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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

… “Old Mrs. Harris” in the Red Cloud cemetery, or braving the root cellar at the newly restored Pavelka Farmstead . In …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese

… energetic forces behind a new independent publisher, Ponto Edita , in São Paulo, Brazil. Tamboni studied translation … a branch of linguistics, at Unibero. Protásio, editor of Uma mulher perdida , has a PhD degree in … the Brazilian publishing market for ten years before Ponto Edita, and has taught translation courses. Their inaugural …
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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

… Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their … Lingua Franca announced the release of their “Willa Cather Collection” on International Women’s Day, March 8. … prose, while conjuring the mystic beauty of Nebraska’s prairies with hand-stitched embroidery and handmade …
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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!

… 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 … from our traditional guided tour formats , outdoor-only tours led by a guide, or completely self-guided experiences. … to be hemmed in by reservations can take advantage of our walking tours of the Willa Cather Childhood Home; these …
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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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