A Prairie Home Companion News

The Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2009-10 season, filled with music, song, acrobatics, drums and dance.

AVON - Nearly 10,000 people gathered in the two city blocks that comprise Lake Wobegon Park today to celebrate 233 years of the United States and 35 years of "A Prairie Home Companion." Avon, a town of roughly 1,200 people, was the July Fourth destination for Garrison Keillor and "A Prairie Home Companion" fans everywhere.

The local storytelling series called The Stoop takes to the airwaves. Strong women - check.

"A Prairie Home Companion" is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a Saturday Independence Day broadcast from Avon part of the central Minnesota region that inspired the fictional town of Lake Wobegon.

I walked the length of the westbound Lake Shore Limited as it left Albany last Sunday, six crowded coaches, and counted three Twitterers and a couple of phone texters, six laptoppers , four video gamers, and 27 people reading books.

America's foremost humorist and commentator, Garrison Keillor, takes his skits and jokes, music and monologues across the country in his traveling radio show, spinning his stories into American gold.

AVON - One thing is clear about Saturday's national broadcast of "A Prairie Home Companion" live from Avon: No one knows just what to expect.

Appellate Judge James A. Stewart wonders if Garrison Keillor inspired Joel Hodgson and Andrew Zimmern.

MinnPost thanks these generous donors of $25,000 or more: MAJOR FOUNDATIONS John S. and James L. A A Knight Foundation Blandin Foundation McKnight Foundation Minneapolis Foundation Otto Bremer Foundation INDIVIDUALS & FAMILY FOUNDATIONS Sage & John Cowles David & Vicki Cox Toby & Mae Dayton Sam & Stacey Heins Roy Karon Joel & Laurie Kramer Lee ...

WHERE 8 Wednesday on WNET/13 REASON TO WATCH For a man selling the simplicity of America, Garrison Keillor is an awfully complicated fellow.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- For the 35th anniversary of his "A Prairie Home Companion," humorist Garrison Keillor will be in "Lake Wobegon" when he reads the news from Lake Wobegon.

Jamie Foxx hosts the ninth annual BET Awards, honoring standout achievements in entertainment and sports.

Steve Martin will perform during a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion on Saturday, June 27.

One short weekend, so much to do - an invitation to go swimming by moonlight, the Iran protest march downtown with our mouths taped shut, a dance at the Eagles Club with a hot horn band playing '70s funk that propels people onto the dance floor as if shot from guns - but here I am stuck with houseguests who are unable to sit in a room without me ...

We miss our weekly visit with the president and his cohorts on "The West Wing.'' The Obama fly swatting was entertaining, but it pales to President Bartlet's turkey pardoning.

Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 13:34. PBS's "American Masters" trains it lens on an icon of the heartland: Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion" and raconteur of the doings in fictional Lake Wobegon, Minn.

Chautauqua Institution will present an evening with Garrison Keillor at 8:15 p.m. Monday in the amphitheater.

NEW YORK - Ryan O'Neal said he plans to marry Farrah Fawcett, 62, who is struggling with cancer.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Humorist Garrison Keillor is returning to Lake Wobegon to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his popular "A Prairie Home Companion" radio show.

Fake a new accent every hour. Imitate the dial tone on your phone . Run around like a joyful madwoman with your hands in the air, stopping only to kiss people.