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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents Table of Contents This Table of … 17.2  Spring 1973 Editor: Miriam Mountford  TITLE: "The Old Prairies" poem  AUTHOR: Stephan Tennant p. 1  Picture … Schedule p. 1  A Cornish Childhood p. 2  Gallery Holds "Feelings": Four Lucy Gayheart Paintings by John …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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 …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Ring in the Holiday Season in Red Cloud

… Image Ring in the Holiday Season in Red Cloud December 1, 2014 RING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON IN RED CLOUD (Red Cloud, NE) —On Sunday, December 7 three of Red Cloud’s non-profit organizations … at the Willa Cather Foundation’s inaugural December Night Soup Showdown at the Red Cloud Opera House from 5:30 …
Posted: 12/29/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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 …
Posted: 06/29/2015
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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 …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

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 …
Posted: 01/04/2015
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

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 …
Posted: 10/19/2020
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

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 …
Posted: 07/20/2021
Last Updated: 08/17/2021

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 …
Posted: 01/06/2021
Last Updated: 04/26/2021

Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring

… is a perfect time to bring students to Webster county to tour Willa Cather sites both in town and in the country. Students reading My Ántonia or … famous novel. Educators can find information about school tour itineraries and pricing here . Providing enrichment …
Posted: 02/18/2020
Last Updated: 02/25/2020

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