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Reading Willa Cather with Mary Stuart Masterston & Jeremy Davidson

… Image Willa Cather, Mary Stuart Masterston, Jeremy Davidson, Hailey McAvoy, Jonathan Lawlor, Nomin Sandon … with musical performance Special Events Saturday, Oct 21, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Black Box … century. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , Death Comes for the Archbishop ) set …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  "We come … roads "—just as Willa Cather described them in  My Ántonia . In summer and early fall, you can also catch the …
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Pavelka Farmstead

… of life out of the dark cave into the sunlight.” — My Ántonia The Pavelka Farmstead and the fruit cave described … Hidden Treasures in Nebraska by Heritage Nebraska in 2010 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.  In …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… Sarah Arneson Red Cloud’s Very Own Operatic Soprano August 15, 2023 Sarah Arneson was born and raised in Red Cloud and … later won a medal in an Austrian shooting competition.  “My parents worked and saved so that I could go to college … “Songs my Mother Taught Me” — Czech immigrants as in My Ántonia and Mr. Schimerda was a violinist in the Prague …
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Novels

… of the Great War Explore the One of Ours Collections Group My Ántonia Meet a Heroine in American Fiction "There seemed to … there was of it." Willa Cather Review, Vol. 60.3 Winter 2018 Willa Cather Review, Vol. 61.1 Summer 2018 Willa Cather …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

… Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . This special evening of short …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… Discussion #3: The Professor's House As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year, we are pleased to announce a … scheduled in anticipation of the publication of his new biography,  Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather. …
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Willa Cather in Fine Books & Collections

… interviews were conducted with Ashley Olson and Tracy Tucker. Andy Jewell, Emily Rau, and Melissa Homestead were …
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Dane Church

… halo looked like a ring of cheese. Cather was furious. In 1927, a tornado destroyed the little church, and when Ondrak heard of the damage, he reportedly cried, "My Yesus! My Yesus! Blown all to hell!" The Dane Church and … Norwegian cemetery that refuses to bury Mr. Shimerda in  My Ántonia ; Francis Sadilek, the prototype for Mr. Shimerda, …
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2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees

… celebrated our 2023 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and National Willa … up, Trinity Houchin (Minden High School).  This year’s Ántonia Scholarship winner is Campbell Collins (Collins … awarded through the Willa Cather Foundation since 1987 total more than $200,000 and have assisted more than …
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