Spectacle Live will present An Evening with Karla Bonoff, Garrison Keillor Tonight, and The Irish Tenors: A Family Christmas at The JPT Film & Event Center in Newport, RI. (Photo of Karla Bonoff/Spectacle Live)

The Jane Pickens Theater has announced three new shows from Spectacle Live this fall and winter, with tickets going on sale Friday, July 17, at 10 a.m. at janepickens.com or by calling 1-800-657-8774.

Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff opens the run on Saturday, September 12, at 7:30 p.m. Bonoff has written hits recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd, and Linda Ronstadt — including the Grammy-winning “All My Life” — and was featured in the acclaimed Linda Ronstadt documentary The Sound of My Voice. Her 2019 album Carry Me Home was her first new record in over a decade.

Garrison Keillor follows on Sunday, September 20, at 7 p.m. The creator of A Prairie Home Companion and the fictional town of Lake Wobegon continues to perform live and write, with a memoir, a book of limericks, and a musical currently in the works. He also sends out his daily Writers Almanac to internet subscribers.

The Irish Tenors close out the season with A Family Christmas on Thursday, December 10, at 7:30 p.m. The group has been a PBS mainstay since a 1998 special launched their career, and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, and the Hollywood Bowl.

For more information and tickets, visit janepickens.com.

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