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Support the Willa Cather Foundation

… Support the Willa Cather Foundation The Impact of Your Gift When you make a financial contribution to the National Willa Cather Center, you become a partner in our many … in the life of Willa Cather; publish the Willa Cather Review; and inspire the next generation of artists. Red …
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Willa Cather Foundation Awarded Operations Support from Nebraska Arts Council

… Image Willa Cather Foundation Awarded Operations Support from Nebraska Arts Council June 16, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation was recently awarded a grant of $31,348.00 … recalled, “But I am sorry that the old opera houses in the prairie towns are dark, because they really did give a …
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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, … says Wade. “Honestly, it taught me the importance of supporting in a financial way the things you care about.” … Society , Jay and Wade value the sustained impact that planned giving assures. “We know there’s a need and we …
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The Willa Cather Foundation

… Image The Willa Cather Foundation dba the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the … Historic Landmark; Publication of the  Willa Cather Review ,  a peer-reviewed journal that offers a …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln and at the National Willa Cather …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … in more than fifty years.  A modest one-and-a-half story frame house, the Willa Cather Childhood Home was … historic sites and landscapes related to any other American writer. While Cather moved away from Nebraska in …
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Own A Piece of History: Willa Cather Sculpture

… Image Image Image Littleton Alston with his statue of Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol—June 7, 2023 Own A Piece of … by sculptor Littleton Alston June 7, 2023 The Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to announce an opportunity to own a …
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Willa Cather Biography

… the country—Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, among many other locations. Beginning in the 1980s, International Willa … for Webster County, Nebraska, northwest of Red Cloud. In April 1883, Cather moved with her extended family—mother, … was then concentrating on poetry—her first book,  April Twilights , appeared from a vanity press in 1903. It was …
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Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration

… a National Historic Landmark. Guided town, country, and prairie tours provide visitors with an immersive place-based … Prairie, care for priceless collections, and support conferences and seminars that spur new research and … He was an award-winning member of the BMI Lehman Engel Writers Workshop, creating lyrics for musical theater. Peter …
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Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration

… Image Willa Cather Image Join us at the Boston Athenaeum Special Events … School for the Arts. She is the recent recipient for Best Supporting Actor for Billy Comes Home at the Marina Del Rey … a National Historic Landmark. Guided town, country, and prairie tours provide visitors with an immersive place-based …
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