Email Author Sharyn Jackson

2010 Stories by Sharyn Jackson

• RISK MANAGEMENT

  published December 22, 2010

  We’re all about watching artists do risky things. It keeps us on the edges of our seats, kind of like when David Copperfield made the Statue... More >>

• THE GAMBLER

  published December 22, 2010

  Casino Jack is not a film version of Boardwalk Empire. No, there were no Atlantic City shenanigans (as far as we know . . . ) when... More >>

• VERSE ON THE FIRST

  published December 22, 2010

  If the dawn of a new year tickles your literary fancy, as it does some 300 of New York’s finest wordsmiths, then what better way to celebrate... More >>

• Sandra Bernhard

  published December 22, 2010

  The biting, luminous performer Sandra Bernhard can make anything funny. Case in point: we saw her at a recent show where she literally read... More >>

• HERE YOU COME AGAIN

  published December 15, 2010

  Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s Tennessee theme park, is an embarrassment of riches for fans of the Smoky Mountain Songbird. It’s got a... More >>

• WIG OUT!

  published December 15, 2010

  Amber Martin does a spot-on impersonation of Reba McEntire, Rue McClanahan, and, oddly enough, Whitney Houston. See who else the performance... More >>

• THE PURSUIT OF FUNNINESS

  published December 8, 2010

  Editorial illustrator Maira Kalman gave us the funniest New Yorker cover we can remember, when she collaborated with Rick Meyerowitz on the... More >>

• THE TAO OF TAO

  published December 1, 2010

  There’s an amount of precociousness that accompanies many young talents’ quick ascents to recognition, and the author Tao Lin, all of... More >>

• WHORE FOR THE HOLIDAYS

  published December 1, 2010

  It wouldn’t be the Solstice without Justin Bond. Ever since he delighted us with his surrealist Karen Carpenter Christmas pageant a few years... More >>

• GOOD LAY

  published November 24, 2010

  It's time for some old-school performance art. Tim Miller, who co-founded Performance Space 122 in 1980, returns to his old stomping ground in... More >>

• GOAAAAAL!

  published November 17, 2010

  Feeling nostalgic for World Cup fanaticism? Yes, it’s been a few long months since we got to crowd the bars at 10 a.m. and have that be... More >>

• INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU RETURNS

  published November 17, 2010

  Peter Sellers was a man who could walk on water, literally: See Being There, the profound philosophical comedy in which he stars as a... More >>

• CHER-A-LOT

  published November 10, 2010

  Burlesque stars Christina Aguilera and Cher, and the gays still aren’t satisfied? Clearly, the only thing missing from the new film is... More >>

• TOXIC OPERA

  published November 10, 2010

  In the age of Swiftenhaal, we can barely remember that time long ago when Britney Spears wasn’t pathetic and was joined at the hip with... More >>

• DO ASK

  published November 3, 2010

  The dwindling "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy may be on its way out, but that doesn't make up for the damage it's already done. Photographer... More >>

• LIFE-SIZE DIETRICH

  published November 3, 2010

  Who wouldn't want a life-size doll of bisexual German chanteuse Marlene Dietrich? It's already on our Christmas list—but only if it's... More >>

• ALL MIXED UP

  published October 27, 2010

  MIX NYC, the New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, takes a decidedly meta approach to programming: Almost every night’s lineup... More >>

• ELECTION FEVER

  published October 20, 2010

  Bristol may be tanking on Dancing With the Stars (a gorilla costume?!), but she's not the only Palin to enter showbiz. The barracuda... More >>

• DR. SHERRY

  published October 20, 2010

  Even the best relationships have their ups and downs, which can be heightened at this time of year while arguing over whether to dress in some... More >>

• THERE SHE IS . . .

  published October 13, 2010

  JonBenet wouldn't stand a chance at this show. When your idea of beauty might lead you to favor a wearer of bow-ties, a "genderblender" go-go... More >>

• PEE-WEE PLUGS IN

  published October 13, 2010

  Our parents still haven't gotten the hang of online socializing—instead, they just embarrass us on Facebook. But the gray-suited '80s icon... More >>

• MAKIN’ BACON

  published October 6, 2010

  The winning dish at last year’s first-ever Bacon Takedown, a cured-pork cook-off, was the delicious-sounding Bacon Bourbon Ice Cream.... More >>

• ARIAS'S ARIAS

  published September 29, 2010

  In Arias With a Twist, Joey Arias's last New York show, the drag songbird with Billie Holiday pipes morphed into a taxi-eating, New... More >>

• FOOD FIGHT

  published September 15, 2010

  Street food vendors have it tough. There's the daily competition to get the best parking spot with the least likelihood of garnering a ticket and... More >>

• ARCADE FIRE

  published September 15, 2010

  The Hudson Valley recently lost a beloved pinball museum, causing a stir among arcade enthusiasts from as far away as NYC, according to an article... More >>