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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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Annotations from the Archives: The Cather Family Library
… details of "The Grief of the Pasha" in her 1915 novel, The Song of the Lark. Image Willa Cather wrote her name and the year 1882 in … part of both of the family's Red Cloud homes between 1884–1936. Some of the books were published far earlier and may …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather
… the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library … Douglas Avenue Ames , IA 50010 United States For Further Information Join us for an evening of readings to celebrate …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen in print) has established true texts … from and references to Cather’s own letters. Thus without question, the complex brilliance Skaggs saw in Cather during … Opera House , now restored and the offices and performance space of the National Willa Cather Center, was built in 1885 …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … took ownership of the Willa Cather Childhood Home from History Nebraska in 2019 and is committed to preserving and … new fire and intrusion alarm systems, roof replacement, foundation repair, recreation of the original fence, and …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday
… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Poudre Libraries — … and cemented the reputation her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers! [1913], The Song of the Lark [1915], and …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… miles by team and wagon to the precinct of Catherton. They settle at the homestead of William and Caroline Cather. … oration in the Red Cloud Opera House. One of only three members in her class, Cather is the only student not … need, sends $50 to Annie Sadilek Pavelka to be used for a gift. Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm …
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Book Club Resources
… Book Club Resources The National Willa Cather Center can provide materials for your book club or … it influenced the landscape or the characters of her writing. Read excerpts from your book club pick amongst the …
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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… opera houses you've performed in? The difference is in the size and opulence. The Detroit Opera, where I sang Adele in …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… enjoyment of future generations. Projected to reopen in 2023, the restored home will create a more immersive … years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
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