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Final Phase of Cather Center Construction Underway

… various giving levels. For more information, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director at 866-731-7304 or aolson@willacather.org. …
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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home

… said National Willa Cather Center Executive Director Ashley Olson. “We’re grateful to the Historic Preservation Fund and … (Smithsonian: Washington, D.C.); the restoration of the Olson House, the site of American artist Andrew Wyeth’s …
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Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society

… figures who shaped her as an artist, noting reading Lucy Gayheart changed her life as a little girl. Characters like Lucy and Thea Kronborg of The Song of the Lark shaped Mary’s …
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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud

… 2022 Los Angeles-based artist Tim Youd has been typing The Song of the Lark in Red Cloud as part of his 100 Novels Project , every day since he arrived in town on …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather … the same make/model typewriter used by the author, and in a location related to the novel and/or author. When retyping, …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”

… “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.” May 19, 2021 We recently spoke with Chicago-based artist, Karen … (or works) from your exhibit and why? I have two favorites: Song of the Lark and Golden Goddess . The former required considerable …
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Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways

… Image Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways October 21, 2020 Autumn is one of the best times of year to visit Red … Cather Memorial Prairie . As Cather herself wrote in The Song of the Lark , “In October, the days were bathed in sunlight and the …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… Image Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting December 16, 2020 A recent gift of the painting Willa’s Windows , by … about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song of the Lark .” A few years ago, Ruth Keene, a member of our Board …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald

… events. What are your favorite Willa Cather novels? The Song of the Lark and  My Antonia .   If you were to tell someone who had …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… School and teaches environmental law while Susan has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather … in Willa Cather’s novels. They recently spent time in Red Cloud where they enjoyed their several day stay at Villa … sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you here and how did you …
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