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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Jun 6 - Saturday, Jun 8, 2024 | All day Register Online Now ACCESS THE WEB APP DOWNLOAD THE SPRING CONFERENCE … the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery, and Travis Hencey's new exhibit, The Field, The Fire , located in the Burlington …
Posted: 09/21/2023
Last Updated: 06/06/2024

Hommage: Willa Cather

… their birth centenaries. The authors chosen in 2023 were: Willa Cather (1873–1947) Federico Garcia Lorca (1889–1936) Wislawa … Szymborska (1923–2012) Graphic artists from around the world (engravers, printmakers, photographers, etc.) created …
Posted: 03/19/2024
Last Updated: 05/30/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens A National Historic … Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour … through 1904. Many of Cather’s books depict life in Red Cloud and Webster County during the author’s formative …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … the film’s development: Littleton Alston is Professor of Sculpture at Creighton University, the recipient of numerous …
Posted: 05/08/2024
Last Updated: 05/14/2024

Own A Piece of History: Willa Cather Sculpture

… by sculptor Littleton Alston June 7, 2023 The Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to announce an opportunity to own a … unveiling ceremony at the U.S. Capitol . The Willa Cather Foundation has been named the exclusive retailer for the … Statuary Hall Committee. Proceeds of all sales will support the purchase of a full-scale edition of the original …
Posted: 06/01/2022
Last Updated: 05/07/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the tiny … to and from the depot south of town. The Red Cloud Opera House , now restored and the offices and performance … a prominent writer herself, and the three made a well-known visit with A. E. Housman, then a poet Cather much admired. …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… her paternal grandparents, William and Caroline Cather. The house, called Willow Shade, is located in an area near Back … brother Roscoe Cather is born. 1879  — Railroad begins operating in Red Cloud. 1880  — Willa Cather’s second oldest … Red Cloud, the town’s third train depot, built in 1897 and visited by Cather on return trips, is now on the National …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Cather’s birth; the goal was to have the first stamps offered for sale in Red Cloud on December 7, 1973. What resulted four years later … along the streets of Red Cloud, looking for souvenirs and visiting the Cather Museum and the Cather House. Red Cloud …
Posted: 09/06/2023
Last Updated: 09/07/2023

Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of … to discover family artifacts and encounter the lived world of the Cather family. A modest one-and-a-half story …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

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