November 2008
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November 1, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're back in St. Paul at the Fitzgerald Theater, with hard-driving string band Pert' Near Sandstone, Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith. Join us this week, before the snow flies.

November 8, 2008
Coming to you this week from the Fitzgerald Theater, we've got Dobro daredevil Jerry Douglas with grand champion fiddler Luke Bulla, singers Jearlyn Steele, Kari Shaw, Andra Suchy, Joanna Jahn, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and much more. Join us this week for a post-election live broadcast performance.

November 15, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we've stumbled into grace with very special guest, Emmylou Harris and her notorious Nashville band. Also with us, live from the Fitzgerald Theater, bluesman Spider John Koerner, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with sole man Pat Donohue, and our happy host, an escapee from the silent generation, Garrison Keillor.

November 22, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, live from the Fitzgerald Theater, we've got the inimitable singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and percussive dancer Kristin Andreassen; and a last minute addition, the reigning Miss Minnesota USA, Kaylee Grace Unverzagt will be with us as well. Also on the show, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele together as The Steele Sisters. And as always, we'll round out the stage with The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith; The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with maestro Richard Dworsky, and much more.

November 29, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we're preparing a live broadcast performance from Cincinnati's historic Music Hall. With special guests, reigning grandmasters of traditional Celtic music The Boys of the Lough, old-timey musicians Jake Speed & the Freddies, and renowned Minneapolis singer-songwriter Andra Suchy. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman. The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon.


GK's New Holiday Story
A comic novella about a Hawaii-bound holiday traveler who ends up stranded in his North Dakota hometown.

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Western Caribbean Cruise

The Prairie Home cruise has become legendary on two of the Seven Seas and now is setting sail on a third, a weeklong spring break cruise of the western Caribbean along the Mexican coast, and it leaves March 14 from Tampa.

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Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance

Stories of a Wobegon romance far from home, all delivered with Garrison Keillor's trademark humor.

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Life Among the Lutherans

The latest collection of Lake Wobegon short stories gathered from live broadcasts include Confirmation Sunday, the church directory photos, Pastor Ingqvist's leather bound sermons along with song lyrics and the "95 Theses," among others. Companion audio also available.

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