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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'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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A national holiday in Lake Wobegon is always gaudy and joyful. But what is going on between Clint Bunsen and Miss Liberty?
Everyone is here—Pastor Ingqvist, the Sons of Knute, Sister Arvonne of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility and her ocarina band, the Norwegian bachelor farmers, Dorothy and the Chatterbox Café, Wally in the Sidetrack Tap—as crowds converge on the little town to celebrate American independence, even as the chairman of the event broods on the great question of the day: Shall we struggle on valiantly here or shall we burst the bonds and find beautiful life in the golden west?
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Scripts and bits from A Prairie Home Companion celebrate the secret society of men and women who possess excellent spelling and punctuation skills. (You know who you are.)
Selections include "The Six-Minute Hamlet," a tribute to Emily Dickinson, a Guy Noir adventure that exposes an MFA scam, a riveting "Professional Organization of English Majors" drama, and guests Billy Collins, Robert Bly, Roy Blount Jr., and Calvin Trillin.
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