Search Results

654 results found

Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann

… Online Now Join us for an engaging conversation about Nebraska memoir with Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann, two writers with Nebraska roots who explore the world in order to learn more … of California, to the fossil beds and grass prairies of Nebraska, to the scrimshaw shops and tangled forests of …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Virtual Author Series: Tracy Daugherty

… and misunderstandings.  Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. About the Author Tracy …
Posted:
Last Updated:

My Ántonia

… driven to suicide by the oceanic loneliness of life on the Nebraska prairie. Through the eyes of Jim Burden, her tutor …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Annotations from the Archives: The Library

… local organizations or simply had to purchase their own small selection of reading materials. In 1913, the new Red Cloud YMCA created a library in one of its rooms, with material donated by the P.E.O. club, … It's unclear what became of the Carnegie application. The photo of Willa Cather reading to her younger siblings is …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Music in Willa Cather's Writing

… with Part I of  The Song of the Lark  reflects the colorful people and cultures in which the irrepressible Thea Kronborg … of the novel fades into the background. Playlist II   Part III: "Stupid Faces" Part IV: "The Ancient People" The music serving as backdrop to Part III …
Posted:
Last Updated:

John William Boone & Cather

… “his father’s field” echoes Cather’s desire to render her Nebraska experiences in a new way. In a 1918 review for  The … developed with the support and assistance of: Humanities Nebraska John William Boone Heritage Foundation Missouri State Archives Nebraska State Historical Society State Historical Society …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!

… Humanities Internship at the NWCC offers an experiential learning opportunity for an advanced undergraduate … between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center. Nolan Bennett , originally from Kearney, … on the rolling plains of the Midwest” and is enjoying the prairie and farmland around Red Cloud, and being close to …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Blixt Locally Grown

… and high quality arts experiences to communities across Nebraska.  The Friday evening performance is free to the … and high quality arts experiences to communities across Nebraska. Past projects include  Winter Without Mama ,  The …
Posted:
Last Updated:

The Collections at National Willa Cather Center

… through Friday. During special events like Willa Cather Spring Conference and the Willa Cather International Seminar, the …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Visions Seen in the Air: An Invitational Exhibit

… Water. Coupled with Cather’s evocative nonfiction piece, “Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle,” readers see the many ways that Cather’s home town of Red Cloud, Nebraska, has continued to occupy a major place in American … home that would later inspire Cather as she created her six Nebraska novels. Exhibiting artists include: Shane Booth, …
Posted:
Last Updated: