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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of … always seem to me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie this fall, be sure to linger over the …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
… photographer, has been in residence with the National Willa Cather Center since early July to photograph the landscapes … about Cather and sought out her other works, contacted the Foundation, and on a return visit to New Mexico last year …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, and exploring the prairie and rural … and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between Omaha, Nebraska, and … archive, art gallery, Opera House; not to mention the events held at the Opera House, or our conferences. It was …
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Suicide Grave
… suicide grave in My Antonia was described by Willa Cather as a little island of tall red grass. Francis … under and under until it had almost disappeared from the prairie; when all the fields were under fence, and the roads …
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Free Events happening at the 62nd Annual Spring Conference
… at the 62nd Annual Spring Conference May 24, 2017 The Willa Cather Foundation hosts their 62nd annual Spring Conference … sites in the United States — one of which is the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. Glass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, in the Red …
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Welcome, New Board Members!
… New Board Members! December 11, 2015 We at the Willa Cather Foundation are proud to work with a board that … and president and board member of the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center. Her hobbies are reading, history, … fashion and reading. In addition to her role on the Willa Cather Foundation board of governors, she sits on the …
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WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark
… Anniversary of The Song of the Lark July 14, 2015 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th anniversary of … About the Prairie and Night Sky Viewing The Willa Cather Memorial Prairie is a botanical treasure consisting of 612 …
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Jorn Olsen Photography
… River to the vivid colors of an autumn sunset over the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, Olsen creates magnificent images of …
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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012
… May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium preceding it will be focused on Cather the poet, on poetry, and on today's poets from the … have long noted her sharp presentation of herself as prairie poet with "Prairie Spring" at the beginning of her …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012
… Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the … Cather's life and work; visits to the 608-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie with time for on-site nature writing; and a …
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