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… Tour Options Red Cloud Opera House Upcoming Events & Rental Info Built in 1885, the Red Cloud Opera House transports …
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Botanical Print Workshop
… Workshop We are excited to host Kansas artist Laura Mead to learn the secrets of botanical printing on textiles during a … Cloud! During the workshop, the artist and National Willa Cather Center staff will lead group participants in plant selection at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, before we gather in the Creative Hub to learn the …
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Annotations from the Archive: Back to School
… out until the sun dips, finally, below the western-most prairie hills and the blue hour deepens to black. During … and returned to school. In just such a moment, Willa Cather’s earliest known letter was written at the end of … can have value if only you continue to reflect, improve, learn, discover, and grow. How did you spend your summer …
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“On the Bright Edges”: Landscape and Longing
… Image The prairie landscape inspired Cather's Nebraska novels and … theatre, new works and theatre for young audiences! Learn More F. Marvin Hannah, Jr. Baritone & Actor F. Marvin …
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Spring Conference
… an annual Spring Conference in Red Cloud, Nebraska, where Cather scholars, general readers, and those interested in … to tour Cather's Red Cloud, hike the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, enjoy a live performance in the Red Cloud Opera House, and learn even more about Cather's life and writing. No Events …
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Author Series & Book Signing: Karen Russell
… Friday, Apr 4, 2025 | 7 - 8:30pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … in the aftermath of Black Sunday, The Antidote follows a "Prairie Witch,” whose body serves as a bank vault for … peoples’ memories and secrets; a Polish wheat farmer who learns how quickly a hoarded blessing can become a curse; …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles
… in the field until she reached adulthood and started learning more about Dakota history in Minnesota, something … to rectify the past by restoring the area back to a Native prairie. She says she hopes the installation will bring a … to the Dakota/Lakota Language” at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House exhibit from November …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory
… in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town … I attended school at Batin (the little tin schoolhouse) and Prairie Gem until I completed the eighth grade and then went … I really wanted to do that but it did not stop me from learning and doing art. There really was no art in grade …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • Learn • Shop • Stay "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … historic sites and settings —even a longer Country Tour and Prairie Tour! When planning your visit, all tours can be …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… Image Our guided Prairie Tour will have new enhancements thanks to Nick's … or the University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently … Prairie is a special and unique place.” What did you learn that might specifically apply to the interpretation …
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