event A Prairie Home Companion
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Karl Walter
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Fri Sep 4
7:45 pm
A Prairie Home Companion at Minnesota State Fair GrandstandLong before it became a Robert Altman film, A Prairie Home Companion was Garrison Keillor’s folksy radio program that recalled the medium’s glory days. The Minnesota-based show (broadcast on NPR) frequently travels to different cities and features musical guests, fake commercials, theater, and more. Its down-home cheer and family-friendly humor may strike members of The Simpsons generation as a little corny—The Simpsons even lampooned Keillor on one memorable episode—but the show is massively popular, reaching 4 million listeners a week, and oozing with charm.Minnesota State Fair Grandstand 1265 Snelling Ave. N., Twin Cities, MN
Long before it became a Robert Altman film, A Prairie Home Companion was Garrison Keillor’s folksy radio program that recalled the medium’s glory days. The Minnesota-based show (broadcast on NPR) frequently travels to different cities and features musical guests, fake commercials, theater, and more. Its down-home cheer and family-friendly humor may strike members of The Simpsons generation as a little corny—The Simpsons even lampooned Keillor on one memorable episode—but the show is massively popular, reaching 4 million listeners a week, and oozing with charm.
Updated 08/27/2009
