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Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia
Image Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia February 27, 2018 Sarah Orne Jewett once wrote to Willa Cather that “the thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper—whether little …
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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
Image Image An Opportunity to Help Conserve our Collection April 26, 2019 Would you like to directly support our preservation mission? Through ongoing collections assessment and in partnership with the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center in Omaha, we have …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
Image Meet Intern William Kelly June 26, 2019 It is both refreshing and encouraging to have young and emergent scholars and future professionals show an interest in history, the arts, or a career in the nonprofit realm. This summer of 2019, William Kelly …
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St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church
Image St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church It was here that Annie Pavelka, the prototype for Ántonia, baptized her baby and later married. The building, erected in 1883 and used until 1903, later became a residential home. Visitors will notice the "poor …
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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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Theodore Wheeler Book Talk & Signing
Image Special Events Monday, Nov 12, 2018 | 4 - 5:30pm Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery 413 North Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Nebraska author Theodore Wheeler will talk about his World War I-era novel Kings of Broken Things and sign …
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