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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… and culture merge with the pleasures of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit  Red Cloud  is to experience a town and entire landscapes, largely unchanged, as … sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of urbanity and absorb the rolling …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary … located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. Alongside the Red Cloud Opera …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Visit

… 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 … and delivered her high school graduation oration in 1890. Learn More About the Opera House …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

Virtual Author Series: Joanna Biggs, Richard Scott Larson, and Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum

… near a local penitentiary. Tensions emerge as the community learns more about this child and her connection to long-held …  was published in May, 2023.  (Photo credit: Hillery Stone) Learn more about Joanna Biggs Richard Scott Larson Featured … will be released in the fall of 2025. Her three previous collections of short fiction are  What We Do With the …
Posted: 08/14/2025
Last Updated: 08/15/2025

19th International Willa Cather Seminar

… Image Willa Cather received an honorary doctor of letters degree from … papers that propose to read across region in Cather’s works and life. Possible topics include, but are not limited … below and completing the provided Google Form. Decisions about acceptance to the conference will be communicated in …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

Willa Cather & John William "Blind Boone"

… 907 N. Washington Street Lexington , NE 68850 United States LEARN MORE Tracy Tucker, director of collections and curation at the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 06/09/2025
Last Updated: 06/09/2025

The Passing Show: What Makes a House a Home

… 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States LEARN MORE about the 70th Annual Spring Conference Join us … and Culture , Oral Tradition , as well as in edited collections, including Wait Five Minutes: Weatherlore in the …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/28/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day

… day when the veterans of World War I were honored, and our collections are rich with museum and archival items that … of Ladies' Home Journal is just one such example from our collections. In One of Ours, Cather wrote: "It was curious . … as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. You can learn more about the history of Armistice Day and Veteran's …
Posted: 11/04/2024
Last Updated: 11/05/2024

IMLS Grant Awarded for $250,000

… for exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community … debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. In … and communities have access to museums and libraries to learn from and be inspired by the trusted information, …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 09/04/2024

Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist

… Image Nick Powers, Visitor Services Coordinator and Nebraska Master Naturalist Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist Take a Guided Prairie Tour August … and expert guide, Nick Powers, recently completed the  Nebraska Master Naturalist Program , a week-long course of …
Posted: 08/06/2024
Last Updated: 08/06/2024

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