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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud
… typing The Song of the Lark in Red Cloud as part of his 100 Novels Project , every day since he arrived in town on … the 100 Novels Project ? I've been a devoted reader my entire life. Sometimes I've read for inspiration, … observe Tim Youd in Omaha's Old Market as he retypes My Ántonia in May, in partnership with the Joslyn Art Museum . …
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Student Scholarships Awarded
… to announce our 2022 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and the Leslie A. and … place, Megan Ruwe (Millard North High School) This year’s Ántonia Scholarship winner is: Chloe Berger (Berger … awarded through the Willa Cather Foundation since 1987 total more than $190,000 and have assisted more than 75 …
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Student and Educator Scholarships Awarded
… Student and Educator Scholarships Awarded July 20, 2021 Student Scholarship Recipients The National Willa Cather … to announce our 2021 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and the Leslie A. and … teacher Melissa Barry reports, “I am excited to bring my sophomores [to the NWCC]...I am really excited to get …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather
… Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 … MA) is a performance and visual artist working in painting, sculpture, and video. To date, he has retyped 71 novels at …
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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 … and her elegiac sense of life. The first work I read was My Ántonia and the line about the “. . . precious, …
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Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic
… Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic March 31, 2020 1918 was a pivotal year for Willa Cather and the world. She would publish My Ántonia , delayed until the fall of that year due to …
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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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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald
… November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa Cather Foundation's Moon Block apartments and often … is on the board of the Republican Valley Arts Council. At events, we serve as bartenders and we get to visit with … favorite Willa Cather novels? The Song of the Lark and My Antonia . If you were to tell someone who had never …
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Newly Conserved Artwork Returns
… Image Image Newly Conserved Artwork Returns October 21, 2020 Through the generosity of several of our longtime … original W.T. Benda illustration for Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia , lovingly presented to a friend. The inscription, …
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J.L. Miner House
… Image J.L. Miner House Built in 1878, the Miner house is one of the finest historic homes in … wrote to Carrie regularly throughout her life, and her book My Ántonia is dedicated "To Carrie and Irene Miner, In memory …
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