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To parent (a baby or a puppy), pair must be on same page
Carolyn Hax advises a wife whose husband says that for now, he’d rather get a pet than try for a child.
Carolyn Hax: Coming to grips with a grumbler
Wife seeks help on how to deal with her often-complaining husband.
Carolyn Hax: Ill-conceived lie leads to pregnancy
Reader fibs to beau about using birth control, now faces life-changing pregnancy.
For Opera Lafayette, sequel doesn’t live up to the original
Stylized dialogue, dull music stifle Philidor’s ‘Les femmes vengées,’ part of a double bill with Mozart’s ‘Cosi.’
Minnesota Orchestra ends lockout, returns to work
After 15 months, the orchestra and its players agree on a contract that includes a pay cut.
Minnesota Orchestra lockout ends
After an acrimonious 15-month lockout, the Minnesota Orchestra musicians and management have reached a workable compromise.
‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ re-ups a beloved franchise
Chris Pine resuscitates a reluctant CIA spy in the modestly entertaining “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.”
‘Llewyn Davis,’ Redford deserved better from Academy
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK | Snubs were expected in a strong year, but these shutouts especially hurt.
‘The Square,’ an exhilarating portrait of Egyptian politics
Stunning doc puts viewers in the middle of the fight for democracy in Egypt, in 2011 and beyond.
Dance review: ‘Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty’
The familiar fairy tale is subtitled ‘A Gothic Romance’ and is more dance theater than ballet.
A ballet program that’s annual frustration
REVIEW | The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, as always, is so close, but ultimately frustrating.
‘Play/Pause’: Lovely dance, but ultimately disappointing
Susan Marshall’s interesting new work, at the Terrace Theater, ends up seeming self-important, overworked.
Ask Amy: Sisters’ estrangement is no one else’s business
Her sister did a number on her — including marrying her ex — but people want her to make amends.
Ask Amy: Cohabitation before marriage causes rift
Her very Catholic father is pressuring her to marry her partner of seven years, but they’re not ready.
Ask Amy: Food issues create discomfort
Her mother, a Weight Watchers vet and nurse, doesn’t seem to understand portion control.
‘Klondike’: Then as now, misery at the bottom of the pan
TV REVIEW | Richard Madden (“Game of Thrones”) stars in this energetic tale of the Yukon gold rush.
‘Flowers in the Attic’: Cruel punishment, indeed
TV REVIEWS | Also: A new season of PBS’s highly stylized “Sherlock.” (Spoiler: He’s alive!)
HBO’s ‘Looking’: Things change, but the heartache remains
TV REVIEW | In this new half-hour series, three gay men try to figure out life and love in today’s San Francisco.
The TV Column: Alec Baldwin’s puzzling Nat Geo Channel gig
The actor and animal rights supporter will narrate documentaries about, among other things, bear-hunting.
Emmy and Tony can’t seem to get enough of Neil Patrick Harris
Actor will host the Emmy Awards for the second time this year after hosting the Tonys for the fourth time
Animal Planet nets biggest audience with ‘Mermaids’
TV COLUMN | “New Evidence” “documentary” follows last year’s “Mermaids: The Body Found.”
Judy Chicago, sister city
The artist, whose “Dinner Party” once caused uptight Washington to send its regrets, returns to D.C.
When Paris was the city of blight
Charles Marville photo exhibit shows the transformation of 19th-century Paris. It wasn’t always pretty.
Three in running to design renovation of D.C. library
Firms will present plans to make the problematic but significant MLK building a “knock-your-socks-off” site.
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