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A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop

… Writing Workshop June 29, 2015 When famed novelist Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the world she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that impacted her youth. The eighth in an annual …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese

Image "A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese July 1, 2019 Mauricio Tamboni, 34, and his partner, Luís Fernando Protásio, are the energetic forces behind a new independent publisher, Ponto Edita , in São Paulo, Brazil. Tamboni studied translation …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their … prose, while conjuring the mystic beauty of Nebraska’s prairies with hand-stitched embroidery and handmade … in Ulysses, Nebraska. Recently, we asked Rachelle more about her latest collection. How did you discover Willa …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”

… (or works) from your exhibit and why? I have two favorites: Song of the Lark and Golden Goddess . The former required considerable … before? I was last in Red Cloud and Lincoln in August 1974 while working on my dissertation and reading Cather’s …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… Painting December 16, 2020 A recent gift of the painting Willa’s Windows , by noted Nebraska artist Allan Tubach, … color enlivens his paintings. Represented in over five hundred private, corporate, and public collections, Tubach has … “All of our friends just love his paintings when they visit our home,” Larry added. “How Allan puts his paintings …
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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist

… Photographer, and Philanthropist December 29, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation has lost a dear friend and supporter in … of a state-of-the-art archive as a major component of the National Willa Cather Center. “Lucia had a vision for what …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald

… November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa Cather Foundation's Moon Block apartments and often volunteer at the Red Cloud Opera House. Both are small business owners in Red … Council. At events, we serve as bartenders and we get to visit with almost every guest in attendance at the shows. …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa

… our centenary publication of Youth and the Bright Medusa,  Willa Cather's 1920 collection of eight stories, and her first publication with Alfred A. Knopf. Joanna A. Blitch of Greensboro, North … Nebraska?  No, unfortunately I never have! I would love to visit Red Cloud and the Willa Cather Cather Memorial …
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Autumn Offerings for Educators

… ready to enhance your class’s experience reading Willa Cather or learning about Nebraska history."  This year, our touring options … Coons will perform outside at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  and in the evening at the Red Cloud Opera House …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… 7, 2020 Visit Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O … Cather knew them as a young girl—and would later write about. Enjoy an immersive and historic experience and let us …
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