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Lawrence Quartet is one of my favorite ensembles to experience live because the players interact with such excitement.

It costs $722 to fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Bismarck, N.D., and you can fly from St.

When American auteur Robert Altman died on Nov. 20, 2006, his biographer was left with a pile of transcripts.

Thanks for the memories: Among the things to be thankful for this month is a cornucopia of musical offerings.

Just beneath the dry wit he's always been a big softie, but Garrison Keillor's recent stroke seems to have focused him especially keenly on what it means to be alive.

"A Prairie Home Companion" will return to Rochester for a live radio broadcast on Jan.

Eclectic concert series Arts Under The Dome, held at First United Methodist Church in Gulfport, will launch its 2009-10 season at 7 p.m. Nov.

Garrison Keillor 's "A Prairie Home Companion" is returning to Spokane for a live broadcast, June 12 at the Star Theatre in the Spokane Arena, sponsored by Spokane Public Radio.

The former Marine officer Matthew Hoh, who resigned his Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and not worth dying for, deserves all the attention he's gotten and more.

"Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith, left, with the host of "A Prairie Home Companion," Garrison Keillor.

Each week The Advocate asks a different "quiz taker" for his or her current favorites in pop culture.

The sight, strolling into the 'Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant' corner of Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando, Fla., was enough to give John C. Reilly a start.

Robert Altman, the iconoclastic director of groundbreaking films such as "M*A*S*H,'' "Nashville,'' "Short Cuts,'' and "The Player,'' never met a Hollywood executive he trusted.

Robin & Linda Williams The Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St. 8 p.m. tonight This sublime, award-winning husband-and-wife duo has mastered virtually every facet of the Americana milieu, including folk, country, bluegrass and gospel.

Arts & Lectures Brings NPR's Most Famous Export Back to S.B. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Every Saturday evening for the past 35 years, millions of Americans have twiddled the dials on their stereos and tuned in to the comedy, folk music, tall tales, and generally unbeatable old-fashioned fun that is A Prairie Home Companion .

The sight, strolling into the "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" corner of Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights, was enough to give John C. Reilly a start.

"an intimate evening of story and conversation" with Garrison Keillor, host of NPR's " A Prairie Home Companion " and author .

Evidently some people were disappointed that Dick Cheney didn't receive the Nobel Peace Prize and believe me, I sympathize -- I thought Philip Roth should've gotten the literature prize instead of that grumpy Romanian lady with the severe hair -- but it was Mr.

The sight, strolling into the "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" corner of Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights, was enough to give John C. Reilly a start.

Published: Monday, October 12, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 12, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. The Arts & Humanities Series at Blue Ridge Community College will present Molasses Creek on Wednesday, Oct.