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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
Image Image 2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography July 31, 2019 Richard Dickson, an English photographer, has been in residence with the National Willa Cather Center since early July to photograph the landscapes …
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Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia
… Ántonia February 27, 2018 Sarah Orne Jewett once wrote to Willa Cather that “the thing that teases the mind over and over … each of its 2018 issues to this iconic work, to its living appeal, and to its inexhaustibility as a leading …
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Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice
Image Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice November 11, 2018 As the world remembers the end of the Great War, we at the Willa Cather Foundation would like to share—again— Telling War Stories: The Rhetoric of the Great War, an exhibit that was …
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Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation
Image Winter Greetings from the Cather Foundation December 20, 2018 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors and staff wish you all the joys of the season. This year's holiday card was reproduced from an undated Christmas card Willa Cather sent to …
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Happy Birthday Willa Cather
Image Happy Birthday Willa Cather December 10, 2018 On December 7, we celebrated Willa Cather's birthday complete with a festive cake and an open house at the National Willa Cather Center. Visitors from near and far attended the events, with afternoon …
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An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection
… expert attention. An original W.T. Benda illustration from My Ántonia , which had been cut and framed decades ago, will …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between Omaha, Nebraska, and … LaGrange, Indiana. I’m a proud alum of Wabash College where my passion for history first took root and flourished. Currently, I’m heading into my second year of a master’s program in history at the …
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St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church
… for Ántonia, baptized her baby and later married. The building, erected in 1883 and used until 1903, later became a residential home. … building was dedicated and consecrated in 1970. 7-Building Tour Self Guided Tour St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church …
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Blue Plate Special, 50’s, 60’s 70’s and more!
Image Opera House Saturday, Dec 8, 2018 | 7:30pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Blue Plate Special is a unique band—for music fans with a hearty appetite. Their songs, whether covers or originals, give …
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Lightning Bugs
Image Opera House Saturday, Nov 10, 2018 | 7:30pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The Lightning Bugs will take you back to when the big bands were blowing, the dance floors were crowded, and the Mills …
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