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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… and disturbing moments in Cather's fiction? Are you curious about 19th century funeral practices and medical …  Red Cloud residents past true crime experiences? Join us for a night of exploring the dark history that animates … part in this unique and mildly unsettling night of fun! Contact visitor services coordinator Nick Powers at …
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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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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home … in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The … is a late nineteenth century floral pattern that she selected. Applied directly to the acidic wooden boards …
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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

… 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

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … returned to Nebraska from Quebec in her penultimate novel,  Lucy Gayheart , Cather offers a description of a character which …
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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 — …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United … in Red Cloud. 1880  — Willa Cather’s second oldest brother Douglass Cather is born. 1881  — Willa Cather’s oldest … is the only student not proclaimed as being bound for lofty things by the local newspaper. Only sixteen years old, …
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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

…  (1918),  One of Ours  (1922),  A Lost Lady  (1923), and  Lucy Gayheart  (1935). Even though Cather lived on the east coast …
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