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A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop
… Writing Workshop June 29, 2015 When famed novelist Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the … she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that impacted her youth. The eighth in an annual … 9-12 in Red Cloud. This workshop is sponsored by the Willa Cather Foundation and made possible with the support of the …
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Local artists' exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House
… Red Cloud Opera House May 13, 2016 The 61st annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, “‘Both Bitter and Sweet’: Cather, Literature, and the Great War,” will focus on World … mixed media, and photography. The beautifully depicted prairie landscapes lure viewers into the exhibit and creates …
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Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud
… Writers Group Makes Its Way to Red Cloud October 20, 2021 A group of longtime writers arrived in Red Cloud and the … Farmstead . In preparation for their visit, the group read My Ántonia . Education coordinator Rachel Olsen joined the …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese
… We recently interviewed Tamboni on his interest in Willa Cather’s writing, his choice of A Lost Lady for their first publication, and Cather's attention to certain social themes and their … from Argentina. We would love to publish the whole “Prairie Trilogy” at some point in the future — it would be …
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Executive Director Ashley Olson to be Honored as "Fundraiser of the Year" by Nebraska AFP
… 7, 2019 Ashley Olson, Executive Director of the Willa Cather Foundation, will be honored at the December 17, 2019 … grants and donations in her eleven years at the Willa Cather Foundation has successfully carried the organization … Cather Center, Red Cloud Opera House, Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, and the nation’s largest collection of nationally …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing
… Center. “We’re grateful to the Lingua Franca team for supporting our mission through this unique partnership.” "It … Franca highlight Willa Cather's work. What a stylish way to support writing and reading!" The collection aims to … you to give back to nonprofits like the Willa Cather Foundation? I love that Lingua Franca has been able to give …
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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 spoke with Chicago-based artist, Karen … her elegiac sense of life. The first work I read was My Ántonia and the line about the “. . . precious, …
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Community Events: Free and Open to the Public!
… May 24, 2021 Join us on Saturday, June 5 The National Willa Cather Center will host its 66th annual Spring Conference June 3–5, 2021. Willa Cather and Popular Print Culture highlights Willa Cather's … We invite visitors to join us at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and at two of our historic sites to see what we've …
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Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways
… Image Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways October 21, 2020 Autumn is one of … Street, while sunsets are especially dramatic at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie . As Cather herself wrote in The Song of the Lark , …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting
… Image Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting December 16, 2020 A recent gift of the painting Willa’s Windows , by … 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 …
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