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Red Cloud Opera House
… Opera House features a full performance schedule and is home to the Willa Cather Foundation offices, art gallery and … successful man in Hastings and traveled extensively, but he never outgrew his love for Red Cloud, Nebraska. He and his … most necessary to us, there was always the question of how far we could prevail upon our parents. Would they let us go …
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Serena's Album
… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather was first published in 1951 in The World of … Cather by Mildred Bennett, founder of the Willa Cather Foundation. For its fascinating look at the writer in …
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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"
… fledgling magazine while living in Pittsburgh. When she was hired as the magazine's first editor, she was only 22! … * * * Probably no author is more popular with American girls than Edna Lyall. Her books, like Miss Muloch's , are … The habit of reading formed in childhood will follow the girls and boys all through this trying life, and will give …
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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
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's foremost citizen," wrote author and Nobel Prize-winner Sinclair Lewis. "The United … as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics and commentators have increasingly identified Cather …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years Cather's essay for the Nation still resonates September 5, … formative years—the only period when it can really lay a foundation for a thorough understanding of a foreign … than I do, are satisfied with my presentation of it.” [Willa Cather Papers, 1899-1949, in the Clifton Waller …
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The Art Connection
… Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Friday, Feb 5, 2021 | 12am - Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 … | 12am The Red Cloud Opera House is pleased to welcome The Art Connection show, created by a group of artists located …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing
… and designer Rachelle Hruska MacPherson’s grandparents’ home in Ceresco, Nebraska as well as on the Hruska Family Farm, in Ulysses, Nebraska. Recently, we asked Rachelle more … Plains, and Red Cloud, that you share with people who’ve never been here before? The more I travel, the more I come …
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