international travel

• Features

Blizzard subjects WYPR personality, husband to horror of additional days in paradise

When WYPR on-air personality Diane Finlayson and her husband, Maarten Calon, return from their island vacation in the Caribbean on Tuesday, they will be met by an unusual welcome committee ¿ a friend armed with boots, gloves, brooms and a heavy-duty snow shovel. Calon and Finlayson had been scheduled to return to Baltimore from Curacao on Saturday on American Airlines.

• Maryland

Searchlight Tour coming to Taneytown church

As part of its Searchlight Tour to end world hunger, the band Willet will lead acoustic worship at Grace United Church of Christ, in Taneytown, at 10:15 a.m. Sept. 14.

• Sports

International Crown's format should make it a winner here, organizers say

Rich Thomas has run more than two dozen professional golf events over the past 14 years, but from its inception more than year ago the LPGA's International Crown at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills has felt different to its tournament director. "It's not even close," Thomas said.

• Air Transportation

BWI officials eye the future as Southwest launches first international flights

An elaborate sendoff for three Southwest Airlines flights to the Caribbean from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Tuesday morning will mark the official entry of the largest domestic carrier in the United States into the international airline market. It will also signal the growing Anne Arundel County airport's hopeful ascendance as a major hub for domestic travelers looking to hop overseas.

• Baltimore City Paper

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• Baltimore City Paper

MUSIC

• Baltimore City Paper

What's up with avant-garde music

• International Travel

On return to Baltimore area, tour boosted by U.S. success

The last time a women's professional golf tournament was held in the Baltimore area, the results mirrored the world rankings.

• Movies

Back to 'Oz' with extra tunes by Andrew Lloyd Webber

New musical version of 1939 classic film heading to Modell Lyric

• Travel

Under Armour's Brand House in SoHo opens

Under Armour opens its largest specialty store to date today in SoHo, hoping to attract tourists from around the globe

• Arts and Culture

Kwanzaa called celebration of 'good in life'

The Eastern Shore-born activist who created Kwanzaa told a standing-room-only crowd the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African-American History Saturday that the post-Christmas holiday is a celebration of "all that is good in life."

• Public Transportation

MARC train weekend service begins

No one's sure how many weekend riders the MARC train will carry to and from Baltimore on its new expanded Saturday and Sunday service, but Charm City marketing experts and transportation officials expect to collect on the state's $46 million venture in more places than just the fare box.

• Baltimore City Paper

Bearings Craft Fair, Hangover Brunch, Water-Skiing Santa, and more.

• Howard County

Columbia resident raises funds for Honduras medical clinic

Norris said the demeanor of the staff, the efficiency of the clinic and the price of the service and antibiotics, it cost him $5 for a diagnosis and 10 days of medication, are what led him to set a fundraising goal of $10,000 for the clinic.

• Lifestyle and Leisure

How I spent my summer vacation

• Travel

African American history comes to life in Baltimore

Thomas Saunders of Renaissance Productions and Tours been leading groups on tours around Baltimore to sites that have significance in African-American history.

• Baltimore Hotels

City moves to replace Grand Prix of Baltimore

Baltimore tourism leaders will have to find another way to draw visitors over Labor Day weekend after the Grand Prix of Baltimore was canceled. They are focused on more sporting events and filling up the dead time of winter.

• Travel

Weekend MARC service to be selling point for BWI

Airport officials welcomed last week's announcement by Gov. Martin O'Malley that weekend MARC train service between Baltimore and Washington will start in December because such a connection to the nation's capital is a huge selling point — especially for international travelers BWI is trying to court.

• Eastern Shore

In Easton, archaeologists hope to uncover earliest free African-American settlement

The University of Maryland is conducting an archaeological dig in Easton at a site called The Hill that may be the oldest settlement of free African-Americans in the country.

• News

Port officials looking to replace Pride

Still smarting from news that half of Baltimore's lucrative cruise business is headed south next year, the state's ports chief said Friday that officials already are working on replacing the Carnival Pride.

• Baltimore County

McDonogh freshman golfer hitting his shots

Rij Patel's golf skills and future potential are getting noticed at McDonogh School.

