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"She was nearly as strong as I": Being Woman in the Workplace
… Professionals for a special session on the life and work of Willa Cather. This is a great opportunity to learn more … near Black Hawk, eventually raising a large family of children on a farm. How have the lives of working women in …
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Ballet Folklorico de Topeka
… “never shall it be lost, never shall it be forgotten, the children of the Aztecs.” Get a taste of Ballet Folklorico’s … Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Programming at the National Willa Cather's Red Cloud Opera House is made possible with …
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Plain Views: Pastel and Photography
… Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Saturday, Sep 4, 2021 | 12am - Saturday, Oct 30, … view of Central Nebraska through portraiture and picture in Plain Views: Pastel and Photography . Based on the homestead …
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The Wonder of It All
… the human heart. Wallace is especially fond of staff and children at the Munroe Meyer Institute, as well as QLI and … Intercultural Senior Center. Programming at the National Willa Cather's Red Cloud Opera House is made possible with …
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Literary Societies—Annotations from the Archive
… returning to school, we always think of Frances Cather, Willa Cather's Mount Holyoke-educated aunt who came West to … have been a welcome respite from long days of managing the children and the farm, a way of recalling her old life. In … most generous gift. If you have materials related to the Cathers and their lives, we would love to talk with you! The …
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Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes
… and returned to school. In just such a moment, Willa Cather’s earliest known letter was written at the end of … who had moved to California with her husband and daughter. Cather bemoans her return to school, and with both her … “Superstition Vs. Investigation,” given from the Red Cloud Opera House stage nearly a year before she would first see …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
… conclude restoration work on the Farmers and Merchants Bank building, we now undertake the work of reinterpreting the … The bank has always been a part of our guided town tour, but the renovated spaces will soon allow our guests to … family still lived in the stockade. The school began June 3rd, 1871. She was paid $12.00 a month. …
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Celebrating Juneteenth
… Celebrating Juneteenth June 18, 2021 In 2019, the National Willa Cather Center and many from the Cather community convened … to Sapphira and the Slave Girl in the Willa Cather Review , Winter 2021 , “Songs and Sapphira: An Interview …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home
… from New York to Las Vegas for work and had stopped in Red Cloud to see the town where he’d spent summers as a … in Las Vegas to make the return trip, and he insisted they visit again so that she could see the town associated with … and son of Charles Hugh Miner and Alfretta “Retta” Ayre, Willa Cather’s first cousin. It was Hugh's sisters, Carrie …
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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Staff Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National Willa Cather Center staff reflect upon what they're grateful for … — Jen Schriner, Facilities Assistant I am grateful to be living in Red Cloud, and working among people who celebrate …
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