Garrison Keillor - The Gratitude Tour
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Garrison Keillor is performing at Gustavus Adolphus College as part of his April 2017 Gratitude Tour. The evening with Mr. Keillor will feature a mixture of stories and songs in the style that made him a beloved American icon.

Mr. Keillor reports that he has: "Now reached a certain age when you realize how lucky you are and you stop complaining. Complaint is a mainstay of comedy, so he is now experimenting with a comedy of gratitude, talking about parents, teachers, lucky breaks, dumb things that turned out smart. This is his first experimental tour."

 The Gratitude Tour is a road trip across the Land of 10,000 Lakes in celebration of Minnesota Public Radio's 50th Anniversary. Visiting 5 cities in 6 days; Duluth, Bemidji, St. Peter, Moorhead and St. Joseph/Collegeville.

Tickets Information
Tickets are $25 for the public, $10 for Gustavus employee, and all students get in free. Order tickets online, via phone at 507-933-7520, or in-person at the Information Desk in the Jackson Campus Center which is open Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. and Saturday – Sunday from Noon – 3 p.m.

Garrison Keillor was born in 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, and began his radio career as a freshman at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1966. He went to work for Minnesota Public Radio in 1969, and from July 6, 1974 through July 1, 2016, he created and hosted his popular variety show, A Prairie Home Companion, for some 3.5 million listeners on 700 public radio stations coast to coast and beyond. Keillor has been honored with Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Humanities Medal, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny, and The Keillor Reader (Viking). He is the host of the daily program The Writer’s Almanac and the editor of several anthologies of poetry, most recently, Good Poems: American Places (Viking). In 2006, Keillor played himself in the movie adaptation of his show, a film directed by Robert Altman. He has two grandsons and in 2007, he opened an independent bookstore, Common Good Books, in St. Paul, the city where he and his wife and daughter make their home. For more information about Mr. Keillor or Minnesota Public Radio, visit mpr50.org and garrisonkeillor.com