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NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects
… Digital Projects February 16, 2021 The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to announce two new digital … apps on the Cuseum platform. Designed to enhance guided tours for Red Cloud visitors or to stand alone as an … the American Bittersweet exhibit, or take the self-guided town tour, as well as listening to audio clips and viewing …
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Guided Seasonal Tour
… While My Ántonia takes place in the late 19th Century, its themes of enduring friendship and tenacity in the face of …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… as the arrival of the “American novel,” he could not have known the many ways the novel would remain relevant to … exhibit examines the novel’s inspirations and creation, as well as considers the ways the novel still speaks to modern …
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Join Our Team
… preserving the historical settings and archival material associated with her life and writings. Since its founding in 1955, the Foundation has been headquartered in Cather's hometown of rural Red … assistance is available as is possible housing. Essential Functions Prior to Opening Develop a mission and vision for …
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Childhood Home Tour
… Image Image Image Childhood Home Tour Understand Cather's Youth The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a short walk or drive from the National Willa Cather Center. Tours last approximately 30 minutes. Restoration work at … in 1884, when Charles Cather moved his family into town from their Webster county homesteading site. Cather …
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Guided Three Building Downtown Tour
… Image Guided Three Building Downtown Tour Driving or Walking Tour This guided tour option includes the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and … and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tours last approximately 60 minutes. Book This Tour Adults: …
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Historic Sites
… dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the … to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and … Cather’s attic bedroom retains the wallpaper she selected while she worked in Dr. Henry Cook's drugstore. In …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… , made a low key visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center last week. Wong and Giamatti, who joined … Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather historic sites, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie , and a quiet stay in the … the adaption of David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of John Adams . …
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Visit
… Visit Visit the Museum No study of Cather is complete without a trip to Red Cloud. The National … Cather Prairie Cather's Red Cloud Cather's Red Cloud Guided Tours The Best Way to Explore Red Cloud The National Willa … for guided tours. Immerse yourself in the small prairie town that is home to the nation's largest collection of …
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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 … gallery and exhibit areas and space for historic site tours that will highlight connections to Red Cloud’s history … Garber Hotel Garber will be a 26-room boutique hotel in downtown Red Cloud. The facility will help achieve tourism …
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