The Fitzgerald Theater is the oldest active theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota , and the home of American Public Media 's Live from Here (formerly A Prairie Home Companion ). It was one of many theaters built by the Shubert Theatre Corporation , and was initially named the Sam S. Shubert Theater. It was designed by the noted Chicago architectural firm of Marshall and Fox , architects of several theaters for the Shuberts. In 1933, it became a movie outlet known as the World Theater. The space was purchased by Minnesota Public Radio in 1980, restored with a stage in 1986 as a site for Prairie Home , and renamed in 1994 after St. Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald .
6-399: On November 4, 2002, the theater was the site of a memorable election -eve debate between United States Senate candidates Norm Coleman (previously mayor of St. Paul) and Walter Mondale (formerly a U.S. Vice President ) and moderated by Gary Eichten of MPR and Paul Magers of local television station KARE . Tension was heightened at the time because Mondale stepped in as a candidate at
12-445: A Saturday or Sunday, to enable as many voters as possible to participate; while in other countries elections are always held on a weekday . However, some countries, or regions within a country, which hold elections on a weekday declare election day a public holiday . Countries which permit absentee ballots , early ballots or postal votes to be cast by mail before the election avoid the problem altogether by enabling voters to vote on
18-533: A Sunday). An election day usually culminates in an election night when the results of the election are tallied and winners are announced. Elections to the European Parliament take place over a period of four days (i.e., Thursday through to Sunday), according to the election days of the EU members states (as listed above). There are some exceptions; as Wednesday was not covered by the available dates,
24-666: A day that is more convenient to them. Sundays are the most common day for elections, but this is less true in the Anglosphere ; Saturdays are used in New Zealand and Australia, and weekdays for the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. This is partially due to the influence of Protestantism, which historically set restrictions on activities other than church-going during the Sabbath (usually considered as falling on
30-490: The last minute after the death of Paul Wellstone , who had been running for re-election. In 2005, the theater was used for filming the Prairie Home Companion movie directed by Robert Altman . While a certain level of realism is added by using the normal venue for the show, the regular equipment was eschewed in favor of sets designed for the movie. Because the theater is a small building, other theaters in
36-603: The region were also scouted prior to filming, just in case the Fitzgerald was not big enough, but eventually it was determined to be adequate for the film's needs. In March 2019 Twin Cities venue operator, First Avenue , purchased The Fitzgerald Theater from MPR. The theater has a theatre organ , made by Wurlitzer . Election day Election day or polling day is the day on which general elections are held. In many countries, general elections are always held on
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