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Final Phase of Cather Center Construction Underway

… The Moon Block locally and The Duke Block in Cather’s The Song of the Lark , the fully restored building will become permanent … America’s greatest novelists. We are thankful to more than 480 individuals and foundations nationwide who have made …
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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home

… America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home September 26, 2019 With intent … enable restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The Willa Cather Childhood Home, a … Willa Cather Center by History Nebraska in early 2019. “Visitors from all over the world remark that walking through …
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Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society

… little girl. Characters like Lucy and Thea Kronborg of The Song of the Lark shaped Mary’s aspiration to be an artist from a young … titled Prairie Vista that was donated following a 2004 artist residency still hangs prominently in the …
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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud

… In fact, I have two Olivers with me, as I always bring a backup to each performance. How many typewriters do you own …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The … three Cather novels in their entirety: O Pioneers !, The Song of the Lark and My Ántonia . These will be the 72nd, 73rd and 74th …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”

… Light and Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House … prairie, the Red Cloud Opera House, and the Willa Cather Childhood Home. What is your biggest takeaway from this … there is only the moment. . . ." I had asked my artist friends to comment on some of my paintings in progress and I …
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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 Cloud. Sunrises linger over the brick façades of … experience with historic and cultural attributes, unique lodging and dining, and a spectacular prairie landscape far …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… purchased Willa’s Windows in 2005. “I was at Allan’s house, and he knew I liked Willa Cather, and I said, 'Gee, I … and being in the setting for several of her classic novels 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 of Governors, and Tubach himself helped to facilitate …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald

… Image Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa … 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

… immigrant stock; Cather’s books about that time—like My Àntonia and O Pioneers! and One of Ours— allow us … read all of her novels and short stories, and we really find it difficult to choose favorites! What was your … if the funds are there! What do you expect from your membership in the Willa Cather Foundation? We are looking …
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