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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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Plain Views: Pastel and Photography

Plain Views: Pastel and Photography

Art Gallery
Saturday, September 4, 2021 to Saturday, October 30, 2021
Brother and sister duo Kathleen Lohr and Rick Rasmussen present a unique view of Central Nebraska through portraiture and picture in "Plain Views: Pastel and Photography."

Virtual Author Series: Dr. Guy Reynolds

Virtual Author Series: Dr. Guy Reynolds

Opera House
Thursday, August 19, 2021 - 7:00pm
Join us as Dr. Reynolds discusses his new book, "Sensing Willa Cather: The Writer and the Body in Transition."

Gallery Open House: A Retrospective of the Work of Lynn Wolfe

Gallery Open House: A Retrospective of the Work of Lynn Wolfe

Art Gallery
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 - 3:00pm
Join us for an open house as we feature the work of Red Cloud-born artist Lynn Wolfe in a posthumous retrospective.

Missoula Children's Theatre Presents: Sleeping Beauty

Missoula Children's Theatre Presents: Sleeping Beauty

Opera House
Monday, August 2, 2021 to Saturday, August 7, 2021
In this musical adaptation of the classic fairy tale brought to life by local students, Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger only to wake up five hundred years later in a rock ‘n...

Kids Build the Future! A Play about Place and Possibility

Kids Build the Future! A Play about Place and Possibility

Friday, July 16, 2021 - 6:00pm
Join us for a very special performance featuring area children in this exciting and innovative collaboration with Blixt Locally Grown and The Valley Child Development Center!...

Lynn R. Wolfe: A Retrospective

Lynn R. Wolfe: A Retrospective

Art Gallery
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 to Wednesday, September 1, 2021
The National Willa Cather Center is honored to remember the legacy of Red Cloud-born artist Lynn Wolfe in a posthumous retrospective.

Virtual Author Series: Chris Harding Thornton

Virtual Author Series: Chris Harding Thornton

Thursday, June 24, 2021 - 7:00pm
Spend an evening with Nebraska author Chris Harding Thornton as she reads from her debut novel, Pickard County Atlas.

Animal Engine Theatre Company presents "Henrietta Solway"

Animal Engine Theatre Company presents "Henrietta Solway"

Opera House
Saturday, June 5, 2021 - 7:30pm
This play, based on Willa Cather's writings, will premiere virtually as part of our 66th Annual Spring Conference fundraising event.

66th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

Willa Cather and Popular Print Culture Call for Papers

66th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

Spring Conference
Thursday, June 3, 2021 to Saturday, June 5, 2021
We will explore Willa Cather's work in relation to newspapers and magazines during this virtual conference and with select on-site activities.

Willa Cather and Her Illustrators

Willa Cather and Her Illustrators

Art Gallery
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 to Saturday, July 31, 2021
“The illustration of books, and even more of magazines, may be said to have been born in our time, so far as variety and abundance are the signs of it . . . .” Henry James,...

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