Go global: World events month-by-month (Inside Bay Area)

A closer look at some of the bigger happenings around the world in 2009.

Get a step ahead on globe-trotting (Santa Fe New Mexican)

24-31: Elko, Nev. — National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. 25th annual roundup of silver-tongued ranch hands. 25: Ayrshire, Scotland — Homecoming Burns Supper. Poet's 250th birthday party launches return-to-Scotland year.

2009 Dallas-Fort Worth Arts Calendar (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

6Johnny Mathis gives a rare local concert at Bass Hall. www.basshall.com 9-11 It’s a weekend of Brahms, Wagner and Mozart for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Klauspeter Seibel. www.fwsymphony.org 10Texas Camerata celebrates the 350th anniversary of composer Henry Purcell’s birth with a concert called "The English Connection" at the Modern Art Museum of Fort ...

The year in review -- July (Eastern Shore News)

Almost 80 workers at Bayshore Concrete Products Corp. have lost their jobs in the last two weeks because of declining highway projects.

New Orleans Area Events: January 2 , Sugar Bowl and More (Bayou Buzz)

Big Game, Great Times

Out of Town (The Bulletin)

Concerts Jan. 2 — Zappa Plays Zappa, Hawthorne Theatre, Portland; TW*Jan. 8 — Cherryholmes, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; TM*Jan. 8 — Neil Diamond, Rose Garden, Portland; RESCHEDULED FROM SEPT. 22; 877-789-7673 or www. rosequarter. com.Jan. 9 — Hells Belles, McDonald Theatre, Eugene; TW*