Garrison Keillor Tonight

Schedule

Thu Sep 19 2024 at 07:30 pm

Location

50 N George St, York, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17401 | York, PA

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Join us September 19 at 7:30pm for an evening of stand-up, storytelling, audience song, and poetry. One man, one microphone. There are sung sonnets, limericks and musical jokes, and the thread that runs through it is the beauty of growing old.
Despite the inconvenience, old age brings the contentment of LESS IS MORE. Your mistakes and big ambitions are behind you, nothing left to prove, and small things give you great pleasure because that’s what’s left.
Plus, there is the News from Lake Wobegon, a town booming with new entrepreneurs, makers of artisanal firewood and gourmet meatloaf, breeders of composting worms, and dogs trained to do childcare. But some things endure, such as the formation of the Living Flag on Main Street, citizens in tight formation wearing red, white or blue caps, and Mr. Keillor among them, standing close to old neighbors, Myrtle Krebsbach (“Truckstop”) and Julie Christensen (“Bruno, The Fishing Dog”) and Clint Bunsen. And an a cappella sing-along with the audience singing from memory an odd medley of patriotic songs, pop standards, hymns, and ending with the national anthem.
BIO
Garrison Keillor’s celebrated radio broadcast, A Prairie Home Companion, ran for 40 years, featuring original comedy sketches and more in his “little town that time forgot and the decades could not improve.” These days, Keillor’s shows are packed with humor and song, plus the audience-favorite News from Lake Wobegon. He has written dozens of books—recently, Boom Town (a Lake Wobegon novel), That Time of Year (a memoir), a book of limericks, and Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80 (reflections on why you should keep on getting older).
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Where is it happening?

50 N George St, York, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17401

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Appell Center for the Performing Arts

Host or Publisher Appell Center for the Performing Arts

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