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Photography by Jorn Olsen on Exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House
… moving cattle, and tourist destinations such as the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and the Starke Round Barn. Jorn Olsen is well known … 34-inch fold-out panoramic scenes. For more information about the exhibition or the public reception, please call …
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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
… We recently interviewed Tamboni on his interest in Willa Cather’s writing, his choice of A Lost Lady for their first … social themes and their persistent relevancy today. Tell us about your publishing company — Ponto Edita is a new, small … from Argentina. We would love to publish the whole “Prairie Trilogy” at some point in the future — it would be …
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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.”
… Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery … my own photographs. I paint en plein air because I learn about light and it forces me to simplify. But I hate the … of 2017, I read Alex Ross's "A Walk in Willa Cather's Prairie" in The New Yorker . I had always thought the images …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting
… in 2005. “I was at Allan’s house, and he knew I liked Willa Cather, and I said, 'Gee, I just have to have that … “who explores the essence of life on the great American prairie” in a profile in National Geographic . “I love … and being in the setting for several of her classic novels about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song …
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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist
… and Philanthropist December 29, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation has lost a dear friend and supporter in … Spring Conference over a decade ago: “What first struck me about Lucia was her sophistication and charm; she was also … Conservancy to purchase the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and to provide an endowment for its management and …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald
… 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa Cather Foundation's Moon Block apartments and often … after shows at the Opera House. what interested you about renting in downtown Red Cloud? We were drawn to … you see the buildings and town and feel the openness of the prairie. You can easily visualize the time and placde in …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… publication of Youth and the Bright Medusa, Willa Cather's 1920 collection of eight stories, and her first … Blitch's evocative images. We asked Blitch to share more about her artistic vision and process for these wonderful … to visit Red Cloud and the Willa Cather Cather Memorial Prairie, though. Were there any particular things—images, …
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Autumn Offerings for Educators
… energized to create new and increased ways to deliver our resources to our constituents—and for which we have received … them. "I want visitors to feel the impact of what they learn here, even if they can't actually be here," Rachel … this website) Updates of mini-lessons and activities on our Educational Resources page To students and educators we …
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