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Celebrate Prairie Spring!

… Spring to the prairie with tours and readings at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in the afternoon, and a screening of … of the last remaining intact temperate grasslands in the world.  Presented through voices from three different …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… and engagement and, in this capacity, she will lead educational programing, site tour initiatives, and public … she is not getting to know visitors or working on educator resources, Rachel enjoys volunteering and spending time with … for meeting visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job …
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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections

… to be a part of the National Willa Cather Center. — Rachel Olsen , Director of Education & Engagement From the first …
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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 … an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means for the organization and for … like it was meant to be. Please explain more about your new role and title: how is it different from your former job …
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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 … literary pilgrimages that would take Youd all over the world. Now, almost a decade later, I’m in Red Cloud, … to watch Youd (pronounced you’d) perform a retyping of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark . Speaking of larks: …
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"Red Cloud circa 1900" on Display

… calendar, which is available for purchase in-store at Cather Books & Gifts. During the early 20th century, Red … County, and the childhood hometown of American author Willa Cather. The "horse street railway" was an important … area and where a young Cather first encountered the greater world of the performing arts. The street railway was …
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Remembering Our Fallen

… on the edge of town, and we stopped to chat about the war news. I believe he always wanted to be a soldier. I can see …
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2011 Season Pass

… theatre production on June 16th. The original play by New York playwright A.P. Andrews, “Burning Barn” which is … meaningful reminder of the preciousness of life and liberty, and the honor and sacrifice of those, our own …
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Exhibition and Reception Offer Preview of Artwork by Hastings Area Artists

… prints demonstrate a different view of the natural world. This exhibition will be on display from now until … call the Red Cloud Opera House at 402-746-2641 or visit www.WillaCather.org. Programming at the Willa Cather Foundation’s Red …
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Social Networking 1890

… Houses in their Heyday,” will be featured during the 2011 Willa Cather Spring Conference themed “Willa Cather and Her … Cather wrote in the Diamond Jubilee edition of the Omaha World-Herald on October 27, 1929. It was later re-published …
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