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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen Road … reviews: “This was a delightful combination of literature, history, and staying at the Cather Second Home in Red Cloud …
Posted: 10/23/2019
Last Updated: 11/21/2019

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… to regard this great feast day of ours as a thing that came about because of a general sentiment and through a general … Red Cloud was.” If you've ever thought of coming home (or visiting) Red Cloud over the holidays, Cather's dear old house is available for guest lodging . Historic but entirely unfussy, the Cather Second …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

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. …
Posted: 04/15/2016
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest

… the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate in a guided tour, and explore the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. Alex shared that his father …
Posted: 09/27/2022
Last Updated: 12/20/2022

Exhibit Tour

… , visitors will walk through rooms containing Cather family artifacts while learning about the Cather family's … permanent exhibit features historical photographs, railway artifacts, and hands-on activities for young and old, all … are invited to shop in our bookstore, walk through the art gallery, or spend time in our permanent exhibit,  American …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 10/09/2026

Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… plots are woven into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 09/24/2026

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… bedroom, called Black Hawk for the town in Cather's novel,  My Ántonia . The room has its own ADA- accessible entrance …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2026

National Willa Cather Center

… years. She once said, "I was always being pulled back into Nebraska.” You will be, too. What You'll Experience Museum … that grows outside Cather’s childhood home in Red Cloud, Nebraska, explores and embraces the complexities of Cather’s … advancing Willa Cather’s legacy. The film was directed by Nebraska-born documentarian Ingrid Holmquist, and narrated …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/14/2026

Remembering Jennifer Hein

… Center. If you would like additional information about planned giving and the Cather Legacy Society, or if you have named …
Posted: 04/02/2026
Last Updated: 04/02/2026

Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 | 1 - 2pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … journey, basing the story of Nancy's escape on Cather family stories from Virginia. Guests are also invited to … at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House Gallery is made possible with the support of the Baldwin …
Posted: 01/28/2026
Last Updated: 02/10/2026

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