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Remembering Our Fallen

… for a complete traveling schedule. The author Willa Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud … met him just on the edge of town, and we stopped to chat about the war news. I believe he always wanted to be a soldier. I can see …
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World-renowned Opera Soprano, Sarah Arneson, to perform in Red Cloud

… hour concert features many composers who were alive during Willa Cather’s lifetime, including one of her favorite … Prize winner William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and Experience . Sarah also founded an award-winning chamber … please call the Red Cloud Opera House at 402-746-2641 or visit www.WillaCather.org. Programming for the Cather …
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Lynn R. Wolfe's Red Cloud Roots and a Century of Creation

… noted artist and scholar Lynn R. Wolfe was raised on his family’s Webster County dairy farm near Red Cloud, along … some of it to Red Cloud. “He was a big fan of the Willa Cather Foundation,” she added, “so I am pleased that we … exhibition, click HERE . You can also view a virtual gallery HERE . Learn more about Lynn R. Wolfe’s prolific and …
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NEH Awards $50,000 Covid Relief Grant for Digitizing Collections

… and reopen sites, facilities, and programs. The Willa Cather Foundation received $50,000 toward the ongoing tour … website. Efforts will focus on digitization and online gallery creation featuring approximately 1,200 historic photos of Willa Cather, her friends and family, and early Red Cloud. Documents related to Red …
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Lynn R. Wolfe: A Retrospective

… Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021 | 12am - Wednesday, Sep 1, … Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather Center is honored to remember the legacy of Red … acrylic sculpture. Thanks to the generosity of the Wolfe family, several of Wolfe's pieces are part of the permanent …
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WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark

… Image WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark July 14, 2015 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th …
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Spring Conference 2009: A Story of a Photograph

… of Nebraska-Lincoln Archives and Special Collections for a gallery exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House, I came across one image that I liked very much. In it, Willa Cather is holding a small baby, her niece Helen Louise … here was a scene that understood Cather as part of a family, as an aunt playing with a baby, and not just as an …
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2014 Spring Conference Highlights

… Project, Roberta and James Woodress Fund; John A (Jay) Yost and G. Wade Leak; Virgil and Dolores Albertini; Marion … LIPS Printing; Dr. Susan N. Maher; C. Kay Stahly; John and Ardis Yost; The Chicken Coop, Downtown Grand Island; William …
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From Our Collection: Andrews Opera Co.

… importance of the Red Cloud Opera House to a young Willa Cather. In a 1929 letter to friend and journalist Harvey … ), but they sang all of these in English. According to a family story, Enrico Caruso himself was refused a place on … Currently on view now in the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery are some of the posters from the Andrews Opera …
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