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Celebrate National Poetry Month
Image Celebrate National Poetry Month April 1, 2020 Willa Cather published April Twilights , her first book of poetry, in 1903. Even after establishing herself as a fiction writer of national reputation, Cather continued to write poetry and to reshape the …
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Alex Ross to Keynote 65th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
Image Alex Ross to Keynote 65th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference May 19, 2020 Join us as we welcome Alex Ross, Music Critic for The New Yorker , back to Red Cloud as keynote speaker for the 65th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference at the National …
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National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program
National Willa Cather Center Selected to Appear in Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program July 23, 2020 The National Willa Cather Center announces that it is one of 75 institutions in the United States selected to participate in the …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi
Image Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi October 21, 2020 Long-time supporters Nancy and Bernie Picchi recently made a major gift to our Campaign for the Future with a generous pledge of $50,000 that was issued as a challenge prior to this year’s …
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"And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus
Image Image "And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus December 21, 2020 Willa Cather's only known letter to her partner Edith Lewis, written October 4, 1936, is in the Willa Cather Foundation …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment
Image Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment February 19, 2021 Literature enthusiasts from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center can look forward to new experiences—in Cather’s hometown of Red Cloud …
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National Willa Cather Center Selected for the 2021 Nebraska Passport Program
Image Image National Willa Cather Center Selected for the 2021 Nebraska Passport Program April 22, 2021 The Nebraska Tourism Commission has announced that the National Wila Cather Center will be one of seventy stops included in the 2021 Nebraska Passport …
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Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society
… the presence of Mary Vaughan and her mother Evadne at Willa Cather Spring Conferences and International Seminars. … that Mary understood why people came together for the events. When asked recently to reflect on her long-time … Cather helps us all live a better life. It was true for my mother and me. It is still true, for me.” For all of us …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021
Image Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021 August 16, 2021 For many of us in the Cather community, a trip to Red Cloud wasn't complete without a visit with Antonette Turner. The granddaughter of Anna Sadilek Pavelka (Cather's prototype for Ántonia), …
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NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections
… workers, and reopen sites, facilities, and programs. The Willa Cather Foundation received $50,000 toward the ongoing tour …
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