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Press Room
… that follow for contact information, buzz about Cather, her ongoing relevance, links to our social media, and the work of the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Contact Information … setting for fiction; she taught her readers how to see the prairie-plains. She built worlds. Cather’s evocation of the …
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Organization History
… Image Organization History Advancing Her Legacy The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was founded in 1955 by a group of … citizens led by Mildred R. Bennett, the first biographer of Cather. Upon moving to Red Cloud shortly after Cather’s … the Nature Conservancy gifted the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in 2006, the Foundation embarked on a different kind …
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Event Archives
… International Seminar Opera House Prairie Writers Special Events Spring Conference Image Tropic Trouble Opera House: … as the cast and crew create their masterpiece. Learn More Reading Willa Cather Special Events: Sunday, Jun 14, 2026 | 12 - 1pm CT …
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The Art Connection
… the good things in the past and her connection with the farm land. Gwen Lewis was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska, and … on the family farm in central Nebraska, and her roots have never strayed very far. Close family and community ties have … in pastels, but her most recent work features layers of homemade paper and acrylic to create mixed media …
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A New Garden Ethic: Lecture by Landscape Designer Benjamin Vogt
… Image Friday, Apr 27, 2018 | 4 - 5:15pm The Cather Foundation welcomes author and landscape designer … we garden for. A New Garden Ethic is available in the Willa Cather Foundation bookstore. Vogt’s talk is free and open to … gardening column at Houzz.com. He is a regular speaker on prairie garden design, sustainable gardening, and wildlife …
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Pollinator Workshop
… Image Tuesday, Sep 6, 2016 | 10am - 2pm Willa Cather Memorial Prairie 5 miles South of Red Cloud on HWY 281 Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The Willa Cather Foundation will host its second Pollinator Workshop …
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Artist Reception with Ken Anderson
… years ago with friends who had an avid interest in Willa Cather. I was intrigued with the architecture of the homes, … These will be on display along with his work from the Willa Cather project, which includes her childhood home, the … in Kearney, Nebraska. The reception will be followed by the Prairie Songs: Remembering Ántonia , song cycle. Click here …
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Native Grasses of the Apache Highlands
… Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather Center welcomed artist Matilda Essig of Sonoita, … within a grasslands community not unlike the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. ON DISPLAY October 4, 2019, to January 9, 2020 …
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Drama Writing Workshop with A.P. Andrews
… Image Prairie Writers Thursday, Jul 9, 2015 | 5pm - Sunday, Jul … staged reading in the Red Cloud Opera House! Our 8th annual Prairie Writers' Workshop will be led by New York … - Workshop Friday 10 - 12:30 - Workshop Friday 1:30 - 3 - Cather tour Friday 5-8:30 pm - Workshop Saturday 10-12:30 - …
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Legends & Stories: The Changing Ecology of the Great Plains
… on the resilience of ecosystems, particularly in the Great Plains, and understanding the legacies fire leaves on … explores the appearance of the railroad in American literature, focusing on how the railroad changed conceptions …
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