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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… status as a literary pilgrimage destination for more than fifty years. Just six months after the house reopened on Willa … with a sloping ceiling, like my 'rose-bower' in our old first home. Do you remember?"   —Cather in a 1945 letter to …
Posted: 06/13/2024
Last Updated: 06/15/2024

Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection

… Image Willa's Cradle, by Betty Kort Image Out in the Kitchen, by … Nov 4, 2023 | All day In 2007, photographer and Willa Cather Foundation executive director Betty Kort created … objects in juxtaposition with her timeless words.     About the Artist: Betty Kort Betty Kort is a former …
Posted: 07/14/2023
Last Updated: 08/30/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Coverage p. 3  Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4  Mailing of Newsletter p. 4  … 2  TITLE: O Pioneers! An Early Nebraska Review, August 13, 1913  AUTHOR: Celia Harris (from the Lincoln Sunday State … of Grace  AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13  John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15  WCPM announces 1985 trip …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Ken Burns Announces Creation of National Willa Cather Center

… Image Ken Burns Announces Creation of National Willa Cather Center March 18, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation has … research center, classroom, expanded bookstore and art gallery, dressing rooms and backstage facilities for the Red …
Posted: 09/11/2014
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center

… something for everyone. As an archive and museum, it will become the permanent home to some of Willa Cather’s most … Bennett. Today the Foundation is directed by a twenty-eight member Board of Governors that includes nationally …
Posted: 01/04/2015
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events … Library, Fort Collins, CO Nov 9-12 —  Willa Cather and the Counterculture: An Immersive Weekend in Taos, New Mexico . …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

Support

… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the … museum, archive, research center, classroom, bookstore, art gallery, and performing arts center. The Center occupies Red … that was fully restored and given new life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop the Bookstore …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

My Ántonia: The Story of a Great American Novel

… Free Event at the Joslyn! Special Events Saturday, Jan 18, 2025 | 1:30 - 2:30pm The Joslyn Art Museum 2200 Dodge … and a novel that is part of today’s literary canon,  My Ántonia’s  worldwide appeal is demonstrated by its …
Posted: 01/09/2025
Last Updated: 01/09/2025

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … trip. We offer a variety of guided historic site tours, lodging, and events year round at the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Historic Sites

… Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of … in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. Willa Cather’s father rented the house for … a diverse schedule that includes theater, music, lectures, gallery exhibits, and much more. The Opera House was donated …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

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