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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Travel Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … arrival, you are immediately immersed in the natural and material world that inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Through Darkness to Light

… Underground Railroad Art Gallery Tuesday, Feb 10 - Sunday, Mar 15, 2026 | All day They left during the middle of the …
Posted: 01/12/2026
Last Updated: 02/13/2026

Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… please contact Director of Education and Engagement Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org .  Humanities Nebraska (HN) provides …
Posted: 01/28/2026
Last Updated: 02/10/2026

The Passing Show: What Makes a House a Home

… in the Unmade Place which is on display in our Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through August 1. Nathan Tye Professor of …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/28/2025

Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Photographers

… Cather's novels and short stories. A more comprehensive index to Red Cloud's photographers continues to evolve as … their tents to Red Cloud for short engagements, which, the newspaper reports, were frequently crowded. Fred Bradbrook … in 1887, Bradbrook moved his studio to the 2nd story of the new building. In the Moon Block, "Brad" Bradbrook was able …
Posted: 03/03/2025
Last Updated: 05/26/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… it do, Or do without. This week, the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery opens the traveling exhibit Thrift Style , a … contributions of Great Plains communities. In the first place, diet and cookery, the foundation of life, were …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Dustin Mater

… from 2000 to 2004. After meeting his wife, Mater moved his family to Dallas, where he worked as a freelance illustrator … Fame: An Exhibition of Native Pop Art at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House Gallery. At the show, he displayed his ledger drawings and a …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… back to portraits and character study. That is why I have chosen to do so much art from old family photos.  Did you …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … trip. We offer a variety of guided historic site tours, lodging, and events year round at the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

The Field, The Fire: an exhibition by Travis Hencey

… exhibition to be held in conjunction with the 69th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference. The conference, Cather and … courthouse lawn. Habits, rituals and traditions. The same stories remembered and retold. Year after year. Again and … fragmented and rambling as my resignation. Parts and pieces collected over the years, cobbled together, fumbling to make …
Posted: 03/22/2024
Last Updated: 08/28/2024

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