• Travel

The expat life: Going south of the border

San Miguel travel

• Latest

Kwanzaa event features African drummers, dance and theater

More than 350 turned out for the annual Kwanzaa celebration at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum on Saturday. The seven-day holiday was created in 1966 by Eastern Shore native, Maulana Karenga, to reflect on the African culture

• Travel

Head out for the holidays

The holidays are here before you know it and often gone before you've had a chance to sample any of the wonderful seasonal offerings. Taking a day trip to any of these destinations will provide a quick cup of cheer.

• Entertainment

Season of 'Nutcracker,' 'Messiah' starts early

Holiday productions feature new collaborations, full 'Messiah'

• Baltimore City

On Pennsylvania Avenue, a fresh library offers a look back

About 40 people gathered at the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Pennsylvania Avenue branch for historian Thomas Saunders' program, titled "Revisiting Pennsylvania Avenue: A trip down memory lane." The library just completed a three-month renovation meant to reinvigorate the long-standing community landmark.

• Travel

London calling?

Summer Olympics in London

• Travel

Day trip: Firefly outdoor music fest to light up Dover

The first large-scale music festival in Dover history, Firefly's inaugural lineup has something for everyone.

• Sports

14-year-old Rij Patel's career shows lots of loft

Golfer Rij Patel of Cockeysville and Hunt Valley Golf Club is ranked first by the International Junior Golf Tour in the 14-and-under division

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: The world isn't buying Europe's nonsense

Canada and China are refusing to get on the bailout bandwagon

• Entertainment

UniverSoul Circus displays global flavor

The production, stopping at Security Square through Sunday, shows off acts from around the world

• Arts and Culture

Day Trip

Day trips Baltimore Washington

• Travel

Day Trip: Springfest heralds summer in Ocean City

Ocean City Springfest

• Music

Baltimore Symphony prepares for West Coast tour

• Latest

Balto. firm to build world's tallest indoor roller coaster in China

When it opens next year, The Great Mall of China near Beijing will be the biggest retail and entertainment center in the world — with the world's tallest indoor roller coaster, imported from Baltimore.

• Travel

Planned BWI-Cuba flights delayed until October

Flights from BWI to Havana have been pushed back to October because of lack of interest.

• Golf

For Finchem, 4 more years

• Opinion

Relief, not celebration, as Iraq War ends

Jules Witcover: Obama fulfills a campaign pledge, but the country's future is uncertain

• Baltimore County

Music and arts festival comes to city

Common Ground on the Hill is branching out from its roots in Westminster and launching a concert series in Baltimore

• Anne Arundel

Datebook

Anne Arundel County datebook

• Entertainment

Skate club's 'Nutcracker': Thrills and chills on ice

'Nutcracker on Ice' is only Maryland holiday show of its kind

• Restaurants

Table Talk: Christmas Eve dining options

Saturday holiday and Ravens game timing lead more restaurants and taverns to open their doors

• Travel

Havre de Grace Candlelight Tour highlights historic homes

Attendance expected to be high for annual downtown tour

• Obituaries

Mel Filler, coach and mentor

Former football coach at City College, John Carroll and Calvert Hall was 86

• Obituaries

Dr. Edwin H. T. Besson

Retired pediatrician and World War II veteran was a former chairman of St. Agnes Hospital pediatric department

• Religious Conflicts

Edenwald residents recall infamy and impact of Pearl Harbor

They all reside at the Edenwald Retirement Community in Towson now. But on Dec. 7, 1941, that "Day of Infamy" when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they were all in different places when they heard the news, some of them thousands of miles from Towson.

• Television

Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, movies and more

Baltimore events, entertainment: Everything you need to know about the week of 12/5-12/11

• International Travel

Rolling Road lived up to its name in the early 1900s

Rolling Road lived up to its name back in the early 1900s and traveling it you could easily imagine those hogsheads of tobacco bumping and rolling down it toward the deep, wide, 18th-century Patapsco River where they were loaded onto ships.

• International Travel

Touré on the role of race in a 'post-black' culture

Toure's fourth book, "Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness" raises questions about racial identity

• Entertainment

BSO takes a new approach to the holidays

Teaming with Cirque de la Symphonie means music meets physical choreography