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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory
… in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town … I attended school at Batin (the little tin schoolhouse) and Prairie Gem until I completed the eighth grade and then went … in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While … HOME GUEST HOUSE BOOK THE VILLA WILLA Historic Site Tours Experience Willa Cather's world We offer several tour …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia
… Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa Cather Center 425 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … and student pricing is available for the tour. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by … to enhance a self-guided tour of the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and to enjoy a slice of Anna Pavelka's poppyseed …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… Parks or the University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently … and enjoys refining the story he tells at each of our historic sites. By taking a master naturalist course, he will in turn …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!
… Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … 12, 2024 The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning opportunity … Since arriving in Red Cloud, Sarah has been a very avid prairie goer, and it's been their writing sanctuary when on …
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Beneath the Wide-Open
… sky!” Death Comes for the Archbishop The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to welcome oil painter Jonathan … at no charge, as part of our mission to advance Willa Cather's legacy through education, preservation, and the …
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Red Cloud Opera House
… towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House." —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud … to set the mood, scene, and tone of the 1890s, when Willa Cather and her friends eagerly anticipated the arrival of … people." "But I am sorry that the old Opera Houses in the prairie towns are dark, because they really did give a …
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Author Series and Book Signing: Gail Shaffer Blankenau
… Series Friday, Apr 5, 2024 | 1 - 5pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … stick around after the event to take a guided tour of Willa Cather sites and attend the reception for artist Jonathan … p.m. Book a guided tour , hike the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, or peruse the American Bittersweet exhibit and …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… , made a low key visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center last week. Wong and Giamatti, who joined … events at Omaha's Film Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather historic sites, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie , and a quiet stay …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… and reappraise many of the objects acquired when the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial was a nebulous new idea, yet to be … Howard Pyle, the illustrator who had so inspired Willa Cather as a child. Though the Reynard paintings hold a … (1966) recalled that afternoon, and posthumously, the Prairie Schooner published an expanded version under the …
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