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… the arrival of traveling productions such as The Bohemian Girl and The Mikado. As Cather herself put it, “Only real …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… Cloud Opera House and National Willa Cather Center in downtown Red Cloud. Image The Pavelka Farmstead is on our Country Tour and is the setting of the final section of My Ántonia. … assigned tour guide for a tour of seven Cather sites in town 3:00 pm — Meet with Cather Center leadership for VIP …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

School Field Trips

… will be able to: Visit all of the sites on the guided town tour , including the Willa Cather Childhood Home, Burlington … all half-day activities. Travel to a selection of country tour stops as weather and transportation permit. Walk the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

Burlington Depot

… (and several grain and livestock trains) passed through town daily, making the Red Cloud Depot a busy and exciting … story of the Burlington in Red Cloud!   Watch our virtual tour of the 2021 restoration and preservation work at this important historic site in Red Cloud! 7-Building Tour 3-Building Tour Individual Build Tour Self Guided Tour …
Posted: 07/18/2014
Last Updated: 02/26/2025

NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects

… and descriptions necessary for creating the mobile tour 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

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 …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024

"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… the best of its historic and arts offerings, while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 10/16/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… tours on December 7, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s 150th birthday. The site closed on August 15, 2022 to … Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Historic Sites

… the arrival of traveling productions such as The Bohemian Girl  and The Mikado .  The Red Cloud Opera House hosts …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

The Foster Family

… home on Red Cloud's Elm Street; she sometimes worked out of town as a nurse-companion. John worked as a laborer, a … By all accounts, the family was beloved among Red Cloud's townspeople. Early photos show that black and white children … as a civil rights leader. In 1910, he and his band began touring with the Omaha Chamber of Commerce as they traveled …
Posted: 02/25/2024
Last Updated: 02/27/2024

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