Coming to you live this week from the Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion. With special guests, the youthful and prodigious cutting edge of Bluegrass, The Punch Brothers, and veteran stand-up comedian and best friend forever to public radio, Paula Poundstone. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

Coming to you this week from the Brown Theater at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Texas, another sold-out broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion. With special guests, Western swing and hot jazz ladies of Ft. Worth The Quebe Sisters Band, Texas-born mandolinist / violinist Richard Kriehn, and the Chérubin of Midland, beloved mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we're live from The Saint Augustine Amphitheater in St. Augustine, Florida. With special guests, the finest "lawn-scapers" ever to work the East coast, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, and Floridian vocalist, guitarist, and harmonica heavy JJ Grey shares his own brand of southern rock and soul. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Sue Scott, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman; Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, vocalist Andra Suchy, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, as the crew is packing up the big rig with all the gear for our upcoming mini tour to St. Augustine, Florida, Houston, Cincinnati, and The Town Hall in New York City, we'll revisit a few shows from last fall with the Old Crow Medicine Show, Robin and Linda Williams, and Neko Case. Plus, CBS newsman Harry Smith stars in an episode of The Lives of the Cowboys, Guy Noir investigates a plagiarizing author, and in Lake Wobegon, the review of a 100 year old football game reveals the long-held belief that the ground upon which it was played is cursed.

Coming to you this week live from the Fitzgerald Theater, in Saint Paul Minnesota, it's our final broadcast performance of the year in the Midwest. With special guests, modern Bluegrass pioneer Ricky Skaggs with Kentucky Thunder, and New York singer and song-maker Heather Masse. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith. The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This weekend on A Prairie Home Companion, we're broadcasting Thursday night's Cinecast from the Fitzgerald Theater (and seen on movie screens across North America). It's a regular Prairie Home show made for the big screen, featuring the boot-stompin', heart-breakin' songs of Old Crow Medicine Show, the sweet sounds of Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins, some smoldering honky-tonk from Joe Ely, soulful duets with singer-songwriter Andra Suchy, and the heavenly sounds of the Women's Vocal Ensemble of The St. Olaf Choir. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, with both Tom Keith, AND Fred Newman. Plus a The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon. Two hours of non-stop fun on the big screen.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, the bounty of fall continues to roll in with the irrepressible Klezmatics, and best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series, Alexander McCall Smith. Also with us, fiddler Peter Ostroushko, singer Andra Suchy, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, our October run at the Fitzgerald Theater keeps rolling along with acclaimed acoustic folk/pop duo Storyhill, and singer songwriter Andra Suchy. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we roll into our October home stand at the Fitzgerald Theater with special guests, legendary New Orleans night tripper, Dr. John and the Lower Nine Eleven. Also with us, vocal powerhouses Jearlyn Steele and Andra Suchy, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's the annual season opener, meatloaf supper, and street dance. With special guests, Texas country greats The Derailers, bandleader Rob Fisher and the White Bear Yacht Club Orchestra, and broadway actress Christine DiGiallonardo. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and singer Andra Suchy. Plus, the very latest News from Lake Wobegon.