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Initial Construction on National Willa Cather Center Begins

… Image Initial Construction on National Willa Cather Center Begins October 21, 2014 On October 9, 2014, … has been raised in private gifts and grants, including support from the Peter Kiewit Foundation, Robert B. … connected with Willa Cather, including a 612-acre prairie, her childhood home, and the Red Cloud Opera House. …
Posted: 10/23/2014
Last Updated: 12/23/2014

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

… history of the community and its intersections with Willa Cather’s life and art.   The facility will help achieve … enjoy the museum, the historic sites, the town, the Cather Prairie, and other scenic places Cather loved. An … market feasibility study concluded that the market could support an additional 30-room lodging establishment. …
Posted: 08/24/2023
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Join Our Team

… Join Our Team Career Opportunities at the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the Willa … Curation Orient guests to our bookstore, exhibit, and art gallery spaces Encourage visitors to sign our guestbook as …
Posted: 09/07/2023
Last Updated: 07/16/2025

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… My dad was a farmer who rented land.  We lived in whatever house was provided with the farmland, sometimes not the best … and I feel as if I am right there back in that time frame visiting what was taking place—kind of like being in a time … and affordably priced. Art purchases from the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery benefit the artist and help support our …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … once performed—has a changing variety of performances and gallery shows throughout the year. Watch our Event pages for …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Beneath the Wide-Open

… the energy, form, and grandeur of the Midwestern sky Art Gallery Tuesday, Mar 19 - Saturday, May 11, 2024 | All day … sky, the sky!” Death Comes for the Archbishop  The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to welcome oil painter Jonathan …
Posted: 01/04/2024
Last Updated: 04/18/2024

Red Cloud Opera House

… towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House."  —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud …  and is home to the Willa Cather Foundation offices, art gallery and bookstore.  Willa Cather Speaking About The … closed its doors as such by 1920, was owned by the Morhart family for 106 years until it was donated to the Willa …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/07/2024

Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones

… stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the buildings will become a mixed-use facility, including gallery and exhibit areas and space for historic site tours …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023

Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking

… the years. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the two buildings will become a mixed-use space, including gallery and exhibit areas that will highlight important …
Posted: 09/27/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023

Music in Willa Cather's Writing

… Image Music in Willa Cather's Writing While not a musician herself, Willa Cather … and church musician continues as a means of financial support. The frenetic pace of work and study leads the young … One of Ours. “I wanted my red-headed soldier from a prairie farm to 'get some of his back,' . . . through a fine …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/09/2023

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