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… its founding in 1955, the Foundation has been headquartered in Cather's hometown of rural Red Cloud, Nebraska.  Our purpose is to promote and encourage … graphics and video, to promote exhibits, collections, events, lodging, dining, and educational programs Maintain …
Posted: 09/07/2023
Last Updated: 07/16/2025

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 … and entertainment for both children and adults. Willa Cather created several of these using advertising cards and … communities. In the first place, diet and cookery, the foundation of life, were revolutionized (city people could …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

Support

… Charitable IRA Rollover Volunteer Volunteer Opera House Sponsor Opera House Sponsor Conference Sponsor Conference Sponsor Shop Shop Preserve the Potter-Wright …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/01/2024

Historic Sites

… restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went … priest who served this church came by train from a nearby town. A special train whistle alerted parishioners that Mass … store for decades. “When I go about among little Nebraska towns . . . the thing I miss most is the opera house.” …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined

… Dec 15, 2023 | 1 - 2pm Red Cloud Opera House and Art Gallery 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States … talk.  Support for this exhibit at the National Willa Cather Center was made possible with a grant from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation. Support for this lecture comes from the Claire …
Posted: 12/04/2023
Last Updated: 12/04/2023

Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones

… for overnight stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023

Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking

… years. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the two buildings will become a mixed-use space, including gallery and exhibit areas that will highlight important … Fund (an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation). Over $5 million in donations, grants, and …
Posted: 09/27/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023

From the Permanent Collection: John Blake Bergers

… Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Saturday, Jan 22, 2022 | 12am - Saturday, Feb 12, … in our permanent collection were donated to the Willa Cather Foundation by the artist himself and his family, this piece …
Posted: 01/14/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson

… Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Saturday, Jun 25, 2016 | 4 - 6pm Red Cloud Opera … States Join us five miles south of Red Cloud at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie beginning at 9:30 AM as … Residence with the Kerouac Project and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, and has worked as a reader of …
Posted: 06/06/2016
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a part-time tour … visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job evolution …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023

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