Garrison Keillor Comes To The Van Wezel 1/17

Minnesota-born and raised, Garrison Keillor will speak at the VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL on Monday, January 17 at 8 p.m.

Each week, Garrison Keillor shares his steady thoughtfulness, old-fashioned values, traditional songs, and dry humor through his legendary, critically acclaimed radio show A Prairie Home Companion. Over three million listeners on more than 450 public radio stations now hear the show each week, and millions more discovered the show through the hit 2006 film adaptation, which starred Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, and Lindsay Lohan.

KEILLOR is also the author of many books, including Lake Wobegon Days (1985); The Book of Guys (1993); The Old Man Who Loved Cheese (1996); Wobegon Boy (1997); Me: By Jimmy "Big Boy" Valente As Told to Garrison Keillor (1999); Love Me (2003); Homegrown Democrat (2004); and Pontoon (2007). His newest book is Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel (2008).

He has received numerous awards for his extensive repertoire, including a Grammy Award for his recording of Lake Wobegon Days. He has also received two Cable ACE Awards and a George Foster Peabody Award, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and recently was presented with a National Humanities Medal by the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1994, Garrison Keillor was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame at Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications. PBS' acclaimed series, American Masters, honored KEILLOR by airing the documentary, The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes, which follows him through a year of taping A Prairie Home Companion and meeting his many fans throughout the United States.

Ticket prices range from $10 to $55. For more information and to buy tickets, contact the Van Wezel Box office at (941) 953-3368 or log onto www.vanwezel.org. This show is sponsored by Van Wezel Foundation, Sarasota Magazine, & WUSF Public Broadcasting

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