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10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!

… Image Image 10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather! April 26, 2023 Experience the prairie … years of our famed writer—and several of her works are also celebrating centenaries. Here are 10 ways that you, too, can … 7. Read Willa Cather's novel, A Lost Lady   is celebrating 100 years of publication, and one of several of Cather's …
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Willa Cather Goes Back to School, Almost

… 1890. Three students gave orations from the Red Cloud Opera House stage, including two boys and Cather, and, as L. Brent … her well as a stalwart young woman with a great deal of mirth in her eyes and a very sympathetic, kind voice. I was … years since I stood on the stage in the Red Cloud opera house with two little boys—if I remember rightly we all …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a part-time tour guide before becoming our first … In addition to supervising a team of programming and visitor services staff, Rachel organizes the Teacher … Institute and Author Series programs, oversees the Red Cloud Opera House season of events, plans conferences and …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents Table of … 1961 p. 1  Notes on the Financial Report p. 1  Service by Volunteers p. 1  Restoration Attracts National Attention p. …
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Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future

… properties, expand educational programming, develop visitor amenities, and build endowment for the nonprofit … one year after History Nebraska, a state agency, transferred ownership of six historic properties and about 8,000 … who visit the National Willa Cather Center and Red Cloud annually. Former First Lady of the United States, Mrs. …
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Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson

… and the life of one of the region's greatest writers, Mari Sandoz. The blog of that time formed the basis of the …
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56th Annual Spring Conference

… Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference Coming April 29-30 Red Cloud, Nebraska, March 1, 2011 — The 2011 Willa Cather … may be purchased separately. For more information, visit www.WillaCather.org or phone toll-free 1-866-731-7304. …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center

… Image Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center March 25, 2014 WILLA CATHER … plans to build the National Willa Cather Center, a public museum, archive, and arts and cultural center. The facility, … street-level retail space, and three residences to house visitors. The Center will occupy Red Cloud’s historic “Moon …
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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center

… Image Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center June 3, 2017 On June 3rd, … and comfortably in our new study center. And finally, our visitors from across the country and around the world will …
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Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Image Willa Cather Sites Transferred to the Willa Cather Foundation January 23, 2019 After a … Site to the Willa Cather Foundation. Located in Red Cloud, Nebraska—where Cather spent her formative years—six … iconic writers. Tourists and scholars from around the world visit Red Cloud because of its associations with Willa …
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