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Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… Image Willa Cather Memorial Prairie The Willa Cather Memorial Prairie is a botanical treasure … others grace the edges of our visitor trails.  As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/29/2025

Stargazing on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… Image Garrett Peck Image Star Gazing at the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference With Garrett Peck Spring Conference Thursday, Jun 5, 2025 | 9 - 10pm CT Willa Cather Memorial Prairie c. 7 miles south of Red Cloud … border Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States LEARN MORE about the 70th Annual Spring Conference This event is …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/22/2025

71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Hart . Other highlights include the opening of All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture at the historic Burlington … VIP event with early entry to the opening of All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture exhibit; priority …
Posted: 08/20/2025
Last Updated: 03/30/2026

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] Visitors to Red Cloud are invited to book a stay at the … is called Moonstone for the town in Cather's novel  The Song of the Lark . During Cather's time, this was the room of Willa's …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type of writer we have been talking about has a brain like Limbo, full of ghosts, for which he … characters and evocative descriptions of the Nebraska prairie they inhabit. Critics characterize her work as …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Willa Cather … follows. Banquet & Readers Theater Tickets To learn more about the recent restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood … Arts Council. His work can be found in  Rattle, Poet Lore, Prairie Schooner , and in hundreds of other …
Posted: 05/13/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society

… Image A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society July 13, 2016 “ I feel blessed that … says Wade. “Honestly, it taught me the importance of supporting in a financial way the things you care about.” … they’ve enjoyed, whether it’s the historic buildings, the prairie, or the Opera House. “It has brought a lot to us as …
Posted: 07/13/2016
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… Image Walking on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home was reopened … also be booked individually on our tour page. For questions about this tour package, please contact Nick Powers, at …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Cather Legacy Society

… Cather Legacy Society A Planned Gift With Lasting Impact … legacy and help further our mission. A planned gift to the Willa Cather Foundation can provide you or your estate with … in our pursuit to popularize Cather and her work around the world.  There are a variety of ways you can fulfill your …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Jun 5 - Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … will begin Thursday, June 5th with a plenary talk about Cather and Mesa Verde by interpretive ranger Ann … by Theater Latté Da in Minneapolis.   Learn more about the Kilbanes Purchase performance tickets Call for …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

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