Event Archives
Virtual Author Series: Erin Flanagan
Mark your calendars for a reading and discussion with author Erin Flanagan! Set in 1980s rural Nebraska, Deer Season, Flanagan's 2021 novel, follows a mystery surrounding a missing girl and a farmhand with a past as area hunters enjoy opening weekend. Much like Willa Cather, Flanagan portrays the not-so-distant past of a Great Plains community and asks readers to consider how rural culture shapes the lives of her characters. Register for the event here.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America
The National Willa Cather Center is excited to announce Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a Smithsonian Museums on Main Street exhibition, will be coming to our Red Cloud Opera House gallery. This insightful and beautiful exhibition speaks to our nation's rural histories . . . and to our future!
Lemon Fresh Day
Virtual Author Series: Lynda Beck Fenwick
Join us for a fascinating examination of the homesteader culture and prairie landscape featured in Willa Cather's novels as understood through the rise of populism in the region!
From the Permanent Collection: John Blake Bergers
The work of John Blake Bergers returns once more to our Red Cloud Opera House gallery with the addition of a newly acquired untitled painting of Blind d’Arnault! While the other works by Bergers in our permanent collection were donated to the Willa Cather Foundation by the artist himself and his family, this piece comes to us from the estate of acclaimed actress and life-long Willa Cather fan Julie Harris.
Screening of "Jumanji"
Young at Art: A Selection of Caldecott Book Illustrations
Virtual Author Series: Leonard Marcus
Children’s literature expert Leonard S. Marcus will shed light on the life and work of illustrator Randolph Caldecott and the literary award that shares his name. Established in 1937 as a companion to the prestigious Newbery Medal, the Caldecott Medal honors exceptional picture books each year. Marcus will discuss how Randolph Caldecott’s career influenced future illustrators as well as the place picture books occupy in the children’s literary canon.
