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National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage

… Image National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage … for Cather's work on social media. We hope they will donate as well as help us spread the word about this …
Posted: 09/09/2014
Last Updated: 09/11/2014

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s influential writings. LEARN MORE National Willa Cather Center A cultural oasis on … events and performances throughout the year. Our Special Collections & Archives hold some of the priceless treasures … and with the recent addition of over 8,000 documents and artifacts related to Willa Cather. Our Red Cloud Opera House …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions

… traditions differed from our modern representations of Victorian Christmas celebrations and decorations. While the … and to smell the cedar and see the holly gleaming in the windows. Almost every one I meet has a bundle and is hurrying … to hide it. The toy shops are filled with people buying things for the children they love. It seems to me that I too …
Posted: 12/10/2024
Last Updated: 12/17/2025

Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

Image Harris (right) enjoys a beverage with Bob Thacker & Mark Madigan at the Cather Seminar in Paris in 2007 Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift Inspired by Decades of Rich Cather Experiences October 15, 2025 Willa Cather may not have been Richard …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… a trip? Browse our website, and the links below, or contact Nick Powers, Visitor Services Coordinator, at npowers@willacather.org . PLAN YOUR TRIP   My Ántonia Holiday …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… We Live" theme. The novel is set in Black Hawk, Nebraska, a town Willa Cather modeled after her childhood hometown of Red Cloud. More than that, Cather's memorable … more about the October 4th kick-off event Book a My Ántonia tour The Big Read Initiative With the support from the …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024

The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia

… student pricing is available for the tour. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National … tour and three new exhibits that celebrate Cather's 1918 novel.  Schedule of Big Read Kick-Off Events (Spend an …
Posted: 08/20/2024
Last Updated: 10/07/2024

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… come and go, but the land is always here...”  —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings … at  rolsen@willacather.org  or or (402) 746-2653.  LODGING : We offer comfortable and unique historic lodging … skies, and stay safe while you visit! Click  HERE  for more about our prairie guidelines. In 2023, celebrate our native …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Press Room

… for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please browse the sub-sections … and his creation of the Willa Cather sculpture: updated in spring 2022 with sculpture casting process] " Willa Cather … Cather. Programs include the annual Willa Cather  Spring Conferences  and biennial  International Cather Seminars , …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Tour & Theater Package

… Friday, Oct 25, 2019 | 12am - Sunday, Oct 27, 2019 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 …
Posted: 09/10/2019
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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