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Harbor Stage Company presents The Bohemian

… by Brenda Withers from Cather's short story “The Bohemian Girl,” this unique and special production features actors … writers that the Boston Globe describes as “Impressive… The Bohemian finds something new to say.”  The Harbor Stage …
Posted: 04/27/2026
Last Updated: 04/28/2026

Red Cloud Opera House

… towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House."  —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885 as the … Foundation offices, art gallery and bookstore.  Upcoming events About the Morhart & Fulton Building In 1885, Red … 'plate glass' windows of drug stores and grocery stores. My playmates and I used to stand for an hour after school, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 09/16/2026

Finding Aids

… Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials related to the life and works of … Clipping TX-50-1000-055 "The Conversion of Sum Loo" The Library   Clipping TX-50-1000-056 Review of  Shadows on the … NWCC Microfilm Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Special Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Visit

… is complete without a trip to Red Cloud. The National Willa Cather Center is an award-winning museum in the heart … exhibits and collections, or visit historic sites like the Willa Cather Childhood Home for an intimate look at the … short stories. Tour Options Red Cloud Opera House Upcoming Events & Rental Info Built in 1885, the Red Cloud Opera …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society

… of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society July 13, 2016 “ I feel blessed that I’m from Red Cloud. There is … glad he was from Red Cloud. That has brought Cather into my life, and so many meaningful experiences and … experience of being in Cather’s hometown. “If you read  My Ántonia , for example, the land truly becomes one of the …
Posted: 07/13/2016
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Red Cloud Opera House

… and private events. Browse our  fee schedule  and contact Rachel Olsen for reservations, rolsen@willacather.org or 402-746-2653. 7-Building Tour …
Posted: 07/10/2014
Last Updated: 01/28/2025

Virtual Author Series: Terese Svoboda

Image Author Series Thursday, Oct 17, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Join us for a discussion of Svoboda’s answer to Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia ! Readers will delight in the story of Harriet as she searches for her father in the American West …
Posted: 08/14/2024
Last Updated: 09/23/2024

Historic Sites

… a small group of like-minded individuals incorporated in 1955, initiating the preservation of the places associated … John Pavelka, the couple who inspired characters in both  My Ántonia  and "Neighbour Rosicky," were married in this …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

From the Permanent Collection: John Blake Bergers

… by Bergers in our permanent collection were donated to the Willa Cather Foundation by the artist himself and his family, this piece …
Posted: 01/14/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

My Ántonia by Illusion Theater

… upon his return to Nebraska to see Ántonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant girl who shaped his understanding of people and life. …
Posted: 12/12/2018
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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