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… It was in the Red Cloud Opera House that Willa Cather first experienced theater and opera, performed on the Opera …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

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 …
Posted: 02/16/2021
Last Updated: 02/21/2025

Guided Seasonal Tour

… Image Guided Seasonal Tour Ántonia's Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by … The novel is set in Black Hawk, Nebraska, a town Willa Cather modeled after her childhood hometown of Red Cloud. … and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tours last approximately 90 minutes. Book This Tour Adults: …
Posted: 08/23/2024
Last Updated: 01/03/2025

NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Image Image NEA Big Read: My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the … in. Because of Willa Cather’s intensity of observation, My Ántonia remains a revelation.”  — Pulitzer Prize winner …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024

Historic Sites

… Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of … restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went … priest who served this church came by train from a nearby town. A special train whistle alerted parishioners that Mass …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

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 … for a weekend of events at Omaha's Film Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather historic sites, the Willa Cather … his stay, "and to get so close to the lovely folks in the town." Giamatti is best known for his movie roles …
Posted: 08/29/2019
Last Updated: 03/08/2024

Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones

… and underpinning prepared the Potter Block building to support the eventual return of a third floor that was lost … and Red Cloud Community Fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation. The Heritage Tourism Development Office was … of Omaha, Nebraska. How You Can Help Please consider supporting the project with a charitable gift. Naming and …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023

Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!

… prairie and farmland around Red Cloud, and being close to nature. Since arriving in Red Cloud he has increased his … perfect summer would be spent delving into her life in the place Cather grew up. “ While at the National Willa Cather … • The next application process will take place in spring 2024. …
Posted: 07/07/2023
Last Updated: 07/07/2023

Event Archives

… Art Gallery Author Series International Seminar Opera House Prairie Writers Special Events Spring Conference Image Cather After Dark: Mourning, …
Posted: 02/23/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Tour & Theater Package

… breakfast); A VIP tour of our Special Collections & Archives and "American Bittersweet" exhibit; A guided  …
Posted: 10/01/2019
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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