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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Quiet, Cozy, Just like Home Whether you are planning a book group excursion, family vacation, or a quiet writer’s … the rooms of her parents and siblings. At the conclusion of your stay, you will be inspired and leave refreshed — just … ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT Willa Cather Childhood Home & Guided Tours Experience An Author's World Willa Cather’s …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type of writer we have been talking about has a brain like Limbo, full of ghosts, for which he … characters and evocative descriptions of the Nebraska prairie they inhabit. Critics characterize her work as …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … interpretation; a climate control system and a new roof and foundation. Enclosure of the attic space and extensive … 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

… the museum exhibits: Paul Giamatti with Director of Education Rachel Olsen Image Picnic on the Prairie: Giamatti …
Posted: 08/29/2019
Last Updated: 03/08/2024

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 …
Posted: 01/04/2024
Last Updated: 02/05/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … 2023 too, it has sponsored celebratory Cather 150 events held all over the country—Los Angeles, New York, … that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic journalist in Lincoln and …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

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

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in … for the character Thea Kronborg in her next novel,  The Song of the Lark . Cather visits Nebraska.  1915  — Cather publishes  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

… Image A special and collaborative evening of celebration! Image Image Image THIS … Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … and the critically acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . This …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2023

Press Room

… Image Press Room We invite journalists, editors, bloggers, and the public … for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please browse the sub-sections … as a regular setting in Cather's work—in particular  O Pioneers!  (1913),  The Song of the Lark  (1915),  My …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

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