A Durham Home Companion

May 11 2009, Written by Andrew Hibbard in Art,Durham,Playground, 0 Comments

With Oprah, Desmond Tutu and the cast of Main Street in the Triangle this weekend, it’s understandable that Garrison Keiller’s visit might have slipped under your radar. But the A Prairie Home Companion host was in town, taping a live broadcast from the Durham Performing Arts Center. I caught a piece of the show yesterday, and Keiller & co. gave the Triangle the Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye treatment, sending up the Duke-UNC rivalry, the pharmaceuticals industry and, of course, Southern tobacco. The bit was up to normal Guy Noir quality, but extra funny if you’ve been living among these things for a few years. Check out the show here (Guy Noir comes in at 41:05), and a YouTube video of Keiller in front of DPAC above.