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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
… of how people can be good stewards of the land. “Now people can understand, too, that we can restore, fix and … at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House exhibit from November 5 to December 14. The vector … Native person who’s holding on to our traditions in new ways,” Myles says. “I just wanted to create books that …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory
… Image Artist Karen Thurlow Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory Local Artist Creates "Webster County … the best house but my mother made each house a wonderful home. I attended school at Batin (the little tin … We always ate well thanks to big gardens, canning, and homegrown meat. Both of my parents were also born and raised …
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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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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
… Online Now Join us for an engaging conversation about Nebraska memoir with Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann, two writers with Nebraska roots who explore the world in order to learn more … of California, to the fossil beds and grass prairies of Nebraska, to the scrimshaw shops and tangled forests of …
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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… with a English degree and concentration in American Literature, and a minor in Psychology. Nolan says he feels very much “at home on the rolling plains of the Midwest” and is enjoying the prairie and … of an author looks like and means. It has also been a great experience working with other like-minded people who …
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Event Archives
… Art Gallery Author Series International Seminar Opera House Prairie Writers Special Events Spring Conference Image Cather wrote to decline a lecture request in 1925, using … OUT! PLEASE CALL OUR BOX OFFICE AT 402-746-2653 TO INQUIRE ABOUT REMAINING TICKETS. Learn More Image The National …
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Virtual Author Series: Pam Houston
… Houston! Join us as Houston shares excerpts from her book, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country, and discusses the …
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