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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a … for meeting visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job … or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that our organization is …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… Leader, 1897) p. 1 AUTHOR: Willa Cather TITLE: Great Forking Trees (from a 1921 Cather Interview in … (Four Play Reviews from the Pittsburgh Leader) p. 1 "An American Citizen" p. 1 "Nethersole's Carmen" p. 2 "John … Dr. Wilbur K. Bennett (April 13, 1913 - Dec.7, 1991) p. 50 Also in this issue: Opera House Accepted as Gift from …
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Auditions for "Burning Barn"
… The Nebraska Cycle THE NEBRASKA CYCLE is a ten play cycle written by Superior, Nebraska native A.P. … Ft. Worth and is making his way north. The Elvis caravan is driving through Red Cloud on their way to Omaha. He plans to stop for a brief time, have a meal, sign some autographs, …
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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
… added that the Foundation is also enjoying an increase in tourism as visitors discover all the Midwest has to … five miles south of Red Cloud. For the more than 10,000 tourists and Cather fans who visit Red Cloud each year, the Foundation offers: Town tour: Visitors can explore and learn about the …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi
… husband Bernie’s career in investment research analysis, Foundation founder Mildred Bennett appealed to Nancy to … My Ántonia . With continued encouragement by Foundation staff, Nancy and Bernie agreed to purchase the house after … “I feel so fortunate that Mildred Bennett shared her dreams about what the Cather Foundation should and could become …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns
… archives. The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center is funded through a collaboration between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. What prompted you to … special projects behind the scenes. I am trained to give tours, and interacting with guests and helping them utilize …
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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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