Season Starts September 10 with Chaplin
By: - Aug 30th, 2012It's time to mark your calendars and order tickets. We have the list of Broadway openings from Chaplin on September 10 through Jekyll and Hyde in April. Fasten your seat belts its bound to be a bumpy ride.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Theatre
Live in HD at the Clark September 6
By: - Aug 30th, 2012On Thursday, September 6, at 2:00 pm, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, captured live in HD from London’s National Theatre. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, based on the novel of the same title by Mark Haddon and adapted by Simon Stephens, opens with Christopher, fifteen years old, standing beside Mrs. Shears’s dead dog, Wellington, at seven minutes after midnight.
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The King Stag at the Mount Theatre
Main Street Stage Production Sept. 23
By: - Aug 30th, 2012A performance of The King Stag by Main Street Stage will be held at The Mount in Lenox on Sunday September 23rd at 11 a.m. The show is free and open to the public.
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