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Willa Cather Foundation Events

Willa Cather Foundation Events

The Willa Cather Foundation holds a variety of events in Red Cloud annually, including several Opera House performances and gallery exhibitions, our Spring Conference, and the Prairie Writers' Workshop. A biennial International Cather Seminar and periodic symposia are also held in other locales that were relevant to Cather's life and work. Check this page often to see our upcoming events, conferences, workshops, seminars, and exhibitions. Don't forget the easiest way to keep up with our activities is to sign-up for our monthly electronic newsletter.

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Dr. James English: "The Literary Award as Judgment Device"

Dr. James English: "The Literary Award as Judgment Device"

Spring Conference
Thursday, June 2, 2022 - 7:00pm to 8:15pm
Presented from the Red Cloud Opera House, and also available here digitally, below. Dr. James English will join us in Red Cloud for an invited lecture on our conference theme of...

67th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

67th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

Spring Conference
Thursday, June 2, 2022 to Saturday, June 4, 2022
Our annual Spring Conference will explore the landscape of literary prizes as we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel One of Ours.

Soundstitching: Sites and Sounds of Willa Cather's World

"Willa Cather Childhood Home Soundstitching" by Cassia Kite

Soundstitching: Sites and Sounds of Willa Cather's World

Art Gallery
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 to Saturday, June 11, 2022
In this exhibition, artist Cassia Kite's distinctive Soundstitching process allows visitors to experience Willa Cather's world in a whole new way.

Shameless! A Tribute to Garth Brooks

Shameless! A Tribute to Garth Brooks

Opera House
Saturday, April 23, 2022 - 7:00pm
SOLD OUT! Donovan Johnson returns with Nebraska Showdown and Shameless!—a tribute to one of the biggest stars in all of music history, Garth Brooks.

Virtual Author Series: Steven Trout

Virtual Author Series: Steven Trout

Opera House
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 7:00pm
Join us as author Steven Trout takes a hard look at Cather's analysis of the Great War.

Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

Opera House
Sunday, April 10, 2022 to Friday, April 29, 2022
Performance artist Tim Youd will retype The Song of the Lark at our historic sites and landscapes in April.

Our Changing Main Street

Our Changing Main Street

Art Gallery
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 to Saturday, April 30, 2022
This special exhibit allows visitors a special glimpse into the people and places that have shaped Red Cloud over the last century and a half.

Cabaret Theatre Presents: It Don't Mean a Thing

Cabaret Theatre Presents: It Don't Mean a Thing

Opera House
Friday, March 18, 2022 - 7:00pm
Cabaret Theatre brings a celebration of the great American songbook to the Red Cloud Opera House!

Virtual Author Series: DeMisty D. Bellinger

Virtual Author Series: DeMisty D. Bellinger

Opera House
Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 7:00pm
Don't miss this captivating look into the Exodust movement, as freed African Americans established Black communities across the Great Plains during the late 19th century. At once...

Great Plains Mini Film Festival and Panel Discussion

Great Plains Mini Film Festival and Panel Discussion

Opera House
Saturday, March 12, 2022
In conjunction with Smithsonian's Museums on Mainstreet exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America , the Red Cloud Opera House is pleased to present the Great Plains Mini-Film...

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