This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll rebroadcast a show from our run at The Fitzgerald Theater last October. John Lithgow revisits a few of his lesser-known roles in The Lives of the Cowboys, acoustic duo Storyhill perform "Blazing," and Nashville virtuoso Steve Wariner sings "Chet's Guitar." Plus, Peter Ostroushko and Butch Thompson sit in with the Shoe Band, and the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott and our dear friend Mr. Tom Keith. In Lake Wobegon, Dorothy urges Chatterbox Cafe customers to try pumpkin bread pudding.

This week, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor from the Elliott Hall of Music at Purdue University. With special guests, tough-as-nails stringband Old Crow Medicine Show, and the University's ambassadors of song, the Purdue Varsity Glee Club. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and sound effects man Mr. Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll wrap up our fall run at The Fitzgerald Theater with the 2012 Prairie Home Duet Singing Contest. Six duos will compete for your vote (including response from our live audience in the venue and on the internet), the grand prize, and the coveted Silver Water Tower trophy. (If your local public radio station delays our live broadcast, you'll need to listen to our live webstream and vote right here at prairiehome.org to participate.) Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, and Steve Kramer, Dan Newton sits in on accordion with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's a live broadcast performance from The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. With special guests, French-pop girl group Chic Gamine, blues songstress Hilary Thavis, and vocalist Holly Jones. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and sound effects man Steve Kramer, Dean Magraw sits in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

Coming to you this week live from The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, legendary Swedish jazz orchestra Kustbandet, three-girl choir Mountain Man, fiddle champion Catie Jo Pidel, and singer Molly Dean. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Steve Kramer, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, Oklahoma singer and songwriter John Fullbright, the entrancing Minnesota Opera Chorus, and vocalist Holly Jones. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, sound effects man Steve Kramer, and Lindsay Marcy, guitarist Dean Magraw sits in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's a live broadcast performance from The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. With special guests, mixologists of soul, folk and jazz, Lake Street Dive, blues bombshell Hilary Thavis, and vocalist Molly Dean. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, sound effects man Steve Kramer, and Lindsay Marcy, Butch Thompson sitting in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

Coming to you this week from The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's the season opener of A Prairie Home Companionwith Garrison Keillor, followed by the annual Meatloaf Supper and Street Dance. With special guests, masters of the honky tonk arts, The Derailers, public radio heavyweight Ira Glass, singing sisters of soul-drenched gospel, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, and vocalist Holly Jones. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and sound effects man Steve Kramer, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with the Shoe Band Horns; Michael B. Nelson, Kenni Holmen, and Steve Strand, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, one last compilation show before the start of the new season. A choir show with the University of Minnesota Concert Choir, and not one but three male choirs: Cantus, Chanticleer and the Fostbraedur Male Choir from Iceland. Bill Holm recites his Choir story, Philip Brunelle appears in an episode of Guy Noir, tenor Raul Melo sings "Nessun Dorma" with VocalEssence and the St. Olaf Choir has the "Choral Blues." In Lake Wobegon, the choir celebrates Mozart's birthday.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, a mix of shows from Durango, Greeley, Loveland and Colorado Springs, Colorado with Robin and Linda Williams singing "Cool Water," an episode of The Lives of the Cowboys in which Dusty and Lefty are mistaken for yuppies, The Durango Children's Chorale with an ode to the women of Durango, and The Hot Club of Cowtown. Plus, The Haunted Windchimes sing "The Ballad of Human Progress" and in Lake Wobegon, Bruno (a.k.a. The Fishing Dog) tears through Irene Bunsen's tomato patch with devastating results.