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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Miller's Crucible in Pittsfield Theatre
At Barrington Stage to Oct. 24
By: - Sep 26th, 2010Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd Artistic Director and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., concludes the 2010 Mainstage season with Arthur Miller’s American classic The Crucible, with performances beginning October 6 and running through October 24.
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New York City Ballet Dance
At 62 Center Williamstown Oct. 15
By: - Sep 26th, 2010The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance presents principal dancers from the New York City Ballet in a special performance of George Balanchine’s Davidsbündlertänze. As in the original production, the work is performed with a solo pianist. The evening includes a discussion of Schumann’s music by Marjorie Hirsch, Professor of Music.
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Brilliant Arts and Entertainment Opinion
October 2010
By: - Sep 26th, 2010Boston correspondent Barbara Brilliant offers a selection of highlights of arts and entertainment for October. We are moving into high season with many options for audiences.
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Tony n' Tina's Wedding People
Shakespeare & Company Gala Oct. 9
By: - Sep 25th, 2010Coming off the heels of its most successful summer season to date, Shakespeare & Company celebrates its Fall Gala with a very special one-of-a-kind performance of the famed Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding on Saturday, October 9th beginning at 5:00pm. The Fall Gala while honoring Artistic Director Tony Simotes and Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer will also benefit the Company’s thriving Education Program.
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Stoppard’s Real Inspector Hound Theatre
Shakespeare & Company Launches Shoulder Season
By: - Sep 25th, 2010In this hilarious production of Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound the director, Jonathan Croy, has let a brilliant cast off the leash. Much of the humor of this production reaches well beyond the witty, convoluted script of Stoppard. The actors have been encouraged to improvise creating wonderfully inventive physical comedy. There is so much slap stick and flinging about that the cast must be black and blue during the run of this must see show.
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Paris Hilton Banned in Japan People
Drugs and the Stars
By: - Sep 23rd, 2010Poor little rich girl Paris Hilton was denied entry into Japan because of her recent drug bust in Vegas. After a tough night in a hotel, perhaps a Hilton and its VIP suite, she boarded her private jet and returned to party another day in the USA. Drugs and the stars. What else is new?
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$3 Million Gift to Portland Museum of Art Fine Arts
In Memory of Emily Eaton Moore
By: - Sep 22nd, 2010The Portland Museum of Art announces a bequest in memory of Emily Eaton Moore from her family. The gift of $3 million is one of the largest received by the museum during the past decade.
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John Cage a Genius for Eternity Fine Arts
Report from Belgium
By: - Sep 22nd, 2010The Belgian critic, Roger D'Hondt, reports on a traveling exhibition of work by the daunting and widely inflentiual composer and artist John Cage. During his lifetime Cage was a persistent experimenter who made few if any concessions to his audience. One of his most notorious works entailed four minutes and thirty three seconds of piano music composed for silence.
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Rick Harlow's The Black Line Journey Film
Screened Oct. 2 at Eclipse Mill Gallery
By: - Sep 22nd, 2010For a number of years the North Adams based artist, Rick Harlow, has spent extended periods of time living and working with the indigenous peoples of Colombia. He has created a film which documents The Elders Project which entailed visiting more than fifty sacred sites in January, 2010. The film The Black Line Journey will be screened at the Eclipse Mill Gallery on Saturday, October 2, at 7 PM, followed by a discussion with the artist. The film will premiere during a documentary festival in Bogata, Colombia later in the month.
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Shao Fan at Contrasts Gallery Fine Arts
Shanghai Exhibition Oct. 10 to Nov. 11
By: - Sep 21st, 2010An Incurable Classicist, an exhibition of 21 oil paintings by renowned artist Shao Fan, will be on view at Contrasts Gallery in Shanghai October 10 to November 11, 2010 at No 181 Middle Jiangxi Road, g/f, Shanghai, China. Shao Fan’s paintings are modern interpretations of traditional ‘Literati’ thought and aesthetics, exploring the ramifications of philosophical and cultural changes taking place in China today. His first major solo exhibition.
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Leonard Nimoy at Mass MoCA People
Lecture October 21
By: - Sep 20th, 2010Photographer Leonard Nimoy, whose exhibition Secret Selves is on display through January 2, 2011, at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) will offer insight into his creative and technical process during a talk at the museum on Thursday, October 21, at 5 PM. Nimoy strives to reveal his subjects' other half in Secret Selves. Shot in nearby Northampton, Massachusetts, in 2007, the series is exhibited for the first time at MASS MoCA.
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Greylock Arts Patterns of Play Fine Arts
Group Exhibition in Adams to Oct. 30
By: - Sep 20th, 2010Yet again the special exhibition at Greylock Arts, in Adams, Mass. combines humor with aspects of new technologies. This describes some but not all of the works which also entail more traditional aspects of illustration, books, and doll making. The opening celebration included a hilarious performance of the naughty pupets Prices of Persuasion by Ithai Benjamin, a former student of Petit's, and Destiny Mazursky.
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David Cole Launches Dodge Gallery Fine Arts
New York Exhibition Opens October 2
By: - Sep 19th, 2010David Cole created an American Flag for the courtyard of Mass MoCA using cranes and enormous ersatz knitting needles. The artist was associated with Boston's Judy Rotenberg Gallery which closed recently. The director of the gallery Kristen Dodge is launching her New York Gallery with an exhibition of his work.
