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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
… the 100 Novels Project ? I've been a devoted reader my entire life. Sometimes I've read for inspiration, … observe Tim Youd in Omaha's Old Market as he retypes My Ántonia in May, in partnership with the Joslyn Art Museum . … to Alfred A. Knopf and Blanche Wolf Knopf, May 16, 1923: “The Oliver typewriter which Mr. Samuel Knopf ordered …
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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 … at rolsen@willacather.org . Application information for 2023 is available on our Scholarships page and annual deadlines …
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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 … at www.willacather.org and annual deadlines are January 31, February 28, and April 20. Educator Scholarship … 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
… Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The … in their entirety: O Pioneers !, The Song of the Lark and My Ántonia . These will be the 72nd, 73rd and 74th performances …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”
Image Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.” May 19, 2021 We recently spoke with Chicago-based artist, Karen Vierneisel, whose exhibit Memories in Light and Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather …
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Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic
… the Sherwood family, is now in the National Cather Center Archives & Collections. My dear Carrie; It has been a long …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting
… for several of her classic novels about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song of the Lark .” A few years ago, Ruth … contact Executive Director, Ashley Olson at (402) 746-2653 or by email at aolson@willacather.org …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald
… favorite Willa Cather novels? The Song of the Lark and My Antonia . If you were to tell someone who had never …
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Newly Conserved Artwork Returns
… original W.T. Benda illustration for Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia , lovingly presented to a friend. The inscription, … & Archivist, at ttucker@willacather.org or (402) 746-2653. …
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