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Historic Sites
… to Willa Cather's life and writing. “Every time I talked about Cather in Webster County,” Mildred Bennett said in an … with Cather's life. Today, our organization owns and operates the nation's largest collection of … author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. …
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The Passing Show
… her introduction for the 2023 Penguin Classics edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop, Fajardo-Anstine writes, "The novel reminded …
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Author Series and Book Signing: Gail Shaffer Blankenau
… Online Now Observe National Nebraska Day by learning more about the complex history of the state's south central … Sisters' Escape from Nebraska Territory , at the Red Cloud Opera House auditorium at 1:00 p.m. central time. Blankenau's book …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the tiny enclave of French culture that was Quebec City at the end of the seventeenth … an important first step for Cather—she wrote much of the material it published herself, fiction, nonfiction, and …
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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading
… Image Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather Special Events Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 | 7 - 8pm … , and Bellow’s There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction , also a New York Times Editors’ Choice. His edition of the collected stories of Susan Sontag, Debriefing , was published by …
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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined
… Special Events Friday, Dec 15, 2023 | 1 - 2pm Red Cloud Opera House and Art Gallery 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Join us for a lecture about Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Also accompanying the family are Rachel Boak, the hired girl Marjorie (Margie) Anderson, and Willa’s cousins Bess … Isabelle. Getting ready to write a novel about Virginia ( Sapphira and the Slave Girl ), Cather revisits that her native state with …
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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the … 281 near Lebanon, Kansas). If you're searching for the best location for a spectacular Nebraska sunset, sunrise, or even … and includes settings from Willa Cather's novels and childhood: homesteads and related cemeteries, churches, the …
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68th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… life and legacy here in Nebraska. Just as Cather wrote about the "certain qualities of feeling and imagination" … Officer Richard Millington (Speaker), Smith College In the Opera House: The Bel Canto Duo Image Bel Canto Duo The Bel Canto …
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The Visual Narratives of John Blake Bergers
… The work of John Blake Bergers returns to our Red Cloud Opera House gallery! Comprised of pieces from our permanent … A digital gallery of the exhibit will remain on display. About the Artist: John Blake Bergers (1931-2011) was a …
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