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Anna McCracken Educator Scholarship

… Scholarship To advance our educational mission, the Willa Cather Foundation created the Educator Scholarship in 2015. … Fund, this program allows educators to experience the Cather historic sites, the cultural opportunities, the … Foundation will also arrange complementary guided town and prairie tours for recipients. To apply for the Educator …
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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

… Image Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest September 27, 2022 There … Kyle. The news came from Dr. Kyle’s son, Alex Kyle, who shared that he had escorted his father to Nebraska in 2019 for … visiting south-central Nebraska, the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker

… Image Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker October 30, … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means … in almost all of these things is an intense desire to keep learning and creating—sometimes the more challenging the …
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Planning Underway for Hotel Garber

… the historic Potter-Wright building next door to the Willa Cather Foundation’s Farmers and Merchants Bank, the hotel … of Red Cloud and the prototype for Captain Forrester in Cather’s A Lost Lady . The hotel will increase the supply of … and historic sites, the town, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and other scenic places Cather loved. The design …
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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

… cowboys moving cattle, and tourist destinations such as the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and the Starke Round Barn. Jorn Olsen is …
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Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published

… Image Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published January 10, 2012 Fragments from Willa Cather’s Lost Work Published for the First Time At her death … sites related to Cather’s life and work, a 608-acre native prairie, and manages six historic sites owned by the …
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2011 Season Pass

… Kid” on April 30th. Both events are part of the 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference themed “Willa Cather and Her … hike the 608-acre ecological gem that is the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. “Who Murdered Elvis?” will be a fun …
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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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