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Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… Tour This guided tour option includes the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and … Home , visitors will walk through rooms containing Cather family artifacts while learning about the Cather family's … are invited to shop in our bookstore, walk through the art gallery, or spend time in our permanent exhibit,  American …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Historic Sites

… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront … 1965. Efforts to save the depot were extensive, requiring relocation and a full restoration—the result of the railroad's … in 1891. The brick façade was added sometime after the Cathers joined the church in 1922. Today, Grace Episcopal …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

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

Press Room

… that follow for contact information, buzz about Cather, her ongoing relevance, links to our social media, … in literature previously. When she was nine, Cather and her family traveled west from Virginia to Webster County, … House (restored in 2003). It contains an archive, museum, gallery, and study center owned and operated by the Willa …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Catherland Through My Lens

… Image Art Gallery Friday, Jan 11, 2019 | 12am - Monday, Apr 1, 2019 | 12am Catherland Through My Lens is currently on display at the … She runs a corn/soy and cow/calf operation alongside family. Rasser is owner of the noted Starke Round Barn. She …
Posted: 12/21/2018
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

The Art Connection

… Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Friday, Feb 5, 2021 | 12am - Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 … raise cattle and crops south of Red Cloud, near the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, and many of her paintings reflect … and light in her art.  Sally Jurgensmier was raised on the family farm in central Nebraska, and her roots have never …
Posted: 01/06/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Gregory Summers, "Frivolities of Summers"

… Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Thursday, Feb 4, 2016 | 8am - Tuesday, Mar 29, 2016 … also includes a small selection of paintings depicting the Cather historic sites in Webster County and some of his … currently lives in Overland Park, KS, and visits his family in Blue Hill, NE, frequently. …
Posted: 12/07/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

From the Permanent Collection: John Blake Bergers

… Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Saturday, Jan 22, 2022 | 12am - Saturday, Feb 12, … in our permanent collection were donated to the Willa Cather Foundation by the artist himself and his family, this piece comes to us from the estate of acclaimed …
Posted: 01/14/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

The Song of the Lark Gala Dinner and Performance

… Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The Willa Cather Foundation’s Gala Dinner and Performance will take … August 15, beginning with cocktails at 5:00 p.m. in the Art Gallery followed by a dinner and performance at 6:30 pm in … through support from the Giger Foundation and the Porter Family. The Porters commissioned the piece in memory of …
Posted: 07/14/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Crossroads: Change in Rural America

… generations. These places where people gather to exchange goods, services and culture and to engage in political and …
Posted: 12/02/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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