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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center

… Documentary filmmaker and lifelong Willa Cather enthusiast Ken Burns is the honorary national chair for the Center’s public … the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, a 612-acre tract of unbroken prairie located five miles south of Red Cloud. For the …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… be transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation on January 24, 2019. The properties were given to the State of Nebraska … that she selected and purchased still remains. The Ántonia Farmhouse (the Pavelka Farmstead) , about 15 miles … Red Cloud. Anna Pavelka was the inspiration for the novel  My Ántonia,  published in 1918. Cather had visited the …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… L. Miner House, also known as the Harling House in Cather’s My Ántonia . With continued encouragement by Foundation staff, … Olson, Executive Director, at aolson@willacather.org or (402) 746-2653. …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… Image Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment February 19, … and Ardis James Foundation also makes annual gifts to support operation of the National Willa Cather Center — a …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021

… Image Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021 August 16, 2021 For many of us … wrote in a 2018 article he co-authored with the National Willa Cather Center archivist Tracy Tucker. "We have … talking in schools about her grandmother's friendship with Willa Cather; she established scholarships to honor her …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… aims to memorialize the writer's prose, while conjuring the mystic beauty of Nebraska’s prairies with hand-stitched … Cather through school-assigned readings of O Pioneers! and My Ántonia . But, it wasn’t until later, as a New Yorker, that …
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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud

… Image Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud April 29, 2022 Los Angeles-based … Childhood Home attic—as he has moved around to different Willa Cather-related sites. We asked him about his artistic … day that it's come together this way. What drew you to Willa Cather for your 100 Novels Project ? I came late to …
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Student Scholarships Awarded

… to announce our 2022 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and the Leslie A. and … place, Megan Ruwe (Millard North High School) This year’s Ántonia Scholarship winner is:   Chloe Berger (Berger … eponymous Antonette Willa Skupa Turner scholarship and the Ántonia scholarship, named after the celebrated Willa Cather …
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Student and Educator Scholarships Awarded

… to announce our 2021 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and the Leslie A. and … School Third place: Emma Miller , Central High School Ántonia Scholarship Winner: Fiona Wiberg , Papillion La … teacher Melissa Barry reports, “I am excited to bring my sophomores [to the NWCC]...I am really excited to get …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather Center will be host to a unique exhibit by … York, Youd will also be performing at Joslyn Art Museum and Willa Cather Archive during the months of April and May. …
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