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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading

… National Willa Cather Center. Hear an excerpt from Taylor's new book, followed by what is sure to be an engaging talk … Times/Christopher Isherwood Prize and was named a  New York Times  Editors’ Choice; his  Proust: The Search  was …   York Times  Editors’ Choice. His edition of the collected stories of Susan Sontag,  Debriefing , was published by …
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Organization History

… by Silas Garber, prototype for Captain Forrester in  A Lost Lady  the  Burlington Depot , which appears throughout … guesthouse for Red Cloud visitors.  Image Former First Lady Laura Bush Visits the Cather Prairie The  National …
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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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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

… Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather Center is excited to announce  Crossroads: Change in … the unique opportunities and challenges presented by rural living. As a bonus, the National Willa Cather Center and the …
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Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson

… of one of the region's greatest writers, Mari Sandoz. His blog from that time formed the basis of the book, The Red …
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Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County

… lacked many of the common plants to be found on the Central Plains and to the West. Thankfully, others were quicker to … the director of—the Department of Natural History and Geology at Doane College. The 1891 letter answers a letter … from Swezey about classification of wildflowers of the Great Plains did become accepted within the scientific …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions

… —from the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … from an aunt. This article will be of great interest to all living in the community now and to many others who now live …
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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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