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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
… 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
… fixing any errors. Currently, I’m reviewing the archive’s photo collection and then digitizing them for future use. … are, unfortunately, missing. But there are some really good ones (with Beauty and the Beast costumes and elephants … I wasn’t walking with my grandparents). They lived in the small town of West Point, so I was already familiar with …
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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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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 …
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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen … engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered …
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Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall
… Image Image Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall July 31, 2019 Summer is in full-swing … or groups who want to learn more about Willa Cather and the town that inspired so much of her writing. Here at the … My Ántonia ? If so, our 7-Building Tour throughout the town will enrich student engagement with the novel and their …
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