Garrison Keillor is the current host of the popular radio show A Prairie Home Companion, which has been on air since 1974. He is also the personality behind The Writer’s Almanac, which airs daily on NPR.

Keillor began his career working for Minnesota Educational Radio (MER), hosting the Morning Drive program. He soon began submitting fiction to The New Yorker. His first story, “Local Family Keeps Son Happy” appeared in 1970.

In 1973, he was given an assignment to write about the Grand Ole Opry for The New Yorker, where the local musicians first inspired his idea for a variety show. In 1974, A Prairie Home Companion made its debut. The show has since become so popular that it airs on international radio stations. It currently runs as Garrison Keillor’s Radio Show in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zeland.

An avid writer, Keillor has authored over a dozen books for adults and children. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and Salon.com. In 2006, he wrote the screenplay for the motion picture A Prairie Home Companion, directed by Robert Altman.

In 1994, he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. His recorded version of Lake Wobegon Days won a Grammy Award in 1988 under the category “Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album”.

WHEN
Friday, May 21
12:00 p.m. - Registration
12:30 p.m. - Lunch
1:00 p.m. - Remarks and Q&A

Attendees will have a chance to win two free tickets to Keillor’s sold-out show at The Fox Theatre. WHERE
The Commerce Club
34 Broad Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Valet parking is available for $6 and is not included in the ticket prices.
For directions, please visit www.thecommerceclub.org/location.html. Because of limited parking at TCC, please consider using MARTA, whose Five Points station is across the street, or parking in nearby decks on Marietta Street.

R.S.V.P.
This luncheon is open to the public.

APC member prices
General admission ticket- $30
Reserved seating ticket- $32
Table of 10 - $300
Table of 10 with table sign & program listing- $325

Nonmember prices
General admission ticket- $40
Reserved seating ticket- $42
Table of 10- $400
Table of 10 with table sign & program listing- $450

General tickets and tables may be purchased by clicking the link below. Reserved tickets and tables may be purchased by calling 404-577-7377. Reserved seating can only be purchased over the phone. Payment must accompany reservations, and there is a 48-business hour cancellation policy. Tickets will not be sold after noon on May 20.