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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … 2023   Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! Donate Now The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national … new fire and intrusion alarm systems, roof replacement, foundation repair, recreation of the original fence, and …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in … for the character Thea Kronborg in her next novel,  The Song of the Lark . Cather visits Nebraska.  1915  — Cather publishes  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Book Club Resources

… The Professor's House The Professor's House Alexander's Bridge Alexander's Bridge My Mortal Enemy My Mortal Enemy Shadows on the Rock …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023

Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… the National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to … The Center’s mobile app also offers a 30-minute narrated tour of the Willa Cather Childhood Home. About the Willa …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Republican Valley Community Theatre

… Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Middletown is a deeply moving and humorous play that explores the universe of a small American town. As a friendship develops between longtime resident … as Mechanic Janice Hartman as Librarian Tracy Tucker as Tour Guide Jordan Martin as Male Tourist and Janitor Laurie …
Posted: 12/08/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… The bank has always been a part of our guided town tour, but the renovated spaces will soon allow our guests to … Ludlow, a retired minister, purchased our old home north of town where Herb Lambrecht now lives. . . . Having a large …
Posted: 12/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!

… that were designed for the Holy Family Church in Watertown, New York, won the grand prize at the St. Louis World's … Hospital administration by arriving for an unannounced tour. We can only conjecture about when memorial windows … a tribute to her parents and old friends, and a gift to the town that inspired her so. To learn about the 2021 …
Posted: 12/15/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!

… Image Image 10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather! April 26, 2023 Experience the prairie world of … writer Willa Cather in Red Cloud, Nebraska! This year, the National Willa Cather Center, and the nation, is honoring … Here are 10 ways that you, too, can celebrate while visiting Nebraska this year (or around the country)! 1. Hike …
Posted: 04/18/2023
Last Updated: 05/02/2023

Celebrate Prairie Spring!

… Friday April 7! We'll welcome Spring to the prairie with tours and readings at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in … and open to the public, tickets are needed for the prairie tour and movie screening. You may purchase online or in our … drive by caravan to the prairie 3:00 p.m.     Take a guided town tour (additional charge) of sites connected to Willa …
Posted: 02/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2023

Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… staff since 2017, when she was hired as a part-time tour guide before becoming our first education coordinator … the growth of commerce and the evolution of Red Cloud as a town via Cather’s acquaintance with Silas and Lyra Garber. I’m fascinated by how a rural town sprouts up—not from nothing, but from a place that was …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023

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