Garrison Keillor News

Comedian, best-selling author, and panel regular on NPR's Wait, Wait… Don't Tell Me, Paula Poundstone, will play The VETS in Providence Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 7:30pm. Tickets, $45, are on sale Friday, May 19 at 10am and can be purchased online at TheVetsRI.com, by calling (401) 421.ARTS (2787), or in person at The VETS/PPAC box office located at 220 Weybosset St, Providence. Box office hours are Mon-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat 10am-2pm. Summer box office hours begin Monday, June 5. Summer hours are Mon-Thur 10am-3pm. The VETS on-site box office, located at One Avenue of the Arts, Providence, is only open on show days. For a complete schedule of The VETS events visit TheVetsRI.com.

Raue Center For The Arts is excited to share a sneak peek of their 2017 - 2018 season! The upcoming season features something for everyone to enjoy, with exciting programming ranging from nationally touring acts and Broadway musicals to local favorites and holiday traditions! More programming will be announced soon! Subscribe to Raue Center's email newsletter for the most up to date information on the 2017 - 2018 season!  

Garrison Keillor, beloved writer, radio personality and performer will grace the SOPAC stage Tuesday, November 28, at 7:30 p.m. He will be joined by long-time friends and radio co-stars Robin and Linda Williams, who have been performing for over forty years.

Art will imitate life as six grade school children receive top honors as winners of The Town Hall-Con Edison 2017 Black History Month Student Poster & Essay Contest on Wednesday, May 10 at 5 p.m. at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street).

Prairie Home Love & Comedy Tour comes to Sioux Falls for a performance at the Washington Pavilion on Friday, August 11, at 7:30 p.m.

Tony Award nominees Emily Skinner (Side Show, Billy Elliot) and Josh Young (Jesus Christ Superstar), Drama Desk Award nominees Christina Bianco and Farah Alvin, Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera), Maxine Linehan, Jeremy Benton and the Broadway by the Year Chorus are set to appear at Town Hall's Broadway by the Year Series on Monday, May 22 at 8pm, 'The Broadway Musicals of 1997-2007,' which will highlight the music of Stephen Schwartz, Jason Robert Brown, Adam Guettel, Elton John & Tim Rice, Stephen Sondheim, Frank Wildhorn and more.

The  Fox Cities Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce Garrison Keillor will bring his Prairie Home 'Love and Comedy' Tour to the Fox Cities P.A.C. Tuesday, August 8 at 7:30 p.m.

On Monday, August 7 Garrison Keillor, celebrates his 75th birthday—the next morning, Tuesday, August 8 “The Old Scout,” boards the bus and kicks off a 28-city (in 39 days) Coast-to-Coast Prairie Home Love & Comedy Tour—2017!

A favorite of Garrison Keillor on the Prairie Home Companion show, Claudia Schmidt has been moving and delighting audiences of all sizes and locations (from small venues to festival stages in front of 20,000 people) for over 40 years.

Premiere banjo player Bela Fleck joins musical forces with mandolinist, composer, and vocalist Chris Thile in this one-night-only Columbus performance. Celebrated for their refreshing approaches to bluegrass, jazz, pop, and classical music, these multi-Grammy Award®-winning musicians use their technical mastery to enter uncharted musical territory, taking bluegrass to astounding new heights.

Premier Concerts and DPS Shows will welcome to the Warner Theatre Garrison Keillor and special guests Robin and Linda Williams on November 30 at 8 pm.

???????Concerts in the Garden returns this summer with a diverse lineup of acts at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, both at its Midtown and Gainesville locations.

The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis announces its 16th season of performing arts, filled with the leading artists in music, dance, theater and speakers. The season begins on September 22, 2017 with the Mondavi Center debut of Los Tigres Del Norte and concludes May 24, 2018 with the return of the San Francisco Symphony. The season also features the debut performance of The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra led by Keith Lockhart, on April 19, 2018.

On April 25 at 8pm at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd St.), The Museum of Jewish Heritage and The Town Hall Foundation will present a special performance from American concert pianist Mona Golabek who tells the gripping, true story of her mother, Lisa Jura, who held on to her music and her dreams to survive one of the darkest periods in history.

Beloved storytelling nonprofit The Moth today announced details for their annual fundraising gala, The Moth Ball.

Paris1919 (http://paris-1919.com/), a Minneapolis ensemble led by experimental Composer and Conductor Chris Strouth (http://chrisstrouth.com) have released their second album Antarctica, which is out now via the UltraModern label.

Raue Center will welcome beloved radio host and acclaimed humorist Garrison Keillor to the stage at 8 p.m. on September 24, 2017.

American Lyric Theater (ALT) and The Morgan Library & Museum present ALT Alumni: Composers & Librettists in Concert on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 3pm at The Morgan Library & Museum in the Gilder Lehrman Hall, 225 Madison Avenue, NYC. 

Tony Award Honoree Ben Davis (Violet, A Little Night Music, La Boheme), Lesli Margherita (Matilda, Dames at Sea), Kendrick Jones (Shuffle Along, The Scottsboro Boys) & Drama Desk Award-nominee Daniel Reichard (Original Cast of Jersey Boys) will join previously announced Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba (Bullets Over Broadway, Curtains, Contact), multi-award winning Nightclub star Klea Blackhurst & Steve 'The Whistler' Herbst at Town Hall's Broadway by the Year Series on Monday, March 27 at 8pm, 'The Broadway Musicals of the 1940s,' which will highlight the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Kurt Weill & Leonard Bernstein.