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Berkshire Forum 2010 Opinion
The Commerce of Culture
By: - Sep 18th, 2010With three days of programming the arts and the creative community were underplayed in the recent Berkshire Forum. Although the arts are a major employer and drive the economy of the Berkshires just one session was devoted to this essential agenda. The too few seats at the table excluded any representatives from the four major theatre companies, or even Jacob's Pillow. Mass MoCA director Joe Thompson was included in another panel where he commented on the important Wilco Festival this summer.
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Berkshire Forum 2010 Opinion
Thinking Beyond Pride of Place
By: - Sep 17th, 2010The founders of the first Berkshire Forum Tina Chase and Mary Collins George intend to move forward with planning next year. Despite a thin attendance for the three days of lectures, panels and performances they report nearly breaking even. A daunting range and depth of information and insights was provided. It evoked expanding and redefining the branding of the Berkshires. A highlight among many was the dialogue with Boston Globe editor Martin Baron.
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Emily Dickinson in Words & Song Music
Cantilena Chamber Choir Oct. 10
By: - Sep 13th, 2010The Cantilena Chamber Choir will present a concert, “Emily Dickinson in Words & Song" on Sunday, Oct. 10, at 5 p.m. The performance at Trinity Church will feature music by Aaron Copland: “Emily Dickinson Songs†and Eliot Carter: “Musicians Wrestle Everywhere,†“Heart Not So Heavy. Also on the program is Samuel Barber’s "Let Down the Bars O Death," and Alice Parker’s Emily Dickinson songs and music by Libby Larsen.
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Photographer Don Snyder 1934- 2010 People
Tangled Up in Blue
By: - Sep 13th, 2010For a significant period of his life the visionary photographer, alchemist, and guru, Don Snyder, lived in the Berkshires. Don and his wife Mikki raised a family in a cottage on the property of the photographer, Benno Friedman. During an era of love peace and happiness an extended family frequently gathered at Benno's for seasonal celebrations. Don was a singular presence in this community of artists and free spirits. Don photographed Gerard Malanga and I just moments after we first met. We have collaborated yet again to remember a remarkable artist and friend.
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The Mount Fall Programming Opinion
Season Ends on Halloween
By: - Sep 10th, 2010The season at Edith Wharton's historic home The Mount in Lenox, Mass. remains open with programming through October 31. There are many reasons to visit during the fall foliage season.
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Pops Tickets on Sale Music
Holiday Schedule Now Available
By: - Sep 10th, 2010Tickets will go on sale for the Boston Pops Holiday Series on Monday, September 13. Continuing one of Boston’s most beloved traditions, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops open the 2010 series on Wednesday, December 8, and the 37 concert series will run until Sunday, December 26. Holiday Pops tickets, ranging in price from $27-$125, depending on date and time, will go on sale at 8 a.m. on Monday, September 13, online at bostonpops.org.
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Berkshire Forum September 14 to 16 Opinion
The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield
By: - Sep 09th, 2010A three-day conference promising inspiring ideas and stimulating dialogue led by a remarkable network of business owners, economists, social innovators, technology visionaries, cultural enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and thought leadersâ€"bound by a devotion to region worth preserving and an interest in shaping its cultural and economic future.
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Illustrious at Eclipse Mill Gallery Fine Arts
North Adams Exhibition to October 3
By: - Sep 08th, 2010The exhibition Illustrious at the Eclipse Mill Gallery through October 3 features the work of 14 artists: Barbara Armata, Susan Baker, Varujan Boghosian, Shepherd Fairey, Robert Henriquez, Astrid Hiemer, Bruce Koscielniak, Howard Cruse, Erika Marquardt, Melanie Mowinski, Marianne R. Petit, Robert Rendo, Thor Wickstrom. Ten of these artists live and work in Adams and North Adams. The project focuses on aspects of narrative in illustration, cartoons, children books, artist's books,and posters.
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Mark Volpe on Tanglewood’s Non-Classsical Programming Opinion
Thinking Inside the Box
By: - Sep 07th, 2010During the recent, season ending, Tanglewood Jazz Festival we spoke with Mark Volpe, the managing director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He has had his hands full, yet again, with another medical absence by maestro, James Levine. Despite the concerns of some classical critics regarding the continuity and consistency of the orchestra, for the most part, the season has been successful. Even magical. But regarding non-classical programming, of which there is very little in the program, he was quoted making harsh remarks in the Berkshire Eagle. We asked him about that and were surprised but guardedly pleased by his response.
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Hoosac River Lights September 11 Opinion
Third Annual North Adams Event
By: - Sep 07th, 2010Ralph Brill a gallerist in the Eclipse Mill in North Adams reminds us that Mermaid Beatrice is swimming her way up the Hudson River. She splashes into North Adams after dark on Saturday night as the highlight of the Third Annual Hoosac River Lights event.
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2010 Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival Food
Higlighting Lidia Bastianich
By: - Sep 07th, 2010Celebrity chef, best-selling author and successful restaurateur Lidia Bastianich will highlight the 2010 Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival presented by the Italian Trade Commission, September 10 â€" 12. Bastianich joins world-class Italian auto designer Andrea Zagato and Presenting Sponsor, the Italian Trade Commission, in headlining the festival, a series of events over three days celebrating Italy’s excellence in wine, food and automobiles. Proceeds from the event will benefit Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s educational programs.
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Basie Band Swings at Tanglewood Music
Eddie Daniels and Bob James in Broadway Boogie
By: - Sep 06th, 2010Day two of the annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival. A change in the weather brought out a great crowd on the lawn for the afternoon concert. It headlined the Count Basie Orchestra with Eddie Daniels and Bob James featuring their Broadway Boogie. This closes the season in Lenox.
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