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Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the … the property of Grace Episcopal church," including a raised foundation for the addition of a basement and the west …
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Visions Seen in the Air: An Invitational Exhibit
… in Red Cloud will be a celebration of 150 years of Willa Cather’s life and work. As part of that celebration, we will … memory are on full display as she so poignantly creates a world that is both Red Cloud and the fictional Sweet Water. …
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Free Author Talk: Bruce Whitacre
… be reading poetry from his book The Elk in the Glade: The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie Hicks. The book … the talk. —Purchase The Elk in the Glade from our National Willa Cather Center Bookstore or online here — …
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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package
… Image Image “I am not exaggerating . . . I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in … with our newly launched "A Walk In Her Footsteps" weekend tour! The National Willa Cather Center proudly offers a wide … activities and authentic experiences. From her quaint childhood home to the windswept prairie that memorializes …
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Celebrate Prairie Spring!
… Spring to the prairie with tours and readings at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in the afternoon, and a screening of … of the last remaining intact temperate grasslands in the world. Presented through voices from three different …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… becoming our first education coordinator in 2019. In the fall of 2022, she was promoted to director of education and … of my job is our Teacher Institute program that takes place each summer. We launched this last year, and it was so … an Opera House show or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that …
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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Staff Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National Willa Cather Center staff reflect upon what they're grateful for … Red Cloud and part of the talented team at the Willa Cather Foundation. I love being part of an organization that brings …
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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 … sense of unless you remember that we were first called the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, and so a great many of Red … I don’t think she would want “her things” on display or her biography used to parse her writing. But I do recognize that …
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Ways of Reading: On the Road with Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project
… of the Los Angeles-based Artillery magazine, visited the Cather literary sites and prairie landscapes where Youd … literary pilgrimages that would take Youd all over the world. Now, almost a decade later, I’m in Red Cloud, … to watch Youd (pronounced you’d) perform a retyping of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark . Speaking of larks: …
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"Red Cloud circa 1900" on Display
… painting is also featured in the 2015 “Legacy of Nebraska” calendar, which is available for purchase in-store at Cather …
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