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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National Willa Cather Center staff reflect upon what they're grateful for … work for a visionary board that is committed to advancing Cather's legacy, and I'm appreciative to lead a talented … among people who celebrate the beauty of nature and the prairie. I feel I am learning about the pioneer spirit, and …
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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest
… the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate in a guided tour, and explore the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. Alex shared that his father was impressed by the …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of Education, she … diverse interests, talents, and work backgrounds, such as prairie botany and gardening skills, photography and graphic … from? Overwhelmingly, it’s come from two major sources: Cather family members and local Red Cloudians. Our …
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Planning Underway for Hotel Garber
… Be Restored Plans are underway to restore and adaptively reuse a downtown building for the creation of a twenty-six … lodging and hospitality option, the hotel will allow us to better fulfill our mission—our visitors will be able … To learn more or to help support the project, please contact Executive Director, Ashley Olson, at (402) 746-2653 …
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Ways of Reading: On the Road with Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project
… of the Los Angeles-based Artillery magazine, visited the Cather literary sites and prairie landscapes where Youd spent his days. The result is … watch Youd (pronounced you’d) perform a retyping of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark . Speaking of larks: Could …
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Photography by Jorn Olsen on Exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House
… Image Photography by Jorn Olsen on Exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House March 16, 2015 A new exhibition on display through May 3, 2015 in the Art Gallery of the Red Cloud Opera House features stunning photographs of the Nebraska …
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Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published
… include Alexander’s Bridge (1912), O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918), and A Lost Lady (1923), all of which … well regarded works include The Professor’s House (1925), My Mortal Enemy (1926), Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927), Shadows on …
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2011 Season Pass
… April 30th. Both events are part of the 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference themed “Willa Cather and Her Popular Culture.” This spring and summer, the … your lawn chairs and blankets for “Music on the Cather Prairie” featuring Pilgrim Classic Country performing hits …
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Exhibition and Reception Offer Preview of Artwork by Hastings Area Artists
… selections and style truly capture the feel of the windy prairie. Tom Kreager of Hastings College created four … the Red Cloud Opera House at 402-746-2641 or visit www.WillaCather.org. Programming at the Willa Cather Foundation’s Red Cloud Opera House is made possible …
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Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson
… of fun, art and education on Saturday, June 25th. The Willa Cather Foundation will host a prairie photo walk, and an artist reception and book talk. … events are: 9:30 a.m. – Prairie photo walk at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie with Shane Booth 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. – …
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