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Press Room
The A Prairie Home Companion Press Room provides information and resources to media professionals. For stories about the show and Garrison's endeavors, visit the Press Clippings page. On this page, you will find:
We encourage you to contact us with questions or comments about the program. A Prairie Home Companion is produced by Prairie Home Productions, and distributed by American Public Media.
Members of the media should contact:
David O'Neill
Marketing Director
(651) 999-1095; davido@prairiehome.us
Press Releases
A Prairie Home Companion heads to Lake Wobegon for 35th Anniversary Celebration (06/19/2009)
Garrison Keillor returns to Los Angeles' Greek Theatre with a Star-Packed Prairie Home Companion (06/01/2009)
Garrison Keillor Takes A Prairie Home Companion to New York City for Five Shows (03/25/2009)
A Prairie Home Companion seeks original songs and poems for Valentine's Day broadcast (02/06/2009)
A Prairie Home Companion's "Home of the Heart" Rhubarb Tour Hits the road August 10th (05/06/2008)
A Prairie Home Companion Announces The Bed of Roses Love Sonnet Contest (03/17/2008)
A Prairie Home Companion Kicks off a New Season with a Talent-Packed Show and the Annual Street Dance (09/11/2007)
Hey, Talented Twentysomethings! A Prairie Home Companion is Looking for You! (02/19/2007)
Take "The News from Lake Wobegon" Wherever and Whenever You May Roam (02/12/2007)
Program Overview
A Prairie Home Companion started production in 1974. Live every Saturday night from 5—7 p.m. CT, A Prairie Home Companion features comedy sketches, music, and Garrison Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon."
Host and Staff Bios
Garrison Keillor, Host, Producer
Garrison Keillor is the host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac heard on public radio stations across the country and the author of more than a dozen books, including Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Love Me and Homegrown Democrat. He was born in Anoka, MN, in 1942 and graduated from the University of Minnesota. He lives in St. Paul with his wife and daughter. He has two grandsons. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters and the Episcopal church.
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Host and Staff Photos
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A Prairie Home Companion Cast Photo
FROM LEFT: Fred Newman, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Garrison Keillor
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Photo credit: Dana Nye
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On July 4th, help us celebrate the 35th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion and the Fourth of July with a free live nationally broadcast show from Avon, MN.
From Garrison Keillor:
“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon, I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”
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Robin & Linda Williams are among the most popular guest performers of A Prairie Home Companion (they also appeared in the movie, have performed as part of the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and made appearances as Marvin & Mavis Smiley). This CD features some of the duo's best harmonies from the show. Among the 12 tracks are familiar fan favorites, including "For Better or Worse", "Visions of Mother and Dad", "Tied Down, Home Free" and the title track. A collection that is muy bueno!
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