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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.
May 28 2025

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

By |2025-06-12T19:52:59-04:00May 28th, 2025|Action & Adventure, Animation, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Fantasy, Kids, Movies|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF DREAMWORKS RELEASE HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Tuesday, June 3rd at 7:00 PM at Showcase Cinema de Lux Legacy Place (670 Legacy Pl, Dedham, MA 02026) SEE TRAILER HERE   GET YOUR TICKETS HERE: https://gofobo.com/pLNqH22976 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – IN THEATERS JUNE 13 [...]

May 27 2025

FREE VIRTUAL SCREENING: AMERICAN CATS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE CUDDLY

By |2025-06-12T19:54:09-04:00May 27th, 2025|Documentary, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies|Comments Off on FREE VIRTUAL SCREENING: AMERICAN CATS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE CUDDLY

I have always LOVED cats. I wrote my first letter to an editor when I was 10 years old defending the intelligence of cats vs. that of dogs (Love them both--VERY different creatures). I know a lot about cats but I DID NOT KNOW what was in this documentary, AMERICAN CATS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, [...]

May 22 2025

THEATER: HELLO DOLLY!

By |2025-05-23T10:37:13-04:00May 22nd, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: HELLO DOLLY!

WELL HELLO!! I must say, that this iconic, long-running, Tony-Award-winning musical HELLO DOLLY! has never been a fave of mine and I've seen a few incarnations of its heroine including the divinely daffy Carol Channing's signature stage turn  and Barbra Streisand's miscast movie version. AIMEE DOHERTY brings her musical theater chops, deepened vocals, comic timing, [...]

May 17 2025

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE

By |2025-05-17T13:20:57-04:00May 17th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE

You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of Sony Classics' "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" Tuesday, 5/20 at 7 PM at Landmark Kendall Square Cinema. TRAILER HERE GET TICKETS HERE https://forms.gle/FnD33e1cbeCxsGvS6 Synopsis: Agathe (Camille Rutherford) is a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman, who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. [...]

May 16 2025

THEATER/ THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

By |2025-05-17T13:42:40-04:00May 16th, 2025|Theater, Uncategorized|Comments Off on THEATER/ THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

Get a ticket fast-- these will not last.  The Huntington has wrapped up its season by sending us off to Italy with its most elegant production yet— a stunning, full-throated, openhearted, operatic sweep of a musical, visually and vocally sumptuous! I was completely enveloped by THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. L to R: Sarah-Anne [...]

May 13 2025

THEATER: JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING, KIMBERLY AKINBO, THE SPITFIRE GRILL, FOUNDING F%!#ERS

By |2025-05-13T23:08:47-04:00May 13th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING, KIMBERLY AKINBO, THE SPITFIRE GRILL, FOUNDING F%!#ERS

It's THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN right now: JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING the Tony-nominated New England premiere now onstage. Presented by SpeakEasy Stage at the Calderwood, this comedy /drama by Jocelyn Bioh hits home at a hair salon on a hot Harlem summer day. Summer L.Williams directs an exceptional cast: Crystin Gilmore, MarHadoo Effeh,  Kwezi [...]

May 07 2025

FREE MOVIE PASSES: THE ACCOUNTANT 2

By |2025-05-27T23:50:11-04:00May 7th, 2025|Drama, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies, Thriller|Comments Off on FREE MOVIE PASSES: THE ACCOUNTANT 2

Enter for your chance to win a pass for you and a guest to see THE ACCOUNTANT 2 which is NOW playing at a GREATER BOSTON AREA THEATER near you! Watch the trailer HERE! ENTER HERE: tinyurl.com/TheAccountant2AMCBoston  This pass will grant you FREE ADMISSION MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY at any AMC THEATRES located in the Greater [...]

Apr 18 2025

SPRING THEATER: CROWNS, SHUCKED, DON’T EAT THE MANGOES, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

By |2025-04-18T18:35:47-04:00April 18th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on SPRING THEATER: CROWNS, SHUCKED, DON’T EAT THE MANGOES, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

There's SO much to see out there right now! Here are 4 excellent productions, and this week I talked about them on THE CULTURE SHOW (airing daily at 2pm on GBH 89.7) with host JARED BOWEN!  To hear our conversation, click HERE  and scroll to April 15, 2025. The segment begins at 34:20 seconds in! [...]

Apr 13 2025

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: ETOILE /AMAZON PRIME ORIGINAL SERIES!

By |2025-04-18T18:51:01-04:00April 13th, 2025|Drama, Expired Free Advance Screenings, Movies|Comments Off on FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: ETOILE /AMAZON PRIME ORIGINAL SERIES!

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITE TO A SPECIAL FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF AMAZON PRIME'S ORIGINAL SERIES "ETOILE." Tuesday, April 22nd, 7:00PM, Alamo Drafthouse Theater, 60 Seaport Blvd in Boston Enjoy complimentary champagne and get a sneak peek of the first two episodes of this spectacular streaming series before it becomes available to the public on April 24th! [...]

Apr 11 2025

THEATER: CAROUSEL, HER PORTMANTEAU, IT’S A MOTHER F*KING PLEASURE

By |2025-04-13T17:23:00-04:00April 11th, 2025|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: CAROUSEL, HER PORTMANTEAU, IT’S A MOTHER F*KING PLEASURE

This is the closing-- or almost closing weekend for three shows now on stage in town so I thought I'd give you a quick last minute guide in case you are deciding to catch one of the below: IT'S A MOTHER F**KING PLEASURE to recommend this hip, hot satirical take down of identity politics and [...]

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