Email Author Sharyn Jackson

2010 Stories by Sharyn Jackson

• SMALL WONDER

  published September 1, 2010

  Selene Luna has proven that not all celebs need to be five-foot-ten to get ahead. The pint-size performance artist appeared last night at Bergdorf... More >>

• CIVILIAN UNREST

  published September 1, 2010

  Documentary theater-makers The Civilians have turned everything from crazy Christians to misplaced items into subjects for musicals imbued... More >>

• LIGHTS UP

  published August 25, 2010

  When performance artist Ann Liv Young appeared at P.S.1 back in February, her trash-talking Southern blonde alter ego, Sherry, made fun of... More >>

• SEND IN THE CLOWNS

  published August 25, 2010

  The circus left town a while ago, but two festivals beginning today deconstruct the spectacle by dedicating themselves to one aspect alone:... More >>

• HEARTBREAKER OF GLASS

  published August 18, 2010

  Cathy Cervenka knows her power ballads. The self-proclaimed “ ’80s-obsessed” founder of Cathyland, a rock tribute collective, has... More >>

• SUBWAY TERROR

  published August 11, 2010

  Ah, summer nights in New York City, when the humidity evaporates just enough to enjoy a feel-good movie on a lawn or a rooftop—like The... More >>

• POETIC LICENSE

  published August 11, 2010

  In 1986, Time magazine called poet Charles Bukowski a “laureate of American lowlife,” who provided his reading public “Henry... More >>

• SOLO FLEX

  published August 4, 2010

  German photographer Martin Schoeller must have been quite the American Gladiators fan. His latest exhibition, Female Bodybuilders,... More >>

• 'C' IS FOR CYRUS

  published August 4, 2010

  When Neal Medlyn heard that Miley Cyrus didn't know any Jay-Z songs because she only listens to sad indie music, he was inspired. Already working... More >>

• STILL PROUD

  published July 27, 2010

  Just because Pride Month is long over doesn't mean touting our gay history has to stop. Museum of the City of New York keeps the good vibes going... More >>

• HONESTLY, ABE

  published July 27, 2010

  Fringe season is once again upon us, but if you don't feel like risking it with any number of sci-fi musicals or memoirs about artists' processes,... More >>

• DUMPSTER DIVING

  published July 27, 2010

  If movies screened on rooftops and free Shakespeare in every park aren't enough only-in-New-York summer traditions for you, now you can swim in... More >>

• SUNSET, SUNSET

  published July 20, 2010

  One of the creepiest May-December romances of all time gets screen time tonight when the New York City Parks Department plays Sunset... More >>

• THAT TIME OF THE MONTH

  published July 13, 2010

  Anyone who's attempted trainer Jillian Michaels's workout video 30 Day Shred knows that doing something physical every day for a month... More >>

• TIME STANDS STILL

  published June 29, 2010

  Bianca Leigh might be fresh off a killer season, as a core member of drag troupe Shim Mamsir and with starring roles in the Talking Band’s... More >>

• MARCH OF THE FLIPPERS

  published June 15, 2010

  Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-Ariel is en vogue once again as mer-culture dominates Coney Island at the 2010 Mermaid Parade. King Neptune Lou Reed and his... More >>

• PRESIDENT OF OZ

  published June 15, 2010

  Do pay attention to the man behind the curtain when it's President Obama. For The Whiz: Obamaland, choreographer Nicholas Leichter has... More >>

• BEST OF THE FEST

  published June 8, 2010

  BAM's alternative film fest, BAMcinemaFEST, is back for a second go-around, and if you missed the first week of festivities, don't worry:... More >>

• TICKED OFF

  published June 8, 2010

  Bug-phobes beware: A giant tick will be selling raffle tickets tonight at Dixon Place. No, it's not a far-fetched outreach effort to diversify the... More >>

• JUNG LOVE

  published June 8, 2010

  Here's a theory on why therapists do so well in New York. Something about brushing 8 million shoulders on a daily basis tends to make one wonder:... More >>

• CHANCES ARE

  published June 1, 2010

  When writer Augusten Burroughs read Role Models, John Waters's new memoir about the people who inspired him, he said: "How did somebody... More >>

• BALLS TO THE WALL

  published June 1, 2010

  With so many drag shows to choose from, you know you're at the right one when you spot historian Joe E. Jeffreys there behind his DV camera. For... More >>

• BET ON ODD

  published May 11, 2010

  In the age of Facebook, where it feels like everybody knows everybody else online, it's easy to forget that there's still a whole segment of sad... More >>

• TALK TO THE VAG

  published May 11, 2010

  New Yorkers are getting a treat. The L.A.– and Berlin–based queercore drag legend Vaginal (Creme) Davis is imposing her "terrorist drag"... More >>

• NORTH BK BITES

  published May 11, 2010

  A sure sign that nightlife in Williamsburg is strong: I've been to so many of the restaurants that will be doling out samples at Taste... More >>