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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package
… cities in Europe where I used to love to go.” – Willa Cather, 1945 Spend three inspiring days exploring Willa Cather's world and Red Cloud with our newly launched "A Walk … From her quaint childhood home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a …
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Our New Archives Intern: Chris Wolak
… via Dropbox. I then write the transcription onto a shared document. While transcribing, if there is a word I cannot …
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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National Willa Cather Center staff reflect upon what they're grateful for … work for a visionary board that is committed to advancing Cather's legacy, and I'm appreciative to lead a talented … among people who celebrate the beauty of nature and the prairie. I feel I am learning about the pioneer spirit, and …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… October 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of Education, she … and you have worked as a professional chef, as well as writing for scholarly journals. What led you to your …
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Career Opportunity for a Development Associate
… and steward a growing number of donors. About the WCF: The Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that …
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Country Rock Band, Whiskey Bent, to Perform in Red Cloud
… a rock attitude to every song we play.” Whiskey Bent began writing and performing their own songs in 2012, beginning … call the Red Cloud Opera House at 402-746-2641 or visit www.WillaCather.org . This show is sponsored by Heritage Bank. …
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Music on the Prairie
… 2:00 p.m. The band Pilgrim Classic Country explores the evolution of Country music, an American musical phenomenon, with early Jimmie Rodgers (Blue Yodels), Bob Wills’ western swing, and Sons of the … (“Tumbling Tumbleweeds”) as well as musical greats Hank Williams and Ernest Tubbs and the classic country era of …
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60th Annual Spring Conference to be held in Red Cloud
… June 5-7, 2015, celebrating groundbreaking of the National Willa Cather Center, the Willa Cather Foundation’s 60th year, and … focus on the novel and on the arts that influenced Cather’s writing. Richard Norton Smith is an author, historian, and a …
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I Love A Prairie: Author Pam Houston Visits Red Cloud
… her time here. She and her husband stayed at the Villa Willa ("too short") in the Moonstone Block above the National Willa Cather, and took a guided tour with education coordinator, … and at U.C. Davis, and directs the literary nonprofit, Writing by Writers . She lives in Colorado near the …
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