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Exhibit Tour
… offers a deep dive into three permanent exhibits that put Willa Cather's life and writing in context: All Aboard: … National Willa Cather Center. What are the most important events of Cather’s life? How did Red Cloud become the … depot in many of her works, such as in an early scene in My Ántonia . The Depot also figures prominently in “The …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder
… Image Special Events Saturday, Oct 24, 2026 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 24, … 7:45pm Saturday, Oct 24, 2026 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … plots are woven into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature
… inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s influential writings. LEARN MORE National Willa Cather Center A cultural oasis on … events and performances throughout the year. Our Special Collections & Archives hold some of the priceless treasures of a literary …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most … with Cather's life and work, conserve the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, care for priceless collections, and allow …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… , made a low key visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center last week. Wong and Giamatti, who joined … tours of the Cather historic sites, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie , and a quiet stay in the Cather Second …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather
… the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library … acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . In partnership with the Ames …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Red Cloud. The MLA International Bibliography lists almost 1300 publications on Cather and her works appearing since … and this was a decision that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic … letters. A Lost Lady, published in 1923, is something of tour de force example of the sort of fiction Cather called …
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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
… Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon … set in Brownville, Nebraska, is published in the April 1897 issue of Home Monthly . Cather returns to Red … — Cather’s first book, a collection of poems titled April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion …
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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 … States Purchase Tickets Produced in association with the Willa Cather Foundation, filmmaker Ken Burns hosts this … One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This special evening of short fiction in …
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