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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… staff to help shape your ideal group tour experience: Tracy Tucker, Education Director: ttucker@willacather.org Rachel Olsen, Education Specialist: …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud
… niece, 1909 Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud November 7, 2025 "There we have short, bitter winters; … Red Cloud was.” If you've ever thought of coming home (or visiting) Red Cloud over the holidays, Cather's dear old …
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The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program
… Image The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program April … Travelers will have from May 1 through September 30 to visit the attractions and get their stamps. The summer … and its people—from the things we make to our unique history,” said Passport Program Coordinator Amanda Barker. …
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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest
… Image Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest September 27, 2022 There … Kyle. The news came from Dr. Kyle’s son, Alex Kyle, who shared that he had escorted his father to Nebraska in 2019 for … visiting south-central Nebraska, the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… they could not endure their own town a moment longer.” –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather … of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an early play, “The West Bound Train.” …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary oasis and introduce your group … lunch served in our beautiful Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery — or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… archives is foundational to American ideas—after being ushered in by our revolutionary partners, the French. As we … her with Georgia O'Keeffe—with good reason! They both visited New Mexico at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan … a handful of people with direct connections to Cather's Red Cloud family and friends. Willa Cather Living , by Edith …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House
… for our guests. Haverford Room Named after the town in Lucy Gayheart , Haverford was the room of Cather's brother, …
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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 …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … cave into the sunlight. It made me dizzy for a moment." - My Ántonia Image Located in rural Webster County, near … welcome reception. Commemorative exhibit bookmark. Set of notecards featuring illustrations by Władysław T. Benda …
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