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A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop
… famed novelist Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the world she knew best, she turned for … Andrews' Nebraska Cycle is a series of ten plays about life in the rural Midwest, and includes Abby in 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
… 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
… 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.”
… my own photographs. I paint en plein air because I learn about light and it forces me to simplify. But I hate the … a natural before any formal training? People are curious about an artist’s process and inspirations, and what … in mid-life. But in retirement, I decided to become serious about painting. It’s been thirteen years since I started in …
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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 … to add new interpretation and exhibits. Our Red Cloud Opera House Gallery and National Willa Cather Center Bookstore …
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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
… and being in the setting for several of her classic novels about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song … with his wife Sandee, Collier knew he had to start thinking about what he was going to do with his paintings at the age …
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