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Home for the Holidays

… Christmas Tour Special Events Tuesday, Nov 25, 2025 | 3 - 4pm Tuesday, Nov 25, 2025 | 4 - 5pm Saturday, Dec 20, … depictions turn up in novels and short stories such as My Ántonia and "The Burglar's Christmas." She likely carried …
Posted: 11/07/2025
Last Updated: 11/17/2025

All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… tools, props, and papers. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will include: Railroad as vehicle for … to those who are solely interested in Cather. Exhibit themes are explored through the inclusion of people of …
Posted: 02/14/2024
Last Updated: 10/30/2025

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather … Willa Cather—Nebraska’s "foremost citizen" and author of  O Pioneers! ,  My Ántonia  and  One of Ours. Image Historic … To speak with us about your tour, please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many of our … Three-Building Tour Experience Downtown Red Cloud This is a walking or driving tour of three historic sites associated …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity

… A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity 2025 Year-End Campaign The Mammel Foundation has generously offered … you help ensure that her work is ever present—and that future generations continue to learn, reflect, and be …
Posted: 11/06/2024
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… Lady —Harris’ favorite Cather novel—Cather references Bible stories, Hamlet, a short story by Ivan Turgenev, a novel by … of Humanities at the Webb Institute on Long Island, New York. The selective school specializes in naval architecture …
Posted: 10/15/2025
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… friends. Reservations and Policies Price for one room:  $139/night + $15 service fee+tax Price for entire home: … is called Moonstone for the town in Cather's novel  The Song of the Lark . During Cather's time, this was the room of Willa's …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Oct 18, 2025 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 6:30 - 7:45pm Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The … plots are woven into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's Funeral," …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk

… additional funds for this important artifact.   The expert staff at the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center have been …
Posted: 08/26/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children waited. We were standing outside talking, when they … Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for … site/object/person important to the life and writing of Willa Cather? We hope this two-fold interpretive strategy …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/02/2025

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