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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

… 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

… Image Ways of Reading: On the Road with Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project July 25, 2022 Artist Tim Youd spent much of … of the Los Angeles-based Artillery magazine, visited the Cather literary sites and prairie landscapes where Youd … would take Youd all over the world. Now, almost a decade later, I’m in Red Cloud, Nebraska, to watch Youd (pronounced …
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Photography by Jorn Olsen on Exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House

… 34-inch fold-out panoramic scenes. For more information about the exhibition or the public reception, please call …
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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

… 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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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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