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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
… Spring Conference We host an annual Spring Conference in Red Cloud, Nebraska, where Cather scholars, …
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Author Series & Book Signing: Karen Russell
… honored and delighted to welcome acclaimed writer Karen Russell to the Red Cloud Opera House to discuss her new novel, The Antidote . Set in Uz, a … an ASL interpreter, or any other accommodations, please contact our Visitor Services Coordinator, Nick Powers, at …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles
… Image Image 49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles November 18, … Pop Art which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • There is also an …
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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!
… on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … trip. We offer a variety of guided historic site tours, lodging, and events year round at the National Willa Cather …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… and Nebraska Master Naturalist Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist Take a Guided Prairie Tour … University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently pursuing a … to get better at the Prairie Tour, particularly talking about the plants and animals that live on the prairie. I …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!
… Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning opportunity for an advanced undergraduate … Since arriving in Red Cloud, Sarah has been a very avid prairie goer, and it's been their writing sanctuary when on …
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Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann
… monarch groves of California, to the fossil beds and grass prairies of Nebraska, to the scrimshaw shops and tangled … arts manager, and registered nurse, Ohlmann finally lands in Texas, buys a house, and gets a dog. But her house … Mad Women (Dancing Girl Press, 2017), Leaving Tracks: A Prairie Guide (Finishing Line Press, 2017), and The …
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