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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

…    –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome … Why is this site/object/person important to the life and writing of Willa Cather? We hope this two-fold interpretive …
Posted: 02/14/2024
Last Updated: 10/30/2025

Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 … Why is this site/object/person important to the life and writing of Willa Cather? We hope this two-fold interpretive …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber

… Rendering of Hotel Garber The Potter-Wright Building's New Life as Hotel Garber New Downtown Event Space and Guest Accommodations … an elevator to provide visitors with full access to our new permanent exhibit,  Making a Place: A Long History of …
Posted: 08/24/2023
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Willa Cather … the link that follows. Banquet & Readers Theater Tickets To learn more about the recent restoration of the Willa Cather … Arts Council. His work can be found in  Rattle, Poet Lore, Prairie Schooner , and in hundreds of other …
Posted: 05/13/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… & Merchants Bank As we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather's A Lost Lady , a new permanent exhibit for the … in A Lost Lady . The bank is used in two of Cather's other writings: the short story "Two Friends," and the novel Lucy …
Posted: 07/18/2023
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Virtual Author Series: Joanna Biggs, Richard Scott Larson, and Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum

… Oct 16, 2025 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Help us welcome three writers from our first Willa Cather Residency … penitentiary. Tensions emerge as the community learns more about this child and her connection to long-held local … senior editor at  Harper’s Magazine  and her book of essays about women writers,  A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women …
Posted: 08/14/2025
Last Updated: 08/15/2025

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… others grace the edges of our visitor trails.  As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water … is an excellent grassland birding site. Photography is welcome. Please observe a few simple park rules: Absolutely …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/29/2025

We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place

… day This summer, the Red Cloud Opera House is excited to welcome artists Steven Tamayo, Paul High Horse, and Anne … the Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Cultural Endowment. About Our Artists Steve Tamayo Steve Tamayo is a traditional …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 06/17/2025

Visual Antithesis

… 68970 United States The Red Cloud Opera House is proud to welcome Kearney artist Daniel Garringer to our gallery in … an interview with Daniel Garringer here on our website! About Daniel Garringer Image Artist Daniel Garringer Artist …
Posted: 01/21/2025
Last Updated: 03/18/2025

An Interview with Artist Daniel Garringer

… spoke with Garringer, an artist from Kearney, Nebraska, about his artistic process and inspirations.  "I enjoy … for a moment and say, 'Wait, why is that?'”  Tell us a bit about your relationship to your art and inspiration, … this can be seen in the painting titled  Intolerance . The welcome mat was from our front entry and the thermometer was …
Posted: 03/18/2025
Last Updated: 03/18/2025

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