Garrison Keillor/live transmissions at Telluride’s Palm Theatre Thursday

03 Feb Garrison Keillor/live transmissions at Telluride’s Palm Theatre Thursday

Telluride's Palm Theatre brings live transmissions to local audiences from all over country and the world. On Feburary 4, 6 p.m., watch Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" an HD transmission on the Big Screen, live from the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul, MN.

For over 35 years, legions of fans have tuned in to Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" to be entertained by this armchair philosopher's low-key reflections, barbed insights, and trademark humor. Each week, "A Prairie Home Companion" is heard by more than four million listeners of every age, on more than 600 public radio stations across the country. One of them can be you. This broadcast features special guest Elvis Costello.(Walk in at 5:30 for a special peek behind the scenes and APHC trivia.)

Live on Saturday, February 6, 11 a.m. with an encore on Saturday, February 13, 7 p.m., is the Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD, "Simon Boccanegra," featuring Placido Domingo.

"His thrilling turn as a trouble-plagued doge in 14th-century Genoa in Verdi's opera ranks as one of themost resonant and affecting performances I've seen him give, raved Charles Isherwood in his New York Times review. (For the full review, go to nytimes.com/theater, 1/20 or 1/26.)

On Thursday, February 11, English National Theatre/NTLIVE presents "Nation," based on a book by Terry Pratchett.