Event Archives

Come unwind from the busy holiday season and kick off the the New Year with The Wildwoods! An enchanting folk and Americana trio based out of Lincoln, whose flowing songwriting has been praised by Paste Magazine as "focused and charmingly human." The Wildwoods' delicate melodies and descriptive lyrics come from nature, experiences from the road, and growing up in Nebraska. 

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather's 150th year, we are pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a special holiday tour of National Willa Cather Center historic sites!

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather's 150th year, we are pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a special holiday tour of National Willa Cather Center historic sites!

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather's 150th year, we are pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a special holiday tour of National Willa Cather Center historic sites!

Join us for a lecture about Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined, currently on display through January 6, 2024 at the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery! Ideal for students studying 19th century American History, professor Eric P. Anderson from Haskell Indian Nations University will discuss how Native American culture and U.S. History are represented in the artwork featured in the exhibit.

The Boston Athenaeum is pleased to partner with The National Willa Cather Center to commemorate the sesquicentennial of Willa Cather's birth. Cather is one of the most singular and treasured American writers of the 20th century. Her groundbreaking fiction (O Pioneers!, My Antonia, One of Ours, Death Comes for the Archbishop) set a new standard in American literature. This special evening of brief selections from Cather's fiction and letters bring to life the uniquely American prose.

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather's 150th year, we are pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a special holiday tour of National Willa Cather Center historic sites!

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year, we are pleased to celebrate lauded writer and biographer Benjamin Taylor's much-anticipated biography Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather!

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather's 150th year, we are pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a special holiday tour of National Willa Cather Center historic sites!

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather's 150th year, we are pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a special holiday tour of National Willa Cather Center historic sites!