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In the Gallery: Art by Scott Kirby
… These pieces depict the beauty and desolateness of the prairie in Kirby's unique impressionist style. What Willa Cather was able to do with her romantic literary descriptions of the prairie Kirby has captured on canvas with his vivid use of …
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60th Annual Spring Conference to be held in Red Cloud
… 5-7, 2015, celebrating groundbreaking of the National Willa Cather Center, the Willa Cather Foundation’s 60th year, and the publication centenary … and country tours; an evening wildflower walk on the Cather Prairie; the premiere of the NET Television documentary, …
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A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop
… Writing Workshop June 29, 2015 When famed novelist Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the … she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that impacted her youth. The eighth in an annual … 9-12 in Red Cloud. This workshop is sponsored by the Willa Cather Foundation and made possible with the support of the …
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Local artists' exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House
… Red Cloud Opera House May 13, 2016 The 61st annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, “‘Both Bitter and Sweet’: Cather, Literature, and the Great War,” will focus on World … mixed media, and photography. The beautifully depicted prairie landscapes lure viewers into the exhibit and creates …
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Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud
… Farmstead . In preparation for their visit, the group read My Ántonia . Education coordinator Rachel Olsen joined the …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese
… We recently interviewed Tamboni on his interest in Willa Cather’s writing, his choice of A Lost Lady for their first publication, and Cather's attention to certain social themes and their … from Argentina. We would love to publish the whole “Prairie Trilogy” at some point in the future — it would be …
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Executive Director Ashley Olson to be Honored as "Fundraiser of the Year" by Nebraska AFP
… 7, 2019 Ashley Olson, Executive Director of the Willa Cather Foundation, will be honored at the December 17, 2019 … grants and donations in her eleven years at the Willa Cather Foundation has successfully carried the organization … Cather Center, Red Cloud Opera House, Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, and the nation’s largest collection of nationally …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing
… Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their … Lingua Franca announced the release of their “Willa Cather Collection” on International Women’s Day, March 8. … prose, while conjuring the mystic beauty of Nebraska’s prairies with hand-stitched embroidery and handmade …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”
… of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through June 30 and will be featured in our 66th … in “Coming, Aphrodite!” Then I had to figure out how to place the figure in my painting of the boarding house room …
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Community Events: Free and Open to the Public!
… May 24, 2021 Join us on Saturday, June 5 The National Willa Cather Center will host its 66th annual Spring Conference June 3–5, 2021. Willa Cather and Popular Print Culture highlights Willa Cather's … We invite visitors to join us at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and at two of our historic sites to see what we've …
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