Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Theatre | Doors at 7:00p m | Reserved Seating Only | VIP Package Available

GARRISON KEILLOR C RISSCROSSES THE U.S. WITH
\nA PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION’S 50th ANNIVERSA RY TOUR

Almost 50 years ago\, Garrison Keillor hosted the first br oadcast of A Prairie Home Companion\, and the perennially popular weekly r adio show remained on the air with its music\, comedy sketches\, and accou nts of life in tiny Lake Wobegon (where the women are strong\, the men are good-looking\, and the children are all above average).
\nSince the show ended\, the author and humorist has continued to take the stage at ve nues nationwide — much to the delight of legions of fans.
\nIn the co ming months\, Keillor takes A Prairie Home Companion’s 50th Anniversary To ur across the U.S.\, leading up to the half-century milestone in the summe r of 2024.

Each show packed with stories\, music\, the one-of-a-ki nd audience sing-along intermission\, Keillor’s musings on the topic of CH EERFULNESS\, and the fan-favorite News from Lake Wobegon\, Joining Garriso n are charming singer-actor Christine DiGiallonardo\, dazzling vocalist He ather Masse\, the ever-popular Royal Academy of Actors (Tim Russell\, Sue Scott\, and sound-effects wizard Fred Newman)\, music director/keyboardist Richard Dworsky\, and others to be announced.

Born in 1942 in Ano ka\, Minnesota\, Garrison Keillor developed a love of writing in childhood . “I started out with a No. 2 pencil and pads of paper\, then acquired an Underwood manual typewriter with a faint F and a misshapen O\,” he says. F ive years after getting a job in public radio “doing the 6 a.m. shift Mond ay to Friday\, because nobody else wanted to get up so early\,” he wrote a piece for The New Yorker about the Grand Ole Opry and got the idea to lau nch A Prairie Home Companion.
\nThese days\, his in-person humor-fill ed shows are a treat for folks young and not-so-young. He has written doze ns of books —including novels\, a book of sonnets\, a collection of limeri cks\, a memoir\, a political homily\, and most recently\, Cheerfulness. Hi s biweekly online column can be found on Substack.

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Scranton Cultural Center presents

Garrison Ke illor’s

A Prairie Home Companion 50th Anniversa ry Tour

Friday\, May 24th\, 2024 at 8:00pm