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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the deep draws, crossing … dozens of blossoms. They made a golden ribbon across the prairie. Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with … using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
… photographer, has been in residence with the National Willa Cather Center since early July to photograph the landscapes … - September 30, 2019). We recently asked him some questions about his photography and his summer residency. Tell us a … and imagine what it was like in those days. The land, the prairie, the vegetation and isolated homesteads, and the …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, and exploring the prairie and rural environs. Where are you from, what are … me to reach out to the Willa Cather Foundation and inquire about an internship. I’m fortunate enough to immerse myself …
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Suicide Grave
… suicide grave in My Antonia was described by Willa Cather as a little island of tall red grass. Francis … under and under until it had almost disappeared from the prairie; when all the fields were under fence, and the roads no longer ran about like wild things, but followed the surveyed …
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Free Events happening at the 62nd Annual Spring Conference
… Image Free Events happening at the 62nd Annual Spring Conference May … Glass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, in the Red Cloud Opera House auditorium. Musician Dave Seay will perform “Train …
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WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark
… Image WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark July 14, 2015 The Willa Cather Foundation is … the Art Gallery followed by a dinner and performance at 6:30 pm in the historic Red Cloud Opera House, 413 North …
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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012
… May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium … Cather's Poems, now in preparation, will be among the last volumes published in that series by the University of … be sent by February 15, 2012 to: Robert Thacker Canadian Studies Program St. Lawrence University Canton, New York …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012
… Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When 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 affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather …
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2013 Spring Conference
… while." These words ring as true today as they did the day Cather penned them, 100 years ago. Our spring conference … The novel celebrates the transformation of the American prairies by European settlers and marks Cather's emergence … Broken Heart , and filmmaker Charles Fairbanks will talk about how Cather's novel and the Great Plains have inspired …
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Turn the Page Literary Tour
… Image Turn the Page Literary Tour July 3, 2013 The Willa Cather State Historic Site/Red Cloud Opera House is one of … House Hiking and bird watching at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Lodging in the historic Cather Second Home guest … of the Prairie Pioneer in Grand Island. To learn more about this year's Nebraska Passport, visit …
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