Events & Calendars Garrison Keillor Benefit Performance for the Emily Dickinson Museum

Garrison Keillor returns to Amherst in a benefit performance for the Emily Dickinson Museum on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. in Amherst College's Johnson Chapel.

Mr. Keillor, currently in the midst of a cross-country tour of his one-man show, will deliver a special program that weaves Emily Dickinson into an evening of storytelling and song.

Admission is free for Five College students.

Regular-priced tickets for the 6 p.m. presentation and program cost $70 (fully tax-deductible) per person. Tickets that include a 4 p.m. reception at the museum with Mr. Keillor cost $125 ($100 tax-deductible). Patron tickets are $250 ($225 tax-deductible), and Benefactor tickets are $500 ($475 tax-deductible). All ticket proceeds support the work of the Emily Dickinson Museum. Tickets can be purchased at https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/EmilyDickinsonMuseum_1/slant-keil….

A special group rate is available for bookings of six or more. For more information, contact us at 413.542.5311 or info@EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org.

As part of the program on Oct. 29, Mr. Keillor will receive the museum's Tell It Slant Award. The award honors individuals whose work, in any field, is imbued with the creative spirit of America's greatest poet, Emily Dickinson.