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Carolyn Hax: Airing out the dirty laundry over a division of labor
When it comes to chores, there are multiple perspectives on what constitutes an equitable share.
Carolyn Hax: Stop worrying about pleasing a pair of big egos
A woman separating from a self-absorbed husband is afraid to tell her self-absorbed sister about it.
Mother-in-law issue is the old introvert/extrovert problem
To make relationship work, you have to know, accept and embrace differences.
Acclaimed outdoor music piece to be performed at three D.C. venues
Air Force Band to take on John Luther Adams’s ‘Sila: The Breath of the World,’ which wowed New York.
How (not) to behave: Manners and the classical music audience
Guidelines for concert-hall behavior tacitly propagate the false notion that classical music is esoteric.
A ‘Mantra’ for our time at the Library of Congress
Stockhausen’s score was revealed as a masterwork despite a paint-by-number presentation.
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara can’t save the sloppy ‘Hot Pursuit’
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara can’t save the sloppy buddy-comedy re-hash that is ‘Hot Pursuit.’
‘The D Train’ features a scene-stealing James Marsden in a reunion comedy
‘The D Train’ stars Jack Black and James Marsden, who steals the movie as a self-involved actor.
‘About Elly,’ by Asghar Farhadi, exemplifies his storytelling gifts
The seaside chamber piece ‘About Elly’ is an early gem from Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.
Reliving a decade of dance hits on YouTube
Are you ready for an archeological dig of your meanderings among Gangnam-stylers, dubsteppers, flashmobbers and assorted ordinary dudes with a soundtrack?
Dance audiences are too caught up in the performance to be rude
Bad behavior isn’t on the program when amazing moves take over.
Ask Amy
Ask Amy: Boyfriend’s pricey gifts bother her
He foists designer duds and doodads on her, but she’s just not interested in those sorts of things.
Ask Amy: Office worker is tempted to tattle
One co-worker obsessively monitors the comings and goings of another. Should the spied-upon be told?
Ask Amy: Illness interrupts wife’s mojo
After 50 years of marriage, his wife is no longer in the mood.
In Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie,’ age is just a number that sadly averages zero
TV REVIEW | Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play the spurned spouses of husbands who turned out to be gay.
‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’: A clearer take on whatever, nevermind
TV REVIEW | Brett Morgen’s artful HBO documentary gets the story right, but the subject remains elusive.
Is CNN as bad as everyone thinks it is? Yes ... and no.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK | Squirming at the network’s live Baltimore coverage is part of America’s TV news habit.
In Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie,’ age is just a number that sadly averages zero
TV REVIEW | Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play the spurned spouses of husbands who turned out to be gay.
‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’: A clearer take on whatever, nevermind
TV REVIEW | Brett Morgen’s artful HBO documentary gets the story right, but the subject remains elusive.
Is CNN as bad as everyone thinks it is? Yes ... and no.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK | Squirming at the network’s live Baltimore coverage is part of America’s TV news habit.
How to act in public spaces in a digital age
The smartphone set shows little patience for fusty rules of etiquette. But in the nation’s public spaces, old notions on how to behave die hard.
At museums, selfie sticks poke holes in the idea of anything goes
More than any physical damage, photo-taking devices drain art of life by enabling visitors to be narcissistic.
In America’s past, a culture of animus against federal workers
An amicus brief filed in the gay marriage case before the Supreme Court details discriminations.
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