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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 …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… the Table of Contents provides easy access to specific articles and special features of each issue of … Miriam Mountford Aims of the WCPM p. 1 Staff p. 1 Museum News and Donors p. 1 Interesting Visitors p. 2 Nebraska … Editor: Miriam Mountford Staff Activities p. 1 Museum News p. 1 New Members p. 1 Societies p. 2 Publications p. …
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Auditions for "Burning Barn"
… Christine Cottam Abigail Bergson is a waitress at a small-town Nebraska diner- a senior in high school, top of her … mysterious little girl appears at the gas station south of town and strange things start to happen in the community, … has just released “Help Me.” He began a very successful tour in Ft. Worth and is making his way north. The Elvis …
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Ring in the Holiday Season in Red Cloud
… Foundation. The Auld Public Library is hosting their annual Tour of Homes from 1-4 p.m. on December 7. Tickets and maps … everyone 10 years of age and older. Featured stops on the tour include the homes of Ryan and Krystal Zimmerman, Kirk … a free will donation, come sample some of the best soups in town. A “Best of the Showdown” will be awarded to the soup …
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A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop
… to gain valuable writing experience while visiting the town that inspired Nebraska’s Pulitzer Prize-winning author. … includes twenty hours of direct instruction from Andrews, a tour of seven historic sites related to Cather’s life and …
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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration
… also involved the replication of two slender sandstone tourelles that once flanked the tower upward to the cornice … of the pyramidal roof. The new stones replace the original tourelles that were damaged to the point of instability, … utilized as one of many attractions on the guided town tour of Red Cloud, owing to its connection to Silas and …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center
… dressing rooms and backstage facilities for the Red Cloud Opera House, street-level retail space, and three residences to … seminars, as well as arts and humanities events are held by the Foundation year-round in Red Cloud …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi
… the home is a permanent feature on the Foundation’s guided town tour of Cather’s Red Cloud. Executive Director, Ashley …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns
… outreach project, as well as on the front lines of tour and visitor engagement in our bookstore. Thara is also … walking with my grandparents). They lived in the small town of West Point, so I was already familiar with small towns before I came to Red Cloud. My Mom had left to go back …
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Leroy Maruhn - Our Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year
… Janet Maruhn. Janet is Jim Owens’s mother and works as a tour guide at the National Willa Cather Center. Jen Schriner … a volunteer, and with his tractor he tills gardens around town. Here at the National Willa Cather Center, Leroy has … alongside founder Mildred Bennett, devised the first guided tours of Red Cloud and Catherland and was first editor of …
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