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Organization History

… early years. In the early 1950s, Bennett gathered a small group of Red Cloud citizens, interested individuals, … Cather, great woman, great literary artist, who once was one of ours and now belongs to the great world and to time, … Sites and the collection became known as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. The Foundation later assumed …
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Garan Coons, Native American Entertainer

… tours extensively, delivering a spectacular display of living Native American culture. His exquisite regalia and … TO WEATHER ...Coons will first perform at 10:00 a.m. at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. Please join us tonight at the Opera …
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Crossroads: Change in Rural America

… Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Friday, Feb 18, 2022 | 9am - Thursday, Mar 31, 2022 … Museums on Main Street exhibition, will be coming to our Red Cloud Opera House gallery. This insightful and … and photographs from our collections as we look at "Our Changing Main Street,"   and we'll host the Great Plains …
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Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson

… United States Join us five miles south of Red Cloud at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie beginning at 9:30 AM as … on the Niobrara , which is based on the months he spent living in a remote Sandhills cabin. …
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CATHERLAND

… from the writing team of Becky Boesen and David von Kampen. CATHERLAND  tells the story of Susan, an emerging writer living the life of her dreams, complete with an adoring … to Red Cloud, Nebraska, the childhood home of novelist Willa Cather. Guided by her curiosity and the presence of a …
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The Art Connection

… husband raise cattle and crops south of Red Cloud, near the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, and many of her paintings reflect … to California where he discovered that people could make a living creating art. After 34 years as an art teacher at …
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Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County

… Archive: Herbaria of Webster County June 17, 2021 "We were living in a world of mysterious flowers that had never been … belonged and invent names of our own for them." When Willa Cather described her prairie childhood in "The Education You …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions

… hot summers; triumphant autumns that last until Christmas—a season of perpetual sunlight, blazing blue skies, and frosty … nights. In this newest part of the New World autumn is the season of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old … was not difficult, as the country was teeming with buffalo, deer, antelope, wild geese, ducks, prairie chickens and …
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Annotations from the Archive: Our Organizational History

… of 1957, Mildred Bennett and the founding members of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial felt that their work in Red Cloud … by the work of Willa Cather To provide for Willa Cather a living memorial in the form of art and literary scholarships …
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Celebrating Juneteenth

… Celebrating Juneteenth June 18, 2021 In 2019, the National Willa Cather Center and many from the Cather community convened … (pp. 23-24). Barbara's responses—those of a Black woman living in the same Virginia region where Willa Cather lived …
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