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An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… What's included:  Behind-the-scenes museum and archive tour  7-Building Willa Cather Tour  Screening of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold documentary film  Guided Country Tour (15 sites in Webster County)  Picnic … assigned tour guide for a tour of seven Cather sites in town 3:00 pm — Meet with Cather Center leadership for VIP …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 07/15/2026

Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… Image Image A Celebration of Classic Americana Opera House Friday, Apr 3, 2026 | 7:30 - 9:30pm CT Red Cloud Opera … is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. About the Performer A native of Urbana, Ohio, Scott Kirby …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

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 … events and performances throughout the year. Our Special Collections & Archives hold some of the priceless treasures … and with the recent addition of over 8,000 documents and artifacts related to Willa Cather. Our Red Cloud Opera House …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. … lunch served in our beautiful Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery — or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Visit

… an award-winning museum in the heart of Cather's hometown. Explore exhibits and collections, or visit historic sites like the Willa Cather … intimate look at the lived world of Cather and her family. Learn More American Bittersweet Exhibit The Willa Cather …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

School Field Trips

… Willa Cather . Browse the current exhibit on display in the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery. Take part in an archival learning activity. During …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

Burlington Depot

… (and several grain and livestock trains) passed through town daily, making the Red Cloud Depot a busy and exciting … story of the Burlington in Red Cloud!   Watch our virtual tour of the 2021 restoration and preservation work at this … 7-Building Tour 3-Building Tour Individual Build Tour Self Guided Tour Burlington Depot 437 W Welsch Street Red Cloud , …
Posted: 07/18/2014
Last Updated: 02/26/2025

NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects

… (CARES) Act grant. These new projects, a mobile and web-app and a digital collections search tool, will help the … and descriptions necessary for creating the mobile tour apps  on the Cuseum platform. Designed to enhance guided … around the world, the National Willa Cather Center tour apps offer great flexibility. "We've thought of this as the …
Posted: 02/16/2021
Last Updated: 02/21/2025

NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Image Image NEA Big Read: My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the … in. Because of Willa Cather’s intensity of observation, My Ántonia remains a revelation.”  — Pulitzer Prize winner …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024

"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… of its historic and arts offerings, while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s … and continue through the end of the Part 7. Willa Cather: A Literary Life , by James Woodress.  Chap. 16 & 18   “The …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 10/16/2024

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