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"A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor returns to his home town for a live national radio broadcast of "A Prairie Home Companion." Soprano Ellie Dehn joins us, an Anoka high school choir alum who stars regularly in Opera Houses across the U.S. and worldwide. The Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and sound effects man Fred Newman, music director and pianist Richard Dworsky and the Radio Rhubarb Band will all join Garrison to celebrate his last season as full-time host of the show.
"I'm proud of my old high school for the spirit of its students and for its high standards of education and for its commitment to the arts, music and theater, studio art, and creative writing. My grandmother taught school in the district and from her we Keillors got the idea that you could work with your brain as well as your back. When 'A Prairie Home Companion' broadcasts from Anoka, it'll be in homage to her and to the teachers who changed my life and the teachers who are still changing lives. And it'll be our chance to bring soprano Ellie Dehn from the opera houses of Europe back home to the Anoka High gymnasium."
Garrison Keillor
A Prairie Home Companion started production in 1974. Live every Saturday night from 57 p.m. CT, A Prairie Home Companion features comedy sketches, music, and Garrison Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon."
Garrison Keillor, host and producer
Garrison Keillor was born in 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, and began his radio career as a freshman at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1966. He went to work for Minnesota Public Radio in 1969, and on July 6, 1974, he hosted the first broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul. Today, some 4 million listeners on more than 600 public radio stations coast to coast and beyond tune in to the show each week. Keillor has been honored with Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Humanities Medal, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny, and The Keillor Reader (Viking). He is the host of the daily program The Writer's Almanac and the editor of several anthologies of poetry, most recently, Good Poems: American Places (Viking). In 2006, Keillor played himself in the movie adaptation of his show, a film directed by Robert Altman. He has two grandsons and in 2007, he opened an independent bookstore, Common Good Books, in St. Paul, the city where he and his wife and daughter make their home.
We will broadcast live from Anoka High School, 3939 7th Avenue, Anoka, Minnesota.
We will perform in the Fieldhouse with full theatrical staging.
All tickets are general admission.
Bleacher seating as well as chairs on the floor.
Doors will open at 3:30pm.
Please buy tickets in advance as we may not have tickets available at the door.
Free parking available on campus.
Concessions will be available.
The Fieldhouse is wheelchair accessible, please arrive early.
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LocationAnoka High School Fieldhouse (View)
3939 7th Avenue
Anoka, MN 55303
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 6 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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