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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… The Ribbon-Cutting in front of Hotel Garber on April 4 [see Gallery for full captions] Image Hotel Garber in its opening … Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Spring Conference Emblem Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250 Spring Conference Thursday, …
Posted: 08/20/2025
Last Updated: 05/18/2026

Exhibits

… in addition to curating fine arts exhibitions in the Red Cloud Opera House gallery, curates special exhibits that further explore …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 04/30/2026

Support

… Shop Shop Reinterpreting the Burlington Depot Support Our Newest Exhibit The Burlington Depot has undergone … uses the depot as a setting in many of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an … will recall the farmstead and the fruit cave from from the final scenes of the novel. Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… ties that weave the region together. Kirby will also donate an original watercolor painting of the town and will …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

Visions of the Prairie

… | Scott Kirby Paintings by Scott Kirby Art Gallery Friday, Mar 20 - Saturday, May 16, 2026 | All day Red Cloud Opera … refreshments will be served, and Scott will offer brief remarks at 6:00 p.m. Programming at the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/13/2026
Last Updated: 03/18/2026

Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… discusses the issue of slavery in the U.S. during the 1850s and the controversy surrounding the Kansas-Nebraska Act, … Railroad and how the movement became connected with the Great Plains. Hayes explores how the Underground Railroad … to attend and perfect for high school students studying American History prior to the Civil War! If you would like …
Posted: 01/28/2026
Last Updated: 02/10/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… for curated books and gifts Explore the extensive  Collections & Archives  at the National Willa Cather Center Take in a … can accommodate motor coach groups Life & Legacy Tour Learn Through Film, Exhibits, and Collections An expert-led …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

School Field Trips

… a day or a full day, at affordable rates for a range of class sizes.  During a half-day field trip, students will be …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

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

… an obvious historical connection. Though Cather's reasons for these erasures and omissions can only be … to the curatorial and conservation staff at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.  Tamayo’s … won the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award for best two-person exhibition; they were again nominated in 2016. Tamayo …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 06/17/2025

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