Little House on the Prairie News

Pavilion Spotlight: Little House by Danielle Dupuy Posted on 30 June 2009 Over the weekend little house fans got a big treat.

A decrepit hand-painted sign, the paint peeling, marked the turnoff for the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House series.

Dean Butler was 23 and just out of college when he landed the role of Almonzo Wilder on the long-running TV family drama, "Little House on the Prairie." He has since performed in many other TV and movie projects after his five-season run on the show in the late 1970s and early '80s - half the series run.

Two new books were released this week that reveal the behind-the-scene struggles of two highly-functional, successful personalities with their long-time battle with alcohol abuse problems.

Dean Butler, who played the original character Almanzo Wilder on the TV series 'Little House on the Prairie,' will make a free appearance to talk with fans at the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science.

The Fairwater Historical Society will offer an opportunity to hear about the author Laura Ingalls-Wilder. Wilder's "Little House" series has been a favorite with children and became a long-running television show.

What to know if you go ... Here are resources to inspire and guide an exploration of Laura Ingalls Wilder sites: A good place to begin, with information on festivals and much more, is www.laurasprairiehouse.com. Beyond the standard "The Little House" books , there is "The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic ...

Playing Laura "Half-Pint" Ingalls on the '70s/'80s TV series " Little House on the Prairie " has left Melissa Gilbert frozen in time.

Hold on to your sunbonnets if your image of Melissa Gilbert remains frozen as the young Laura Ingalls Wilder she played in Little House on the Prairie in the '70s and early '80s. Half-Pint's autobiography, Prairie Tale , is no clean-cut family drama: It's chockablock with juicy tidbits from her point of view.

The husband of Sidney Greenbush , the youngest Ingalls daughter on TV's classic series Little House on the Prairie , took his own life in a suicide on May 5, 2009.

Growing up, I was a huge "Little House on the Prairie" fan. I couldn't get enough of Walnut Grove, the Ingalls family, the one-room schoolhouse, Pa's fiddle... even Nellie Oleson.

Actress Melissa Gilbert stopped by the studio to talk about her new autobiography Prairie Tale: A Memoir .

A A Gilbert shares her - Prairie Tale' June 9: Erin Burnett talks to actress Melissa Gilbert about growing up on the TV show "Little House on the Prairie," her struggle with alcoholism and her new book, "Prairie Tale." Today show Special feature Tales of survival From a toddler who lodged a pencil through his neck, a mom who wakes from a coma, to a ...

Actress Melissa Gilbert has released a memoir, PRAIRIE TALE. Most young girls growing up in the '70s, myself included, watched Gilbert every week on LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE.

As a working apple orchard and living history farm, Riley's Farm in Oak Glen is visited by students on field trips from schools all over Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties.

SAG's bitter internal battle over its contract ratification has intensified, with high-profile members such as Melissa Gilbert and Martin Sheen taking sides.

Singer Joe Cocker is 65. Singer-actress Cher is 63. Actor Dave Thomas is 60. Actor Dean Butler is 53.

Fox Associates announces its stellar 2009-2010 U.S. Bank Broadway Series, featuring Broadway's latest sensation IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical.

Say - I Do' to the ABBA-solutely fabulous Celebrity Attractions' 2009-2010 Broadway Season, coming to Little Rock's Robinson Center Music Hall.A Back by popular demand, the smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! makes its much anticipated return after five seasons and will have you singing and dancing in the aisles.A Fall in love all over again with the ...

Authorities said that the adopted son of "Bonanza" and "Little House on the Prairie" star Michael Landon was found dead inside his WeHo condo on Monday afternoon.