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Ann Reed
Ann Reed

February 11, 2011

Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. With special guests, dazzling Minnesota-based folksinger Ann Reed, otherworldly chamber-pop chanteuse My Brightest Diamond, and vocalist Heather Masse. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell and Sue Scott, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

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February 11: Saint Paul, MN  
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Special guests: Ann Reed, My Brightest Diamond, Heather Masse

February 18: Saint Paul, MN  
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February 25: Duluth, MN  
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Special guests: Grand Rapids High School Jazz Ensemble

March 31: Milwaukee, WI  
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April 7: New York, NY  
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A Prairie Home Companion's
Hawaiian New Year's Eve

Led Kaapana, Jake Shimabukuro, Jeff Peterson, and Danny Carvalho

We traveled to the Aloha State on December 31, 2011 for two live broadcasts from Honolulu's Neil S. Blaisdell Center Concert Hall — our regular Saturday broadcast and a three-hour New Year's Eve broadcast, both with special guests Led Kaapana, Jake Shimabukuro, Jeff Peterson, Danny Carvalho, and Heather Masse.

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Share Your Hometown Story

My Little Town We've just released My Little Town — a new 3-CD collection of stories from Lake Wobegon. To celebrate, we'd like to hear stories from your hometown! Submit your favorite small town experience and if it's selected to appear on the My Little Town page you'll receive a free copy of the album.

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