Garrison Keillor at 83

Garrison Keillor at 83 with special guests Heather Masse & Rich Dworsky is a show of music, stories, and stand-up on the theme of cheerfulness — happiness depends on circumstance, but cheerfulness is a choice. The show includes Keillor’s sung sonnets and duets with Masse on songs by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, Greg Brown, Mark Knopfler, and Ann Reed, plus an extended medley of sung classic poems and jokes. Keillor also does the News from Lake Wobegon, reflecting on his generation—the one that knew about outhouses, slaughtered chickens, hitchhiked, drove a straight-stick transmission, skated on outdoor rinks, and told jokes. The program concludes with the audience singing a medley of familiar songs — “America,” “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Oh Susannah,” and other classics. “We are the last generation who knows all the words,” says Keillor. “When we’re gone, they’ll disappear.”

*This concert is not eligible for MUSICFLEX discounts.