NPR's Garrison Keillor to spend an evening with Fairbanksans

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA - FAIRBANKS — It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon.

Garrison Keillor speaks these words in his smooth, rhythmic, familiar voice every Saturday right before sharing the week’s news from this fictional Minnesota town, full of staunch Lutherans and Norwegians, and Norwegian Lutherans. Often the news seems a bit less than quiet but welcome as it floats across the radio waves into the homes and cars of loyal listeners of the radio show “A Prairie Home Companion.” Creator, writer and performer on the show, Keillor also sings praise for Bee Bop A Ree Bop Rhubarb Pie, tells of the health benefits of consuming ketchup, shares stories of a cowboy’s life, and embarks on adventures as the infamous Guy Noir. His weekly performance on the stage of the Fitzgerald Theater is only one of his many tasks in a busy career that keeps him at pen, at microphone and on the road.