Ms. Kreston was a fixture as a New York cabaret singer and, for a time, a cabaret owner.

Mr. Hart was a founding member of Steeleye Span, one of the first British folk-rock groups.

In the last decade, the technology of moviemaking has changed radically. You can even pull a film out of a pocket.

From “Annie” to “The Capeman,” readers shared their memories of shows that transformed or inspired them.

Sam Sifton, the restaurant critic of The New York Times, selects his favorite dishes of 2009.

In this twist on an autobiographical novel, J. M. Coetzee presents notebooks from a deceased version of himself alongside interviews conducted by an imagined, future biographer.

Scholastic Inc. plans to reissue repackaged versions of the first two volumes of “The Baby-Sitters Club,” in the hopes of igniting enthusiasm in a new generation of readers.

David Levine’s genius was really that he wasn’t like anybody else.

Elevator Repair Service’s six-hour show is cleared for landing in New York.

The power of positive thinking is under assault, with a number of writers and researchers questioning the notion that looking on the bright side makes much of a difference.