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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … for which he has always tried to find bodies." ~ Willa Cather, in a 1925 interview with Flora Merrill THIS EVENT IS … characters and evocative descriptions of the Nebraska prairie they inhabit. Critics characterize her work as …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… symbol in Cather’s work. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will include: The Conclusion of the … to those who are solely interested in Cather. Exhibit themes are explored with the inclusion of people of color, …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper

… at the Willa Cather Childhood Home. Long after Cather left Red Cloud and became a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, she still … by the Willa Cather Foundation in 1960. It can be visited by guided tour from the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 07/02/2019
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… from New York to Las Vegas for work and had stopped in Red Cloud to see the town where he’d spent summers as a child. … in Las Vegas to make the return trip, and he insisted they visit again so that she could see the town associated with …
Posted: 03/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources

… examine primary sources Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources September 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, since our founding, played … and students to imagine the settings of Cather’s many works set in Red Cloud. Our archival materials, from letters …
Posted: 07/29/2024
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

Cather Legacy Society

… Cather Legacy Society A Planned Gift With Lasting Impact Image Mary Vaughan: Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society   A comprehensive estate plan takes … the people, places, and causes you care about. Joining the Cather Legacy Society is an excellent way for you to leave a …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

School Field Trips

… for the first time, or taking a deep dive into the world of My Ántonia or O Pioneers! , students and educators will gain new …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… Image Willa Cather Memorial Prairie The Willa Cather Memorial Prairie is … art, history, and culture has been lost to much of the world. Of the millions of acres of grasslands that once … upland plovers, wild turkeys, bobolinks and other New World blackbird species, vesper sparrows and their many …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/29/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without. This week, the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery opens the traveling exhibit Thrift … in many forms throughout her life. And if you're able to visit the Red Cloud Opera House gallery, we hope that you'll …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Micah Wesley

… from November 5-December 14, 2021 • There is also an index to the other eleven 49 Minutes of Fame artist profiles …
Posted: 12/19/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

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