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Remembering Our Fallen
… Fallen September 12, 2011 Remembering Our Fallen . In the gallery September 19-25 A very emotional exhibit, … American Heroes and speak their names when we see their family members,” said Bill Williams, exhibit co-creator. The … for a complete traveling schedule. The author Willa Cather, who gave her commencement speech from the Red Cloud …
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World-renowned Opera Soprano, Sarah Arneson, to perform in Red Cloud
… Sarborough, whose work is currently on display in the Art Gallery. After viewing the awe-inspiring paintings and … concert features many composers who were alive during Willa Cather’s lifetime, including one of her favorite composers, … made possible with the support of Aleck & Frances Arneson Family Farms, Rick and Barb Kudrna, Heritage Bank, the …
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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
… Anniversary of The Song of the Lark July 14, 2015 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th anniversary of … a picnic and night sky viewing on the 612-acre Cather Prairie, guided tours of the Cather historic sites, an art … August 15, beginning with cocktails at 5:00 p.m. in the Art Gallery followed by a dinner and performance at 6:30 pm in …
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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
… opened Thursday with a day of scholarly presentations on Cather, her contemporaries, and the literary environment. We welcomed topics on not only Cather’s prairie landscape, but her urban and eastern landscapes, the … her exhibit It Happened Here , currently on display in the Gallery of the Red Cloud Opera House. Both exhibits showcase …
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From Our Collection: Andrews Opera Co.
… Image From Our Collection: Andrews Opera Co. August 1, 2014 One can't overstate the importance of the Red Cloud Opera House to a young Willa Cather. In a 1929 letter to friend … house was dark for most of the year, but that made its events only the more exciting." Currently on view now in the …
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