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Carolyn Hax: Will a debt be the death of their romance?
A woman wonders if she can marry a boyfriend headed for a master’s — and a big student loan debt.
Keep your confidence(s), despite mother’s discomfort
Mom guilt is powerful, but so are your principles.
Carolyn Hax: Feeling trapped in an unhappy marriage
She has always been unhappy in her marriage, but after building a life and home with him, she’s afraid to leave.
Washington Performing Arts: new name, new tone, new direction
The Washington Performing Arts Society gets a new name and a new look for 2014-15, with an emphasis on community, collaboration, and Powerpoint-speak
NSO concert stuffed with Romantic opulence
There was very little not to like on the National Symphony Orchestra’s program, but there was an awful lot of it.
Two opera prizes elicit two very different responses.
The Richard Tucker Foundation names Michael Fabiano its 2014 winner; the Birgit Nilsson Prize awards $1 million to the Vienna Philharmonic
Sex, movies and the desperate attempt to shock audiences
ESSAY | As filmmakers keep upping the ante to shock viewers, what’s actually shocking anymore?
Confessions of a Christian film critic
ESSAY | In a year featuring a bounty of religious-themed films, a critic reflects on fusing faith and work.
‘Mistaken for Strangers’ movie review
Tom Berninger’s behind-the-scenes look at the National is the rare rock-doc that plumbs deeper truths.
Dancing beyond the body
On “Dancing With the Stars,” double amputee Amy Purdy dances on a different plane from the rest.
New York City Ballet reminds us why we watch dance
What a crazy night. What a wonderful night. Surely we were hallucinating.
Ballet ‘Jewels’ still a gem if not flawless diamond of yore
The shimmer has faded a bit, but the work overall delivered, choreography aside, at Kennedy Center.
Ask Amy: Partner of jailed drinker seeks support
Friends suggest that it’s time to drop this drinker; the letter writer is hurt by such comments.
Ask Amy: Teen son’s porn habit worries mom
Sure, it’s common. But, Amy says, studies show that certain sorts of viewing can cause real damage.
Ask Amy: Gay teen ponders coming out
After a gay teen came out to a friend, her busybody ways made him wonder whether it was worth it.
‘Mad Men’ Season 7: Anxiety rides the red-eye
TV REVIEW | The brilliant but brooding AMC drama begins it final descent toward the dreaded 1970s.
Colbert sans ‘Colbert’ is a wise choice to replace Letterman
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK | The host will give up his trademark shtick, but he’ll bring a modern wit to “Late Show.”
‘Game of Thrones,’ where the company loves misery
TV REVIEW | In Season 4 of HBO’s glorious fantasy drama, things get worse, which means they get better.
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.”
In skilled hands, politics becomes art
The untutored look of Jack Levine’s “Inauguration,” on display at the Smithsonian, belies its complexity.
What do you see? It all depends on how you see the world.
A controversial photograph angered some as a racist statement but amused others as mere impishness.
In Weems’s photographs, revelation and resistance
A Guggenheim retrospective lays out the strength and weaknesses of the artist’s sometimes disturbing work.
Our columnist finally opens his mail
Men and women of letters share their language peeves with Gene.
When in the coarse ...
Our columnist proposes some rights that the Declaration of Independence might not include.
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