This event is sold out! Email krystel@saintpaulchamber.com for any questions. Register now to join colleagues and friends from the Saint Paul and East Metro business community and hear from Garrison Keillor, author and host of Minnesota Public Radio's show, A Prairie Home Companion! The Annual Meeting is the Chamber's premier event of the year, attracting the majority of our members, city officials, and community leaders - don't miss out on this opportunity to join us in celebrating business success in Saint Paul and East Metro communities! The evening will begin with mingling, followed by dinner and a program featuring a keynote address. We will also welcome incoming Board Chair, John Regal of Securian. Keynote Speaker: Garrison Keillor, author and host of Minnesota Public Radio's show, A Prairie Home Companion One of America’s most beloved radio hosts and acclaimed humorists, 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 on July 6, 1974, he hosted the first broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul. Today, some 4 million listeners on more than 600 public radio stations coast to coast and beyond tune in to the show each week. 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, and Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny (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. In 2007, he opened an independent bookstore, Common Good Books, in St. Paul, where he lives with his wife and daughter. The Chamber's Charitable Foundation will also draw for and announce the Really Big Time Raffle ticket winner! Don't have your raffle tickets yet? This is your chance to win $10,000 or one of three $1,000 CASH PRIZES! Only 300 tickets will be sold at $100 each with proceeds benefiting the City of Saint Paul's Right Track Program and subsidize wages for small businesses and non-profits to support a Right Track intern summer of 2016. To purchase your tickets, contact Elisa Rasmussen at 651.265.2782. We sell out every year, so get your tickets now! Schedule of events: 5:00 PM // Registration and Reception 6:00 PM // Dinner and Program 8:00 PM // Program Adjournment and Reception 9:00 PM // Event Concludes Just by attending, you have the chance to win two round-trip Southwest Air Lines tickets! Can't make it to the Annual Meeting this year? You can still join in on the fun by bidding on our silent auction packages! Investment: $95 // $950 for a table of 10 Includes networking, program and dinner Cancellations must be received three days in advance of an event to receive a full refund. Otherwise, substitutions can be made.
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