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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
… Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 … MA) is a performance and visual artist working in painting, sculpture, and video. To date, he has retyped 71 novels at …
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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 … showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through June 30 and will be featured in our 66th annual Willa Cather … and her elegiac sense of life. The first work I read was My Ántonia and the line about the “. . . precious, …
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Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic
… Image Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic March 31, 2020 1918 was a … Day, November 11, 1918, which ended the war. Meanwhile, the great "Spanish Flu" pandemic raged throughout the world. … I used to see him in his room after dinner. His death is a great loss to me. He was the oldest friend I had in this …
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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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J.L. Miner House
… wrote to Carrie regularly throughout her life, and her book My Ántonia is dedicated "To Carrie and Irene Miner, In memory … The J.L. Miner House was featured as the Harling House in My Ántonia. 7-Building Tour Individual Build Tour Self …
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Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!
… Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, 2020 … our educational resources, as well as revising our walking tour brochure, and prairie signage. Both Alise and … on-site, he is most interested in experiencing the guided tours and also visiting the prairie. Much like one of his …
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Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring
… sites both in town and in the country. Students reading My Ántonia or learning about Nebraska history will benefit from … Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org or 402-746-2653. …
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