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A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… later won a medal in an Austrian shooting competition. “My parents worked and saved so that I could go to college … numerous coincidences of Cather's character, ‘Thea’ with my own.” Sarah knew Mildred Bennett in Red Cloud, who was … English was her high school music teacher. “He encouraged my singing when I thought it was nothing special. I was …
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Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives
… Annotations from the Archives: Homesteading and Home-Building in the Archives … in the newly-formed Webster County. Several of our earliest collections feature museum objects and papers related to the … our archivist with any questions about the collection or to learn more about our collections which may not yet be …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska and the site most closely associated with the life …
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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection
Image Willa's Cradle, by Betty Kort Image Out in the Kitchen, by Betty Kort Art Gallery Wednesday, Jul 19 - Saturday, Nov 4, 2023 | All day In 2007, photographer and Willa Cather Foundation executive director Betty Kort created forty intimate portraits of …
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Virtual Author Series: David McKay Powell
Image Author Series Thursday, Sep 14, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Register Online Now Learn more about the art form that inspired Willa Cather during her entire life! Author David McKay Powell will join us to talk about his recent book, Cather and Opera . This virtual …
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Novels
… based on teaching Willa Cather in your classroom, please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen, … a tour of Willa Cather's Red Cloud for your group. Please contact us at 402-746-2653 for more information. One of Ours Claude …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
… for overnight stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking
… to guest rooms for overnight stays, the building will house event and meeting space, a spacious lounge, catering facilities, and a small library. Decor … may also be made online . To discuss a gift, please contact Executive Director, Ashley Olson, at …
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The Bel Canto Duo: Four Cather Tableaux
… Reserve Tickets The Bel Canto Duo's performance of Four Cather Tableaux will include original compositions inspired by passages from Willa Cather's A Lost Lady , "Nebraska: The End of the First … Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. About the Artists The Bel Canto Duo was founded in 2016 by …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This special evening of short fiction in …
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