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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature
… and education as a child, restored and open today with events and performances throughout the year. Our Special … is her childhood bedroom and its original wallpaper in The Song of the Lark or the Miner House that became the Harling home in My …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder
… THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! Due to its subject matter, this tour is for guests age 21 and older. Have you ever wondered … to book one 75-minute tour to visit the Willa Cather Childhood Home, Burlington Depot, and J.L. Miner House while viewing …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours … interpretation; a climate control system and a new roof and foundation. Enclosure of the attic space and extensive …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… who joined filmmaker Alexander Payne for a weekend of events at Omaha's Film Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather
Image Presented in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library 515 Douglas Avenue Ames , IA 50010 United States For Further Information Join us for an evening of …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … Willa Cather: A Literary Life had each appeared in 1987; about that time too the era’s leading Cather critic, the … best place, Red Cloud, Nebraska, such as in her novels of prairie pioneering, O Pioneers! and My Á ntonia , but …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday
… Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Poudre Libraries — … her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers! [1913], The Song of the Lark [1915], and especially My Ántonia [1918]) had …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … homestead claims near a site that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871 — In Silas Garber’s … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884 — Willa Cather attends a …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This special evening of short …
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Press Room
… Moving to Red Cloud exposed Cather to new ethnic groups and childhood experiences. Through her lifelong learning and … her life. A self-made woman, Cather wrote about the homestead experience; the settlement and growth of middle … McKeeby House Pavelka Farmstead (part of our “ Country Tour ”) Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Programs and services …
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