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Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud
… Journey of Thirteen Bereaved Mothers took in all that Cather country has to offer, including tours , a weeklong stay at our historic lodging properties , and catered meals. Organized by Carol … newly restored Pavelka Farmstead . In preparation for their visit, the group read My Ántonia . Education coordinator …
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MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner
… from the National Willa Cather Center donated copies of My Ántonia and Willa: The Story of Willa Cather, an American …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie
… and friends and to “get out among the folk who like me for myself,” as she said in a 1921 interview. "The ideas for all my novels have come from things that happened around Red … over our heads making slow shadows on the grass. . . ." —My Ántonia For more about the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center
… Image Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center March 25, … sharing their passion on social media. We hope they will donate as well as spread the word.” Gallagher added that the …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation
… collaboration dedicated to preserving the sites and artifacts related to Pulitzer Prize winning author, Willa … her formative years—six historic properties and supporting collections will be transferred to the Willa Cather … Willa Cather Center will remain a primary location to learn about and research one of America's most iconic …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi
… Nancy and Bernie Picchi recently made a major gift to our Campaign for the Future with a generous pledge of $50,000 that was issued …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment
… Image Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment February 19, 2021 Literature enthusiasts … to the ongoing work of the Willa Cather Foundation’s Campaign for the Future . The Robert and Ardis James Foundation has made a …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021
… of Anna Sadilek Pavelka (Cather's prototype for Ántonia), Antonette provided us with a link to a connection … she was a friend. Antonette passed away on Friday, August 13, at the age of 101. She was a blessing to have known, and … when you think about old times, won't you?" Cather wrote in My Ántonia . "And I guess everybody thinks about old times, …
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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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