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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… Wong, of Showtime's hit series Billions , made a low key visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center last week. Wong and Giamatti, who joined … a native of Illinois, this visit marked her first Cather experience. Both actors live and work in Brooklyn, New York, …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… Image Grant Reynard's "Straw Stack" Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal August 14, 2022 The archives are built upon the art and the science of memory. … a sense of the connections and influences at play in the archives, too. One tool of the archivist’s trade is …
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Press Room
… life. Cather was the first American writer to use the Great Plains as a detailed setting for fiction; she taught her readers how to see the prairie-plains. She built worlds. Cather’s evocation of the American … in Cather's work—in particular O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), My Ántonia (1918), One of Ours …
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The Visual Narratives of John Blake Bergers
… images. All are inspired by the works and world of Willa Cather, but also capture Bergers' own experience of growing up on the Nebraska plains. Inspired by his first readings of Cather's work in 1975 and a later visit to Red Cloud, where he met Mildred Bennett and others …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired … her husband and daughter. You have been in Red Cloud since 2015 and employed by the Willa Cather Foundation since 2017. … an Opera House show or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that …
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56th Annual Spring Conference
… Annual Spring Conference March 10, 2011 The 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference Coming April 29-30 Red Cloud, … gossip. Conference goers will also have the opportunity to experience a bit of Cather's popular culture through a … may be purchased separately. For more information, visit www.WillaCather.org or phone toll-free 1-866-731-7304. …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie
… Image Image Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie "We come and go, but the land is … the other people and the other places I had been writing about. I loved the country where I had been a kid, where …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese
… novel. We recently interviewed Tamboni on his interest in Willa Cather’s writing, his choice of A Lost Lady for their … leaving room for much to be imagined. It was definitely an experience! As a Brazilian publisher, what do you find of … Country” here in Red Cloud?) any time soon? I’d love to visit Cather Country, and I hope it doesn’t take too long to …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi
… $50,000 that was issued as a challenge prior to this year’s Willa Cather Spring Conference. The goal was simple: match … Sites. A bibliophile and librarian, Nancy Picchi first visited Red Cloud with her sister in 1988. They made the … collections will be preserved for future generations to experience and enjoy." To donate to our Campaign for the …
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Humanities Nebraska Sponsors Free Spring Conference Events
… Image Humanities Nebraska Sponsors Free Spring Conference Events May 24, 2021 The National …
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