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An Evening of Arts and Entertainment
… Omaha Building, 1650 Farnam Street. The silent auction includes visual art in many medium and a selection of work … understanding and appreciation of the life, times, settings and works of Willa Cather. Since its founding in …
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Willa Cather Book Club
Image Willa Cather Book Club October 28, 2013 The Willa Cather Book Club has begun meeting again! Beginning with O Pioneers! (2013's One Book One Nebraska selection), the group plans to read a variety of Cather material, including letters, nonfiction, and …
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Cather Birthday Celebrations
Image Cather Birthday Celebrations October 28, 2013 Willa Cather's 140th birthday is Saturday, December 7th. As a way of celebrating her place in American culture and raising some financial support for her Foundation, would you consider hosting a party in …
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Turn the Page Literary Tour
Image Turn the Page Literary Tour July 3, 2013 The Willa Cather State Historic Site/Red Cloud Opera House is one of 80 attractions included in the 2013 Nebraska Passport. The program, created by the Nebraska Tourism Commission, encourages travelers to …
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Showing at The Lark
Image Showing at The Lark February 11, 2014 Heralded as Willa Cather's first great novel, O Pioneers! is coming off of a banner year in 2013. Not only was the book named as the "One Book One Nebraska" selection, but the novel also celebrated its 100th …
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On Display in the Gallery
Image Image On Display in the Gallery December 3, 2013 Currently on view in the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery is an exhibition by Lincoln artist, Gary Pummel. Mr. Pummel utilizes a painting technique where both the oil paints and the canvas are kept warm, …
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2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image 2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference March 13, 2014 Mapping Literary … In O Pioneers! and My Ántonia , Cather was the first American novelist to treat the Plains of Nebraska as … Cather mapped many other literary landscapes: the Southwest in three novels, colonial Quebec in Shadows on the …
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7th Annual Prairie Writers' Workshop
Image Image 7th Annual Prairie Writers' Workshop January 14, 2014 Mark your calendars for the 7th annual Prairie Writers' Workshop, to be be held May 14 - 18, 2014 in Red Cloud, Nebraska. This year, our workshop will be led by poet and editrix Glenna …
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Two Exhibits on Display Now
Image Image Two Exhibits on Display Now April 28, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to be hosting two intriguing exhibitions at the Red Cloud Opera House, Grand Ole Opry and Bitter/Sweet: Walking with Willa Cather . Both exhibits will be on …
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Willa Cather's Red Cloud: A Virtual Tour
Image Willa Cather's Red Cloud: A Virtual Tour February 5, 2014 We are proud to announce the launch of Willa Cather's Red Cloud , our new, content-rich multimedia virtual tour of the sites that inspired Nebraska's foremost author. This valuable resource …
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