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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

… 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type of writer we have … a few.  Guests are invited to book one 75-minute tour to visit the Willa Cather Childhood Home, Burlington Depot, and …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … numerous Cather-related historic properties, expansion of educational programming and exhibits, development of visitor … help the National Willa Cather Center provide classroom resources for teachers, preserve historic sites associated …
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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 … and shared that he was currently reading Cather's  The Song of the Lark and had particularly enjoyed  Death Comes for the …
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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 … and the critically acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . In …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … seven children raised by Charles and Mary Virginia Cather. Cathers had been in the area since the 1700s, and Back … a prominent writer herself, and the three made a well-known visit with A. E. Housman, then a poet Cather much admired. …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Poudre Libraries — … and cemented the reputation her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers!  [1913],  The Song of the Lark  [1915], and …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … of the Panic of 1893. Blind Boone, a well-known African American pianist, performs at the Red Cloud Opera House. … McClure’s  as  Alexander’s Masquerade . Cather tours the Southwest for the first time while visiting her brother …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

… Image A special and collaborative evening of celebration! Image Image Image THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2023 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT Image Cather at … and the critically acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . This …
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Press Room

… Image Press Room We invite journalists, editors, bloggers, and the … Press Room often for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please … Red Cloud through the ongoing efforts of the  Willa Cather Foundation  and their  National Willa Cather Center . Media …
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