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Red Cloud Opera House

… towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House."  —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885 as the Morhart & …  and is home to the Willa Cather Foundation offices, art gallery and bookstore.  Upcoming events About the Morhart & … closed its doors as such by 1920, was owned by the Morhart family for 106 years until it was donated to the Willa …
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Serena's Album

… family came to Nebraska between 1880 and 1885; her father farmed near Bostwick in Nuckolls County. After attending … her album. Serena White lived her entire life in the area, never marrying. She died in 1924. Cather scholar Kari … settlement known as “Elora” — Mrs. Keifer gives it as her home — was essentially a post office in search of a town, …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… of Clarence O. Williams The story behind the play, Not Too Far Distant October 15, 2024 Playwright Becky Boesen gleaned … Division. According to his son Thomas, “for reasons he never shared, he took a camera with him, and produced the … carefully catalogued and documented album after returning home, ultimately settling in Lincoln, Nebraska.” He …
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"Books Old and New"

… Image Some children's books in the Willa Cather Childhood Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" … Books Old and New. Helen Delay "My book and heart shall never part." —New England Primer [The editor of this … us who have read over and over the books we possess and are far from circulating libraries often drop out of the way of …
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The Potter Family

… from New York to Nebraska to live with and work for area farmers.  Charles R. Potter (1840–1931) was born in the … R. Potter, was 21 when they were married, having left his home in Owego, N.Y. the year before to come to Illinois where he had relatives. He and his father never agreed very well, so he left home and came west, as …
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Willa Cather Biography

… from and references to Cather’s own letters. Thus without question, the complex brilliance Skaggs saw in Cather during … more than that, of herself as a person. The character in question is the book's antagonist, Clement Sebastian, who … help secret Nancy, the enslaved girl, away from slavery to freedom in Canada. It concludes in a way reminiscent of …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… on Vermont in the Nation ,— the only interesting one so far in that dull and deadly series , the only one that … pastry shops of Prague or Vienna. The American lard pie never corrupted the Czech…” Her essay ends: "The population … grew from girlhood to maturity in Nebraska. Although her home is now in that mecca for the literary artisan, New …
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The Art Connection

… Cloud Opera House is pleased to welcome The Art Connection show, created by a group of artists located in South Central … Connie McHenry View the digital gallery here! Walt Thomas  began his photographic career when, as art director of … of Nebraska Art Clubs (ANAC) and has a watercolor, "Winter Cuttings," in the permanent collection at the Museum …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their … find a community of artistic people from all over the world living in a neighborhood of cobblestone streets and mom and …
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