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The Passing Show: What Makes a House a Home

… Image Inhabiting Cather's Work Spring Conference Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | 1 - … Canada . Steve Tamayo Artist Steve Tamayo draws upon his family history as a member of the Sicangu Lakota tribe. His … Place which is on display in our Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through August 1. Nathan Tye Professor of History …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/28/2025

Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Photographers

… many friends, family members, and townspeople who shared photographs of Willa Cather and the early days of Webster … requirements for making from the smallest to the largest photographs, including family groups." Image Bradbrook & … century. Do you have a collection of Webster County photographs or negatives—whether glass or acetate? We hope …
Posted: 03/03/2025
Last Updated: 05/26/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… Cather wrote to her family, “The new Swedish edition of “O Pioneers” is one of the handsomest books I have ever seen. I … (December 6, 1919). Image 1919 Swedish translation of O Pioneers! Later on, perhaps when no longer useful for …
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

… in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town … us a bit about your relationship to Webster County and your family history here. I was born in Red Cloud, delivered by … priced. Art purchases from the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery benefit the artist and help support our mission to …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … of her childhood in Red Cloud, she returned often to visit family and friends. She once wrote, "I always return to … once performed—has a changing variety of performances and gallery shows throughout the year. Watch our Event pages for …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Support

… Support Support the NWCC Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of … an Exhibit Sponsor Reinterpreting the Burlington Depot Support Our Newest Exhibit The Burlington Depot has … to donate it to a nonprofit within a year. The Willa Cather Foundation is continuing to work alongside stakeholders in …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/01/2024

The Field, The Fire: an exhibition by Travis Hencey

… Image Snag | Travis Hencey | graphite on collaged paper Art Gallery Wednesday, May 15 - Thursday, Aug 15, 2024 | All day … featured collaged paper and graphite drawings that drew on Cather's featured novels in those years. Simultaneously … Travis's work deals with themes of transience, memory, and family history in the Western Nebraska landscape with an eye …
Posted: 03/22/2024
Last Updated: 08/28/2024

Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and the Red Cloud Opera House. Visitors will also have an opportunity to explore two … Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster Street This tour concludes at the …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Historic Sites

… donated by the Morhart family who had operated the first floor hardware store for decades. “When I go about among … comprising the rest. The interior’s marble steps and tile floors are original features. The intricate teller cages …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

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