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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory
… Image Artist Karen Thurlow Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory Local Artist Creates "Webster County … you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town where I spent so much … priced. Art purchases from the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery benefit the artist and help support our mission to …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa Cather only spent the second half of her childhood in Red … historic sites and settings —even a longer Country Tour and Prairie Tour! When planning your visit, all tours can be …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia
… Image Image Kick-Off Event Special Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa … My Ántonia -related museum exhibits 5:00 p.m. – Gallery reception for The Artistic Nebraska Odyssey of Linda Rivera Garcia …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… on the prairie." “The program connects you with different resources on Nebraska’s ecosystems,” Nick said. “I wanted to … our prairie tour materials.” “Since 2019 we have offered professional development funding for full-time employees, … Cather Memorial Prairie hinges on both a knowledgeable, professionalized staff and dedicated, informed supporters of …
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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
… Image Red Cloud Opera House "When I go about among little Nebraska … speaking the lines can give us that feeling of living along with them, of participating in their existence." It was … of participating in their existence. The poorest of the old road companies were at least made up of people who wanted to …
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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
… with Director of Education Rachel Olsen Image Picnic on the Prairie: Giamatti and Wong with NWCC Leadership Special … , made a low key visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center last week. Wong and Giamatti, who joined … of events at Omaha's Film Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather historic sites, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie , …
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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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