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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”
… Image Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and …
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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
… Photographer, and Philanthropist December 29, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation has lost a dear friend and supporter in … that her decision “came from a love for Willa Cather’s writing” as well as “my family’s history with Cather and the …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald
… is on the board of the Republican Valley Arts Council. At events, we serve as bartenders and we get to visit with … events. What are your favorite Willa Cather novels? The Song of the Lark and My Antonia . If you were to tell someone who had …
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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
… boxed lunch ($15 per person, inc. tax/tip) or a customized menu at extra cost. Or let us plan a perfect prairie …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… School and teaches environmental law while Susan has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather enthusiasts, the Andersons have traveled to … sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you here and how did you …
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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen Road … reviews: “This was a delightful combination of literature, history, and staying at the Cather Second Home in Red Cloud …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in My Ántonia , he remembers the … found sunflowers being grown by many of the tribes they visited in the 1500s and took those seeds with them as they … always seem to me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the Willa Cather Memorial …
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