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… December 7, 2015 Ask anyone who works at the Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) what his/her favorite part of the work is, … or a casual fan, social media visitor, or someone who just happens to be passing through, it's humbling to know … one of the reasons we’re extremely careful and thoughtful about how we allocate funds to meet the Foundation’s needs. …
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IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center

… Image IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center September 21, 2015 Thanks to a Learning … center for approximately 8,000 national and international visitors annually. The exhibit, to be entitled American …
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New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital

… Sept. 5 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 27 with essays about correspondence to Louise Pound, Sarah Orne Jewett, F. … Store. Yours, Willa Cather is funded in part by the NET Foundation for Television, Humanities Nebraska and the …
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2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success

… and 5 countries to Red Cloud and Lincoln, with 289 taking part in the activities and paper sessions. The conference theme, “’Fragments of Desire’: Cather and the Arts,” focused on both the publication centenary of Cather’s … which will remain on display in the Red Cloud Opera House gallery through August 31, were all created in response to …
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WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark

… artists include: Jenine Wilhelms, Deb Kubik, Amy Springer, Carol Thompson, Toni Turnquist, Mark Moseman, … Florilege International Competition for Choral Singing in 2014 and the European Gran Prix for Choral Singing in 2015. … was organized in conjunction with the 60th annual Spring Conference and 15th International Seminar, themed “Fragments …
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Albertinis Become Charter Members of Legacy Society

… over Thanksgiving break. During the visit, they learned about the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. The couple later … to visit Red Cloud, discover Cather and recognize her not just as a Nebraska or Midwest writer, but as one of the best …
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WCF Collection Grows

… Willa Cather Center and the new archival facility to be housed within it, additions to our archival collection … through the generosity of both new and old friends of the Foundation. Inscribed Cather photos, historic family photos, … family items which had been given to her mother. To inquire about archival holdings or schedule a visit, please contact …
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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012

… and the one-day scholarly symposium preceding it will be focused on Cather the poet, on poetry, and on today's poets … -10:45 a.m. Remarks by Thomas Reese Gallagher, Willa Cather Foundation Vice-President and Leslie Levy, Willa Cather … prose is "poetic," very few readers have had much to say about Cather's own poetry. In 1962 scholar Bernice Slote …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012

… 26, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the world she knew best, she turned for … that affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to host a Prairie Writers' Workshop … in men and women." In this writing workshop, we will focus on identifying the themes and motifs that may already …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska

Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth Century" says, "from the literary standpoint, Red Cloud ranks as one of the most famous villages in American Literature." This is because Red Cloud is home to the largest …
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