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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist
… Photographer, and Philanthropist December 29, 2020 The Willa Cather Foundation has lost a dear friend and supporter in … in Lucia’s memory. If you are so inclined, you may donate here . OBITUARIES in The New York Times : LUCIA …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald
… 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa Cather Foundation's Moon Block apartments and often … moved from Lincoln. What brought you to the National Willa Cather Center and Red Cloud Opera House as volunteers? The … you see the buildings and town and feel the openness of the prairie. You can easily visualize the time and placde in …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… publication of Youth and the Bright Medusa, Willa Cather's 1920 collection of eight stories, and her first … to submit your portfolio? My mother is interested in Cather and her work. She sent me the call for illustration … to visit Red Cloud and the Willa Cather Cather Memorial Prairie, though. Were there any particular things—images, …
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Autumn Offerings for Educators
… ready to enhance your class’s experience reading Willa Cather or learning about Nebraska history." This year, our … need from our guides to help students contextualize Cather’s writing. To educators we offer: Virtual Tours … Coons will perform outside at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and in the evening at the Red Cloud Opera House …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators
… 7, 2020 Visit Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O … , My Ántonia & Death Comes for the Archbishop ❧ Willa Cather once said, “I always return to Nebraska.” ❧ Visit one …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… Image Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson December 8, … Willa Cather Center in particular and what motivated you to become members of the Willa Cather Foundation? The Center does an …
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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… each of our historic sites , had a tour of our Special Collections & Archives, and visited the Willa Cather … offers one the opportunity to experience her writings and learn more about her life in the setting that so greatly … Memorial Prairie visit, and unique glimpse into our Special Collections & Archives, open up the world and legacy of …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… dozens of blossoms. They made a golden ribbon across the prairie. Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with … using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of … seem to me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
… interested in how we humans adapt and live in a particular place; how we have to work with nature and how we change the environment to do the things we …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… with our executive director, Ashley Olson. While in Red Cloud, he is living in the apartment at the Burlington … has to offer. A museum exhibit, bookstore, archive, art gallery, Opera House; not to mention the events held at the …
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