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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography

… truck traffic, and even witnessed an enormous wagon load hauled by train. In fact, the number of rail lines and …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… of Wabash College where my passion for history first took root and flourished. Currently, I’m heading into my second … theatrical tinges. One can really see how all of this is rooted in her performances in the Red Cloud Opera House and …
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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

… at the 62nd Annual Spring Conference May 24, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation hosts their 62nd annual Spring Conference … United States — one of which is the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. Glass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, in the Red … Burlington Depot. Author Ann Satterthwaite joins us to talk about her book, Local Glories: Opera Houses on Main Street, …
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WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark

… Anniversary of The Song of the Lark July 14, 2015 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th anniversary of … August 15, beginning with cocktails at 5:00 p.m. in the Art Gallery followed by a dinner and performance at 6:30 pm in … through support from the Giger Foundation and the Porter Family. The Porters commissioned the piece in memory of …
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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

… Willa Cather Memorial Prairie with time for on-site nature writing; and a reception that provides participants … K. Stillwell, artist in residence. The workshop will take place in Red Cloud, Nebraska; the childhood home of Pulitzer … May 19 10:00-11:45 a.m. Tour of the Cather Prairie/on-site nature writing 1:00-5:00 p.m. Writing workshop. The Poet's …
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2013 Spring Conference

… celebrate the centennial of Cather's breakthrough novel O Pioneers! in which she "hit the home pasture." The novel … inspired their own work. Cather scholars will explore O Pioneers! , Cather's relationship with her mentor Sarah Orne … Willa Cather Spring Conference "Fortunate Country": O Pioneers! and the Prairie Homestead's Legacy May 30-June 1, …
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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 80 attractions included in … Turn the Page tour. Travelers have until September 30 to visit attractions and redeem their stamps for prizes. For …
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Showing at The Lark

… Showing at The Lark February 11, 2014 Heralded as Willa Cather's first great novel, O Pioneers! is coming off of a … is Alexandra Bergson, who arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Hanover, Nebraska, as a girl and grows up to make … and The Willa Cather Foundation's Red Cloud Opera House . About the organizations: The Willa Cather Foundation is a …
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