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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … merge with the pleasures of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit  Red Cloud  is to experience … the very buildings and landscapes that Willa Cather wrote about or lived in — whether it is her childhood bedroom and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… its compelling characters and evocative descriptions of the Nebraska prairie they inhabit. Critics characterize her work …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best … is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. Events took place across the country throughout 2023-2024 to …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

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 …
Posted: 08/29/2019
Last Updated: 03/08/2024

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 … Douglas Avenue Ames , IA 50010 United States For Further Information Join us for an evening of readings to celebrate …
Posted: 01/04/2024
Last Updated: 02/05/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen in print) … publish there; it serialized her first novel,  Alexander's Bridge , in 1912. Once she had completed her second novel …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov … Fort Collins , CO 80526 United States LEARN MORE Join us for birthday cake and a free talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, … We are in the midst of the centenaries of these books and about to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Cather’s birth. …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/26/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in … her paternal grandparents, William and Caroline Cather. The house, called Willow Shade, is located in an area near Back … brother Roscoe Cather is born. 1879  — Railroad begins operating in Red Cloud. 1880  — Willa Cather’s second oldest …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

… THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2023 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT Image Cather at 150 Symphony Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … Actors subject to change. Please check back for up-to-date information. …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2023

Press Room

… and his creation of the Willa Cather sculpture: updated in spring 2022 with sculpture casting process] " Willa Cather … of Willa Cather. Programs include the annual Willa Cather  Spring Conferences  and biennial  International Cather Seminars , …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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