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Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… of Kirby’s program will feature Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center, photos and stories of the town, and the … ties that weave the region together. Kirby will also donate an original watercolor painting of the town and will …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity

… your gift must be received by December 31. Thank you! DONATE This year the Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of … experience, and the power of historical reflection through Willa Cather’s prose.  Our work doesn’t stop here. With your …
Posted: 11/06/2024
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber

… history of the community and its intersections with Willa Cather’s life and art.   The facility will help achieve … retreats. It will allow our visitors to the National Willa Cather Center to stay longer to enjoy the museum, the historic sites, the town, the Cather Prairie, and other scenic places Cather loved. An …
Posted: 08/24/2023
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Planning Underway for Hotel Garber

… Be Restored Plans are underway to restore and adaptively reuse a downtown building for the creation of a twenty-six … lodging and hospitality option, the hotel will allow us to better fulfill our mission—our visitors will be able … To learn more or to help support the project, please contact Executive Director, Ashley Olson, at (402) 746-2653 …
Posted: 09/23/2020
Last Updated: 09/23/2022

Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… and restore the original interior features Retrofit the building with new electrical and mechanical equipment prior … was completed by Carson Stone & Supply of Omaha using 3D scanning technology to replicate the intricate engraving … also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… exceeding its initial goal with contributions totaling $123,270 to aid in the restoration of the Willa Cather Historic … and dining rooms, alongside additional efforts to seal the building envelope and restore the interior. Thanks to the … home is a permanent feature on the Foundation’s guided town tour of Cather’s Red Cloud. Executive Director, Ashley …
Posted: 10/19/2020
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

Safeguarding the Windows at Grace Episcopal Church

… Louis, Missouri, and Munich, Germany. Through your generous support of our Campaign for the Future , we enthusiastically welcomed Nicholas Frei of Emil Frei & … available in connection with charitable donations, please contact executive director, Ashley Olson, at …
Posted: 12/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist

… the Foundation to accept the gift of the Red Cloud Opera House and to embark on a major campaign to restore it. Years … needed impetus for the 2003 restoration of the Red Cloud Opera House. Betty Kort, then board president, said at the …
Posted: 12/29/2020
Last Updated: 12/30/2020

Virtual Birthday Party

… Image Virtual Birthday Party November 21, 2012 Join the Willa Cather Foundation as we celebrate the birthday of one of the … go toward support of our ongoing educational programming. Donate Now …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015

New Collection of Letters

… about the letters should be directed to Education Director, Tracy Tucker, at ttucker@willacather.org . …
Posted: 12/23/2014
Last Updated: 12/23/2014

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