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Experience America’s Literary Legacy

… Image Experience America’s Literary Legacy Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, … of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit  Red Cloud  is to experience a town and entire … Pulitzer Prize winner’s influential writings. LEARN MORE National Willa Cather Center A cultural oasis on the prairie …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 12/01/2025

Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… many of these charming stories, however, and this tour will help participants understand how dangerous railroad working …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive sixteen-month restoration, … has become known as one of America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings …
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

… so the children could receive a better education at the town's school. At that time, Red Cloud was a division point … transferred passengers to and from the depot south of town. The Red Cloud Opera House , now restored and the … letters.  A Lost Lady, published in 1923, is something of tour de force example of the sort of fiction Cather called …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

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 …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/26/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… set in Brownville, Nebraska, is published in the April 1897 issue of Home Monthly . Cather returns to Red … 1903  — Cather’s first book, a collection of poems titled  April Twilights , is published. Cather meets lifelong companion …
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

… for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please browse the sub-sections … in Cather's work—in particular  O Pioneers!  (1913),  The Song of the Lark  (1915),  My Ántonia  (1918),  One of Ours  (1922),  A …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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