Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview up-and-coming events to mark your calendar for. Right now, I'm excited for next week's chance to see Garrison Keillor's onstage antics in The Prairie Home Companion — live.
Minne-soo-ta’s claims to fame are eclectic, to say the least: the Mall of America, Al Franken, the pseudo-electronic pop of Owl City, Jesse Ventura, that weird accent and, of course, Garrison Keillor’s The Prairie Home Companion. The public radio standard is one of the few good things that came out of the ’70s (the rest is all packed away in Elton John’s storage unit), and this week you can see it live onstage at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul without braving the frozen tundra that leads to Lake Wobegon. The program is
This article appears in Jan 27 – Feb 2, 2010.