Arts & Entertainment

Pink Lemonade Thumbprint Cookies (courtesy Classic Catering People)

Pink Lemonade Thumbprint Cookies

June 28, 2017 The Classic Catering People

Pink Lemonade Thumbprint Cookies (courtesy Classic Catering People)

Diving and Dining

June 28, 2017 The Classic Catering People

These delicious summer dishes brought to you by The Classic Catering People will make your picnic lunch or dinner a meal to remember.

Sculpture at Merriweather Post Pavilion

Merriweather Memories

June 28, 2017 JMORE Staff

When we heard about the anniversary season, the Jmore staff and contributors started telling our own tales – each of us trying to remember exactly who it is we did see there.

Barenaked Ladies plays Merriweather Post Pavilion on July 15, 2013. (Photo courtesy Andy Jones, Flickr)

We Need More Barenaked Ladies

June 28, 2017 Adam Stone

This was at Merriweather about a decade back, after the Canadian pop geniuses had reached their commercial peak and before they fired the drug-addled lead singer.

Some of the concerts the author has seen in the last 20 years at Merriweather.

So Much Music, so Little Time

June 28, 2017 Amanda Krotki

A concert at Merriweather was the quintessential summer experience for anyone growing up in either D.C. or Baltimore – situated as it is between the two in Columbia.

Jackson Brown (Photo courtesy Paul Schlarman, Flickr)

Running into the Sun (But I’m Running Behind)

June 28, 2017 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

I’ve proudly told music lovers in other parts of the country, “Did you know ‘Running On Empty’ was recorded near where I grew up?” What else could a Charm City music geek point to, besides the fact that Zappa and Mama Cass grew up here?

Frank Sinatra in "Pal Joey" (Photo courtesy Flickr)

Merriweather and Ol’ Blue Eyes

June 28, 2017 Michael Olesker

A lot of Howard County folks thought Columbia wasn’t for them. It seemed too modern, too upscale, too inviting to a bunch of damned outsiders.

Some of the author's more prized Merriweather Post Pavilion tickets. (Photo by Molly Blosse, Jmore)

Merriweather On My Mind

June 28, 2017 Molly Blosse

Merriweather became a source of normalcy for me during those two years. My dad was going through cancer treatments and eventually passed away. Those nights at Merriweather were the nights I could feel like a normal teenager.

View from the lawn at Merriweather Post Pavilion

Reeling in the Years

June 28, 2017 Simone Ellin, Associate Editor

I thought back to college days in my suite at SUNY Purchase and could actually picture “Aja” spinning on the turntable in my dorm room.

Christian Friedel as Georg Elser in "13 Minutes." (Bernd Schuller/Sony Pictures Classics)

This Man Almost Killed Hitler: An Incredible True Story

June 21, 2017 Tom Tugend, JTA

“13 Months” based on an actual, lone-wolf plot to kill the Fuehrer that nearly succeeded, is both a classical thriller, pitting one man against the system, and an exploration of how minute circumstance can affect the fates of millions.