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Exhibit Tour

… National Willa Cather Center. What are the most important events of Cather’s life? How did Red Cloud become the … journey from Virginia; the domestic spaces in The Song of the Lark , "Old Mrs. Harris," and 'The Best Years"  that were …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Register Online Now "The type of writer we have been talking …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s influential writings. LEARN MORE National Willa Cather Center A cultural oasis on … items and welcomes authors for book talks and signings. LEARN MORE Hotel Garber Your Boutique Retreat Nestled in … rooms, a sizeable two-bedroom loft, two spacious multi-use workshop and meeting spaces, Forrester's Restaurant, and a …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … numerous Cather-related historic properties, expansion of educational programming and exhibits, development of visitor … help the National Willa Cather Center provide classroom resources for teachers, preserve historic sites associated …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong

… , and a quiet stay in the Cather Second Home guest house.  "My mother was a high school English teacher," Giamatti said. " My Ántonia was something she taught a lot, and so Cather was …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather

… the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library … acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . In partnership with the Ames …
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Willa Cather Biography

… 2023 too, it has sponsored celebratory Cather 150 events held all over the country—Los Angeles, New York, … other places found there too: the desert southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Poudre Libraries — … her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers!  [1913],  The Song of the Lark  [1915], and especially  My Ántonia  [1918]) had …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site … not proclaimed as being bound for lofty things by the local newspaper. Only sixteen years old, Cather enrolls at the … by Knopf. 1936  — Knopf publishes Cather’s only book of essays,  Not Under Forty . In the book’s introduction, …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

… Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . This special evening of short …
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