Past Events
Authors Margo Jefferson & Elizabeth Kendall
'"Raw and relentless/gaudy and extravagant": Willa Cather's New York'
Join us at the 18th International Willa Cather Seminar in New York for this free program at The New School, with authors Margo Jefferson and Elizabeth Kendall, who will discuss Willa Cather's New York stories.
18th International Willa Cather Seminar
The 18th International Cather Seminar will be held in Greenwich Village, the neighborhood where Cather lived between 1906-1932.
The Bel Canto Duo: Four Cather Tableaux
The premiere of an original Cather-inspired song cycle by Darci Griffith Gamerl and Grammy-nominated cellist, David Downing.
Artist Talk with the Bel Canto Duo
Join us for a special artist talk with the Bel Canto Duo: "How Cather's Literature Inspires Original Music Composition." — FREE!
The Passing Show: “Ending the ‘First Cycle’: Cather’s Changing Frontier”
A panel of Cather scholars will explore our Spring Conference topic, "Ending the 'First Cycle': Cather's Changing Frontier." — FREE!
Dr. Shelley Stamp — "Willa Cather and Company"
Dr. Shelley Stamp: "Willa Cather and Company: Female Filmmakers, Female Screenwriters, and Female Authors in Early Hollywood" — FREE!
Dr. Molly Rozum — "The Necessary Vision and the Necessary Skill"
Dr. Molly Rozum on "The Necessary Vision & the Necessary Skill: Willa Cather, Grasslands Space, and the Cultural Aspirations of Settler Society" — FREE!
Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor
The second study in this series will focus on A Lost Lady, celebrating its centenary, and a stunning portrait of a troubled woman in changing times.
68th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
Commemorate Cather's 150th birthday by examining the evolution of her own writerly imagination.
The Ties That Bind
We are delighted to bring a special exhibition by Hastings artist Betty Kort to the newly restored Burlington Depot! The Ties That Bind draws on the artist's generational ties to the land—a story that is nearly universal on the Plains.