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We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place

… Image The Falcon's Perch | Paul High Horse | $470 Image Kitkehahki Dreams | Anne Steinhoff | NFS Image Ikce … in Omaha. Anne has exhibited and sold her artwork in galleries and shows, and was one of 94 artists selected to …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town … I attended school at Batin (the little tin schoolhouse) and Prairie Gem until I completed the eighth grade and then went … in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Lark  or the Miner House that became the Harling home in My Ántonia . Several different guided tour options include … the descriptive farmstead and beautiful conclusion of My Ántonia . The 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie on …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… its opening week Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED … that helped rehabilitate an empty historic commercial building into a boutique hotel and event center. Leaders … models for Captain and Mrs. Forrester in Willa Cather’s 1923 novel A Lost Lady . Silas was a founder of Red Cloud and a …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and Willa Cather's Childhood Home in Red Cloud, as well as several other prairie sites, … The focus on nematodes of the prairie expands the sense of place in landscapes. The diversity in the prairie nematode … interests outside of the lab include tending gardens at home, traveling, and playing in the Lincoln Civic Orchestra. …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… was a cost-saving and resource-saving approach employed by homemakers during the period encompassing both world wars, … to me, Mother; like Petersons’ newspapers I used to bring home from Mr. Crowley’s in a flour sack, on horseback. You … contributions of Great Plains communities. In the first place, diet and cookery, the foundation of life, were …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Chase Earles

… Image 49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Chase Earles … and sculpture, Earles has created works for museums and galleries throughout the United States. Learn more about …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Nathaniel Ruleaux

… grandson everything he knew about art. “We had his pieces all over our house,” Ruleaux says. “He was my strongest … Red Cloud Indian Art Show on the Pine Ridge Reservation, a place where his grandfather and cousins had displayed art in … Pop Art  which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • There is also an …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… of searchable stories and digitized documents. The site includes testimony, geographical and primary historical … for it. The camp covered an area of probably ten square blocks and much of it was surrounded by high cement walls … things they did and it certainly gives one a different viewpoint toward the German people. This is all probably boring …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s … growing number of people world-wide,” Camp said. “I offered my support for Willa Cather’s statue because reading her … novels and stories in the late 1990s changed the course of my life. The opportunity to support a work of art in …
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