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Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs
… Apr 3, 2026 | 7:30 - 9:30pm CT Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Welcome … and cinematic celebration of Classic Americana. Explore 150 years of music through Kirby's live piano performances … L.L.C.), has made 25 recordings, and has composed over 150 original works for piano and other instruments. In 2004, …
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Finding Aids
… Cather descendants James and Angela Southwick and contains documents and personal effects belonging to Charles and … Object Type Inventory No. Title Author Obj. Date Document TX-50-1000-001 Property Deed to J. Smith Lord Fairfax 1762 Document TX-50-1000-002 Property Deed Adjacent to Jeremiah …
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Opening Plenary Session: Ann Lundberg
… Image Ann Lundberg In A World Above the World: Willa Cather at Mesa Verde in 1915 Spring Conference … nineteenth century and early twentieth century, and how it works to define national identity. She's presented and … Casa Grande in Arizona, "The Ruin of Expectations." Her teaching resume includes both environmental literature and …
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Annotations from the Archive: April Twilights
… from the Archive: April Twilights April 8, 2025 Though Willa Cather is known worldwide as a novelist, her first … the time April Twilights was published in 1903, Cather was teaching high school in Pittsburgh. Though she had initially … hold a number of poetry typescripts, including unpublished works like “The Easter Rabbit” and “I Cannot Say, Forget.” …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains
… Prairie A special science exhibition in the West Atrium Art Gallery Monday, Mar 17 - Saturday, May 17, 2025 | All day The … The focus on nematodes of the prairie expands the sense of place in landscapes. The diversity in the prairie nematode …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Dustin Mater
… of Fame: An Exhibition of Native Pop Art at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House Gallery. At the show, … Mater specializes in shell carvings, gorgets, carved sculpture, portraits and other designs that illustrate …
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The Field, The Fire: an exhibition by Travis Hencey
… in those years. Simultaneously familiar and fresh, these works featured aged paper and book components in new … exhibition to be held in conjunction with the 69th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference. The conference, Cather and … to his studies at Chadron State College in 2014 to explore teaching and to refocus on visual arts. Travis is currently …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… staff since 2017, when she was hired as a part-time tour guide before becoming our first education coordinator … the growth of commerce and the evolution of Red Cloud as a town via Cather’s acquaintance with Silas and Lyra Garber. I’m fascinated by how a rural town sprouts up—not from nothing, but from a place that was …
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Music on the Prairie
… Image Music on the Prairie May 16, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about … so vividly described in works such as My Ántonia and O Pioneers!. “Music on the Cather Prairie” featuring Mike …
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Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud
… Image Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud June 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors invites you to … his time between composing, painting, performing and teaching. Tickets: $150*—Patron Ticket ($110 tax-deductible) … and appreciation of the life, times, settings and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning Nebraska author, Willa …
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