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About Joyce Kulhawik

Joyce Kulhawik, best known as the Emmy Award-winning arts and entertainment critic for CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV 1981-2008), is currently lending her expertise as an arts critic/advocate, motivational speaker, and cancer crusader. Kulhawik is President of the Boston Theater Critics Association, a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics, and Boston Online Film Critics Association. Joyce also writes for WBUR's The ARTery and RogerEbert.com.
Aug 04 2023

THEATER: LOVE, LOSS, & WHAT I WORE, THE BOY WHO KISSED THE SKY/ REVOLUTION’S EDGE

By |2024-04-01T18:11:10-04:00August 4th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

Here are three to see onstage this summer weekend-- all are short, smart, inspiring, entertaining, and incredibly affordable or PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN to see! LOVE, LOSS, & WHAT I WORE presented by HUB THEATRE COMPANY of BOSTON only runs through Saturday 8/5-- and it's too bad it's not having a longer run! Based on the book by [...]

Aug 02 2023

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: SHORTCOMINGS

By |2023-08-24T12:57:06-04:00August 2nd, 2023|Comedy, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies, Trailers|0 Comments

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FREE ADANCE SCREENING OF SONY PICTURES CLASSICS RELEASE "SHORTCOMINGS."  Thursday, August 3rd at 7 PM at AMC Boston Common RSVP HERE: https://forms.gle/8jt1H6F7EnmuCboC6 Synopsis: Ben, a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When he’s not managing an arthouse movie theater [...]

Jul 31 2023

THEATER: MACBETH

By |2023-07-31T23:25:36-04:00July 31st, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

Now onstage, in the middle of Boston Common, is that summer crowd pleaser MACBETH!! Commonwealth Shakespeare Company has turned to the dark side this year for its annual production of FREE Shakespeare on the Common. I'd had my doubts about wanting to see this bloody tale of murder, suicide, guilt, betrayal, unbridled ambition, political and [...]

Jul 26 2023

MUSIC/THEATER: TANGLEWOOD

By |2023-07-26T14:22:57-04:00July 26th, 2023|Music, Theater|0 Comments

There's still plenty of time to get out to TANGLEWOOD, the  idyllic summer home of the BSO in the Berkshires. I hadn't been there since before the pandemic and it's even more glorious than ever, lush with greenery and music. Coming up soon a beloved annual tradition since 1946 with something for the whole family [...]

Jul 20 2023

MOVIES: “BARBENHEIMER” BARBIE/OPPENHEIMER

By |2023-07-21T14:38:43-04:00July 20th, 2023|Comedy, Drama, Epic & Historical, Fantasy, Movies, Musicals|0 Comments

It was the bang heard around the world of summer movies: two of the most anticipated big screen offerings of the season Greta Gerwig's BARBIE and Chris Nolan's OPPENHEIMER collided! Warner Bros and Universal Studios each scheduled release dates and critics screenings for their films on the same date and time! The animosity goes deeper [...]

Jul 16 2023

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: THEATER CAMP

By |2023-07-16T12:52:37-04:00July 16th, 2023|Comedy, Family, Kids, Movies, Theater|0 Comments

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES RELEASE: THEATER CAMP  Wednesday, July 19th at 7:30 PM at AMC Boston Common. RSVP for tickets here: https://searchlightscreenings.com/JoycesChoicesTHEATERCAMP In Boston theaters July 21st SYNOPSIS: Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the original comedy THEATER CAMP as Amos and [...]

Jul 15 2023

MOVIE: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

By |2023-07-16T10:11:51-04:00July 15th, 2023|Action & Adventure, Movies, Thriller|0 Comments

It's everything I want in a summer movie-- Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One is a ridiculously exciting entertainment. The 7th and longest in the franchise to date (2 hours 43 minutes), is destined to be another blockbuster hit of the summer season starring the king of action thrillers.  At 61 years old, Tom Cruise [...]

Jul 04 2023

MOVIE: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

By |2023-07-05T11:06:38-04:00July 4th, 2023|Action & Adventure, Movies|0 Comments

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is the fifth and latest installment of the franchise and the last -- according to the 80 year- old actor himself--to feature Harrison Ford in an acting role. So a little nostalgia is in order and that's what we get right out of the gate. The opening sequence [...]

Jun 24 2023

THEATER: JAGGED LITTLE PILL/ AS YOU LIKE IT/ EVITA/

By |2023-06-25T21:47:00-04:00June 24th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

I've been seeing a lot of theater lately while nursing a broken shoulder and it's just what the doctor ordered!  Listen. It's going to be rainy this weekend. Maybe thunder and lightning. Very dramatic. So why not take the drama indoors and check out some of the fabulous offerings onstage in and around Boston this [...]

Jun 19 2023

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: “RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN”

By |2023-07-31T00:39:32-04:00June 19th, 2023|Animation, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Family, Kids, Movies|0 Comments

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF  UNIVERSAL PICTURES RELEASE: RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN Saturday, June 24th at 10:00 AM at AMC Boston Common 19.  RSVP HERE: http://gofobo.com/Ehpcf42400 First come, First served! Synopsis   This summer, DreamWorks Animation dives into the turbulent waters of high school with a hilarious, heartfelt action [...]

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