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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

… A group of longtime writers arrived in Red Cloud and the prairie this September in search of inspiration and … Journey of Thirteen Bereaved Mothers took in all that Cather country has to offer, including tours , a weeklong … coordinator Rachel Olsen joined the writers at the Cather Second Home to lead a lively evening discussion of …
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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

… Image Executive Director Ashley Olson to be Honored as "Fundraiser of the Year" by Nebraska AFP December 7, 2019 Ashley Olson, Executive Director of the Willa Cather …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… and designer Rachelle Hruska MacPherson’s grandparents’ home in Ceresco, Nebraska as well as on the Hruska Family Farm, in Ulysses, Nebraska. Recently, we asked Rachelle more … Plains, and Red Cloud, that you share with people who’ve never been here before? The more I travel, the more I come …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”

… Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery … June 30 and will be featured in our 66th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June. Karen will be in Red Cloud … of 2017, I read Alex Ross's "A Walk in Willa Cather's Prairie" in The New Yorker . I had always thought the images …
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Community Events: Free and Open to the Public!

… Image Community Events: Free and Open to the Public! May 24, 2021 Join us on Saturday, June 5 The … Print Culture highlights Willa Cather's numerous magazine publications of her short stories and serialized novels and …
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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 the best times of year to visit Red Cloud. Sunrises linger over the brick façades of … experience with historic and cultural attributes, unique lodging and dining, and a spectacular prairie landscape far …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… in 2005. “I was at Allan’s house, and he knew I liked Willa Cather, and I said, 'Gee, I just have to have that … “who explores the essence of life on the great American prairie” in a profile in National Geographic . “I love … at the Stokes family farm. “I enjoyed being where Willa Cather grew up and being in the setting for several of her …
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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist

… and Philanthropist December 29, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation has lost a dear friend and supporter in … York, and Nebraska, Woods Lindley is perhaps best known to Cather enthusiasts for her exquisite landscape and intimate … Conservancy to purchase the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and to provide an endowment for its management and …
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