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Visit this page often for the latest Cather-related news as well as information about the Willa Cather Foundation's programs, collections, and events.

Willa Cather State Historic Site Featured in 2012 Nebraska Passport

Willa Cather State Historic Site Featured in 2012 Nebraska Passport

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The Willa Cather State Historic Site/Red Cloud Opera House is one of 80 attractions included in the 2012 Nebraska Passport. The program, created by the Department of Economic...

Road Scholar Program: June 4-8, 2012

Road Scholar Program: June 4-8, 2012

Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Willa Cather Foundation and Road Scholar are proud to invite you to Red Cloud, Nebraska, this summer. As a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting appreciation and...

The Wartime Escape & Jerry Finnegan's Sister at the Opera House

The Wartime Escape & Jerry Finnegan's Sister at the Opera House

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Red Cloud Opera House will host a day of events and a traveling exhibit on Saturday, March 3 as part of its 10 th season of events. An exhibit on loan from Exhibits USA,...

Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge

Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge

Thursday, December 29, 2011
The Willa Cather Foundation is excited to promote continued reading of Cather's novels by encouraging participation in the Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge. To take part...

"Hard Punishments": Fragments of a Lost Work

"Hard Punishments": Fragments of a Lost Work

Friday, December 16, 2011
At her death in 1947, Willa Cather was working on a story -- or perhaps a novel -- set in medieval Avignon titled "Hard Punishments." By all surviving accounts, the writing...

Spring Conference Call for Papers

Spring Conference Call for Papers

Monday, December 5, 2011
Willa Cather, Poet: Making Herself Born The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium preceding it will be held May 31-June 2, 2012 in...

Give a Gift of Inspiration this Christmas

Give a Gift of Inspiration this Christmas

Sunday, December 4, 2011
Willa Cather loved the Holiday season and all that came along with it: delicious food, quality time spent with family and friends, and the giving and receiving of gifts. She...

View "Portraits of the Prairie" Exhibit

View "Portraits of the Prairie" Exhibit

Friday, November 4, 2011
It is often called "Catherland"-Webster County, Nebraska, where the quintessential American novelist Willa Cather spent her childhood and found inspiration for her stories of...

Preserving Our Past, Pioneering Our Future Challenge a Success

Preserving Our Past, Pioneering Our Future Challenge a Success

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The recent Preserving our Past, Pioneering our Future challenge campaign, mounted to provide additional educational and archival programs of the Willa Cather Foundation, has...

Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the world she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that affected her youth. Each...

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