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North Iowa Area Community College, Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa and Principal Financial Group are honored to present An Evening with Garrison Keillor. Garrison Keillor will take the North Iowa Community Auditorium stage on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. as part on the 2006-2007 NIACC Performing Arts Series.  

Keillor is the host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer’s Almanac, heard on public radio stations across the country, and the author of more than a dozen books, including The Books of Guys, Love Me and Homegrown Democrat.

 A humorist whose name is synonymous with public radio and casual mid-western charm, Keillor is also a frequent contributor to Time magazine, and until recently, wrote a biweekly advice column, Dear Mr. Blue, for the online magazine, Salon.

The movie version of A Prairie Home Companion features an all-star cast and crew including Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Kline, Virginia Madsen, Tommy Lee Jones, director Robert Altman and Keillor as himself. This film hit theaters earlier this year.

Tickets to this event are sold out.  The NIACC Performing Arts and Leadership Series are sponsored by the Globe Gazette Elizabeth Muse Norris Charitable Fund; the Globe Gazette; Alliant Energy; Community National Bank; Henkel; Principal Financial Group; Drs. Beck & Lovick, Neurological Surgery; Clear Lake Bank & Trust; First Citizens National Bank; First State Bank of Belmond; Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa; Piper Jaffray; Sukup; Hanford Inn; KIMT; Pepsi; and NIACC.

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