Fall Preview 2007 http://www.observer.com/blog/58015/%2A/feed Recent posts en Peter Krause Brings Sexy Back to ABC! Elsewhere: Geeks Rule http://www.observer.com/2007/peter-krause-brings-sexy-back-abc-elsewhere-geeks-rule

Queue the DVR, cancel your Netflix account and start collecting take-out menus, folks! If socialites and superheroes cater to your tastes, you’ll be spending some quality time on the couch this season.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/peter-krause-brings-sexy-back-abc-elsewhere-geeks-rule#comments Arts & Culture Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:22:37 -0400 Gillian Reagan 57977 at http://www.observer.com SoHo Museum Flees Yuppies, as the Met Goes For Baroque http://www.observer.com/2007/soho-museum-flees-yuppies-met-goes-baroque

A few years back, Robert Hughes, former art critic for Time magazine and Goya biographer, wrote that sculptor Martin Puryear (b. 1941) was America’s greatest living artist, and damned if Mr. Hughes wasn’t close to the mark.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/soho-museum-flees-yuppies-met-goes-baroque#comments Arts & Culture Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:18:58 -0400 Mario Naves 57976 at http://www.observer.com As Zuckerman Says Goodbye, Halberstam, Ivins and Schlesinger Live On http://www.observer.com/2007/zuckerman-says-goodbye-halberstam-ivins-and-schlesinger-live

Can writing confer immortality? Let’s hope for at least temporary immortality, because the season’s books are crowded with the dead. David Halberstam, Molly Ivins and Arthur Schlesinger Jr., all three of whom died earlier this year, have books coming out this fall:  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/zuckerman-says-goodbye-halberstam-ivins-and-schlesinger-live#comments Arts & Culture Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:13:57 -0400 Adam Begley 57975 at http://www.observer.com School of … Classical? At Carnegie and Beyond, Youth Rules the Season http://www.observer.com/2007/school-classical-carnegie-and-beyond-youth-rules-season

Has classical music become hip? From the looks of this fall, some of the city’s most traditional venues will be competing with clubs for the downtown crow.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/school-classical-carnegie-and-beyond-youth-rules-season#comments Arts & Culture Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:11:25 -0400 Damian Da Costa 57974 at http://www.observer.com George, Julia, Nicole and Tom … We’re Seein’ Stars! http://www.observer.com/2007/george-julia-nicole-and-tom-we-re-seein-stars

Hooray for fall movies! Along with the annual unpacking of tweed and corduroy comes Hollywood’s rollout of Oscar-bound films, marquee performances and loooong running times.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/george-julia-nicole-and-tom-we-re-seein-stars#comments Arts & Culture Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:08:28 -0400 Sara Vilkomerson 57973 at http://www.observer.com Danes, Garner and Pullman Bring Hollywood to Broadway http://www.observer.com/2007/danes-garner-and-pullman-bring-hollywood-broadway

It’s a good time to be a theater queen—plenty of camp this fall!  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/danes-garner-and-pullman-bring-hollywood-broadway#comments Arts & Culture Style Claire Danes Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:05:46 -0400 David Foxley 57972 at http://www.observer.com Back to the Future with Duran Duran, Mariah and the Backstreet Boys http://www.observer.com/2007/back-future-duran-duran-mariah-and-backstreet-boys

The Fall takes a look back in order to move pop music forward.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/back-future-duran-duran-mariah-and-backstreet-boys#comments Arts & Culture Backstreet Boys Duran Duran Mariah Carey Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:29:16 -0400 Jonathan Liu 57927 at http://www.observer.com