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Cather Book Club: His Family
… Image Thursday, Oct 20, 2016 | 4 - 6:30pm Cherry Corner Estates and the Cather Second … Prize awarded for the Novel in 1918. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was considered a front runner, but did not receive …
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Artist Reception: Margaret Berry's "Prairie Apothecary"
… Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Saturday, Jul 21, 2018 | 5:30 - 7pm Red Cloud Opera House Gallery 413 North … statues come to life and by the Egyptians to create mummy portraits. I like being a part of such a long art tradition and using natural materials in my work. Wax hardens quickly so I use it intuitively and …
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Willa Cather Celebration Weekend
… Friday, Oct 19, 2018 | 12am - Saturday, Oct 20, 2018 | 12am Jaffrey Civic Center 40 Main Street Jaffrey , NH 03452 … States Please join us in New Hampshire this fall for “Willa Cather’s Spirit Lives On," a series of events held on … at the 1775 Jaffrey Meetinghouse to walk to: Cather’s Gravesite at Old Burying Ground Cather Exhibit at Melville …
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Willa Cather Country Tour & Seasonal Pairings
… Image Image Image Image Special Events Saturday, Sep 25, 2021 | 2 - 5pm National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. … prairie! Take a guided bus tour of seven sites related to My Ántonia , with executive director Ashley Olson. You'll enjoy …
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Annotations From the Archives: Fan Mail
… Cleary, though delivered indirectly. Cleary, who in 1884 moved to Hubbell, Nebraska, where she and her family … to know that the story has rung true to someone besides myself . . . . Anyone who has lived in one of those little … in his 1921 letter, “but when I got into your book- “My Antonia” [sic] - it so interested me that I stayed up …
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Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates
… role at the Grace Episcopal Church. He served there from 1903–1929, and his service was honored, as you’ll remember … scientific-minded. Before her marriage she taught Astronomy and Mathematics at Wellesley College, the first professor … butterfly milkweed ( Asclepias tuberosa ) in her novel My Ántonia ; Bates didn’t believe it to be extant in the area. …
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Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation Art Collection boasts nearly … took a Bergers piece with her: a Cather-inspired scene from My Ántonia , with Blind d’Arnault taking the Red Cloud Opera …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
… will soon allow our guests to explore topics related to Lyra and Silas Garber, their lives and legacy in Red Cloud, and the broader …
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Annotations From the Archive: Soldiers' Letters
… 30, 2022 We conclude a year of reflection on Willa Cather's 1922 novel One of Ours by highlighting the letters that she … time in getting to work on telling her cousin's story. My Ántonia was set to be published in September of that year, …
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10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!
… The prominent Romanesque Revival style bank was built by Silas Garber and his partners in 1889 and was the first home of … Nebraska’s fourth governor, Garber and his socialite wife Lyra were friends of Cather’s and provided her the …
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