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Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day
… Image Nebraska Roll of Honor for Grosvenor P. Cather Annotations …
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Opportunities for Willa Cather Research & Scholarship
… for Cather research and study in the foremost Willa Cather archives at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at the … research on Willa Cather in UNL Archives and Special Collections and in the Archive of the NWCC. Scholars from … the need to conduct research in UNL Archives and Special Collections, although researchers are also encouraged to …
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Willa Cather and One of Ours: A Dramatic Reading
… programs celebrating Cather's work and its connections to Nebraska history. Adapted by Omaha playwright Scott Working, … of excerpts from Cather's acclaimed novel features seven Nebraska actors who will give voice to Claude Wheeler and … programs. Funding for this event was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… "Where We Live" theme. The novel is set in Black Hawk, Nebraska, a town Willa Cather modeled after her childhood … real-life friend, Anna Sadilek Pavelka, who immigrated to Nebraska from Bohemia (the Czech Republic today) in 1880. …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams
… inspiration for her play, Not Too Far Distant, from the Nebraska Stories of Humanity : Holocaust Survivors & WWII … The collection aims to centralize access to the history of Nebraska Holocaust survivors and WWII liberators of Nazi … O. “Willie” or “C.O.” Williams grew up in Crescent, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa. He married Gretchen …
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Community Collaboration: Minari
… Screening with Film Streams™ in Omaha, Nebraska Special Events Tuesday, Aug 20, 2024 | 6 - 7:55pm CT Film Streams™ … of family and what really makes a home. Loosely based on Willa Cather’s texts and in celebration of her 150th … Globe and Critics’ Choice wins, along with multiple Academy Award, Independent Spirit, BAFTA and SAG nominations. The …
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Not Too Far Distant
… Red Cloud Opera House is made possible with the support of Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. ADA Accessibility The National …
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Interview with Becky Boesen
… for the play. Tell us a bit about yourself as a Nebraska playwright/dramatist/actress? When I was a toddler, my family transplanted to Nebraska from the Ozarks. I remember the stark contrast … lush Ozark mountains and what at the time felt like a dry Nebraska desert. I was always a spirited child, but also an …
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Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World
… twentieth century, Willa Cather’s work was shaped by her Nebraska upbringing. Dr. Shively will discuss many aspects … and its potential influence, as well as her travels across Nebraska and through Wymore—which she alluded to in her …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia
… Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa Cather Center 425 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … readings to enhance a self-guided tour of the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and to enjoy a slice of Anna Pavelka's …
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