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Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… of Kirby’s program will feature Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center, photos and stories of the town, and the … with the artist at a 5:30 PM reception  15% discount on a guided Willa Cather site tour Breakfast for two on Saturday morning. Space is limited!  Book the package This show is generously sponsored by Glenda …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … and culture merge with the pleasures of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit  Red Cloud  is … ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT Willa Cather Childhood Home & Guided Tours Experience An Author's World Willa Cather’s literary …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

School Field Trips

… Trips Explore Cather's Childhood Home & More The National Willa Cather Center offers customizable experiences for … students will be able to: Visit all of the sites on the guided town tour , including the Willa Cather Childhood … help you schedule your field trip. Book a Field Trip …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… the beautiful descriptions of Christmas interiors and locations in Cather's beloved novel, My Ántonia . Several …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles … reading programs designed around a single NEA Big Read book, with an aim to broaden our understanding of our world, … annual Willa Cather Spring Conference My Ántonia -themed guided tours A special event at the recently restored …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024

The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia

… three new My Ántonia -related museum exhibits  5:00 p.m. – Gallery reception for The Artistic Nebraska Odyssey of Linda … the Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia and the oeuvre of John William “Blind” Boone, the African-American performer who …
Posted: 08/20/2024
Last Updated: 10/07/2024

Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist

… Image Our guided Prairie Tour will have new enhancements thanks to … Parks or the University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently … settlers, and why it is necessary that we preserve it. Book a Prairie Tour!     …
Posted: 08/06/2024
Last Updated: 08/06/2024

Valentine's Day Weekend Package

… is very limited. NOTE: Taxes included in package pricing. To schedule your exclusive visit, book online above …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County

… a world of mysterious flowers that had never been put into books, and the best we could do was to hitch them up with … belonged and invent names of our own for them." When Willa Cather described her prairie childhood in "The … Tucker, ttucker@willacather.org. You can also schedule a guided prairie tour (but please, no specimen collecting!) by …
Posted: 06/17/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

J.L. Miner House

… the house is the best example of the style in Red Cloud. Willa Cather's first playmate in Red Cloud was Mary Miner. … She wrote to Carrie regularly throughout her life, and her book My Ántonia is dedicated "To Carrie and Irene Miner, In … My Ántonia.   7-Building Tour Individual Build Tour Self Guided Tour The Harling House 241 North Seward Red Cloud , …
Posted: 07/16/2014
Last Updated: 10/22/2020

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