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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment
… to the ongoing work of the Willa Cather Foundation’s Campaign for the Future . The Robert and Ardis James Foundation has made a … endowment by $1.5 million is one of four goals of the Campaign for the Future , which also seeks to make much …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing
… Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their … find a community of artistic people from all over the world living in a neighborhood of cobblestone streets and mom and …
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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud
… the 100 Novels Project ? I've been a devoted reader my entire life. Sometimes I've read for inspiration, … sometimes for escape. When I was able to connect my visual art-making to my ongoing habit of reading, not … Novels Projec t ten years ago, I had not read any of her books ( Cather's three representative novels are the …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather
… in their entirety: O Pioneers !, The Song of the Lark and My Ántonia . These will be the 72nd, 73rd and 74th … of Nebraska-Lincoln and, from May 1-10, Youd will retype My Ántonia , in Omaha in partnership with Joslyn Art Museum. … Youd’s previous 100 Novels Project performances, all three books will be retyped on the same make/model typewriter used …
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Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!
… Image Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, … her stay productive. Still, she would love to be able to visit and work at the NWCC, especially to spend time in the … past and ultimately make connections to the present and predictions about the future. As a high school student, …
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Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring
… in town and in the country. Students reading My Ántonia or learning about Nebraska history will benefit from visiting … we are circulating an Educator Needs Assessment survey to learn more about how we can better serve teachers and … for our Ántonia and Antonette Willa Skupa Turner scholarships is Thursday, February 28th. You can find …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… Both of us come from prairie immigrant stock; Cather’s books about that time—like My Àntonia and O Pioneers! and One of Ours— allow us … we could picture the place where much of the early part of My Àntonia takes place. That was really fun, and we think it …
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Webster County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner
… County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner September 25, 2019 Some kids growing up … County Fair. As the granddaughter of the woman who inspired Willa Cather’s most famous character, Turner provides young people …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, and exploring the prairie and rural environs. … me to reach out to the Willa Cather Foundation and inquire about an internship. I’m fortunate enough to immerse myself …
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Jane Renner Hood Joins Cather Legacy Society
… ways throughout her life. It all started by seeing Cather’s books on her mother’s and grandmother’s bookshelves. She recalls meeting a professor at the … to mind a class at Creighton University in which reading My Ántonia helps foster understanding of the modern wave of …
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