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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.  Book a Tour Located at … in 1884, when Charles Cather moved his family into town from their Webster county homesteading site.  Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

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

… Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years.   As part of our NEA Big Read programming, guests are … W. 3rd Street This is the site where Anna Sadilek Pavelka’s first child was baptized and where Anna was married. This …
Posted: 08/23/2024
Last Updated: 01/03/2025

NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by … what we have lost and what we have gained, what the author knew and what she didn’t know that she knew, but that …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024

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: …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

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

… who joined filmmaker Alexander Payne for a weekend of events at Omaha's Film Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather … and shared that he was currently reading Cather's  The Song of the Lark and had particularly enjoyed  Death Comes for the …
Posted: 08/29/2019
Last Updated: 03/08/2024

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 … 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 …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 08/24/2023

Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!

… between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center. Nolan Bennett , originally from Kearney, … helping out guests by working in the bookstore and giving town tours around Red Cloud, as well as researching resources for …
Posted: 07/07/2023
Last Updated: 07/07/2023

Event Archives

Event Archives Keywords Type - Any - Art Gallery Author Series International Seminar Opera House Prairie Writers Special Events Spring Conference Image One-Day Bus Tour to the National Willa Cather Center Special Events: Saturday, Sep 19, 2026 | All day …
Posted: 02/23/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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