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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined
… Willa Cather Center was made possible with a grant from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation. Support for …
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O Pioneers!
… Tickets UNL Opera presents Tyler Goodrich White’s O Pioneers! based on Willa Cather’s 1913 novel--her first … this production's stage direction is by William Shomos. O Pioneers! is being sponsored by the James C. and Rhonda …
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Pavelka Farmstead
… Highway 4 near Bladen. Restored and managed by the National Willa Cather Center, the Pavelka Farmstead was chosen as one of … of an immigrant farm family in Nebraska. Read more about its ongoing restoration HERE . Take a virtual tour of …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… Nebraska where one used to be able to go into a bakery and buy better pastry than is to be had anywhere except in the … generation which tries to cheat its aesthetic sense by buying things instead of making anything. She deplores a …
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Novels
… Wild Land "Bergson had spent his first five years on the Divide getting into debt, and the last six getting out. He …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
… Capital Recovery & Investment Act grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and an allocation of $1,000,000 in Nebraska Historic Tax Credits from History Nebraska has made it feasible to move ahead with the next …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking
… and Red Cloud Community Fund (an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation). Over $5 million in … have been secured. Paired with up to $1 million in Nebraska Historic Tax Credits, total funds secured from all … Silas Garber, a founder of Red Cloud, the third Governor of Nebraska, and prototype for Captain Forrester in Willa …
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2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees
… Image From L to R: Trinity Houchin, Ava Hoffschneider, Autumn Wissenburg, and Ella K. Gaskill … Ella Gaskill (Lincoln Southeast High School); runner up, Ava Hoffschneider (Pius X High School); and second runner … or visit this link . Application information for 2024 is available at www.willacather.org and annual deadlines are …
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Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann
… Online Now Join us for an engaging conversation about Nebraska memoir with Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann, two writers with Nebraska roots who explore the world in order to learn more … of California, to the fossil beds and grass prairies of Nebraska, to the scrimshaw shops and tangled forests of …
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Virtual Author Series: Tracy Daugherty
… and misunderstandings. Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. About the Author Tracy …
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