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My Ántonia: The Story of a Great American Novel

… Image Willa Cather Free Event at the Joslyn! Special Events … REGISTER HERE Free, but advanced registration is required; walk-ins accepted as space allows. Join us for a talk presented by Ashley Olson, executive …
Posted: 01/09/2025
Last Updated: 01/09/2025

49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles

… Myles November 18, 2021   Marlena Myles teaches people about Indigenous history through art, records stories in … to rectify the past by restoring the area back to a Native prairie. She says she hopes the installation will bring a … to the Dakota/Lakota Language” at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House exhibit from November …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town … much of my growing up years"  —Karen Thurlow Tell us a bit about your relationship to Webster County and your family … I attended school at Batin (the little tin schoolhouse) and Prairie Gem until I completed the eighth grade and then went …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… offer a variety of guided historic site tours, lodging, and events year round at the National Willa Cather Center and historic Red Cloud Opera House. Interested in planning a trip? Browse our website, …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist

… guided Prairie Tour will have new enhancements thanks to Nick's certification Image Nick Powers, Visitor Services Coordinator and Nebraska Master …
Posted: 08/06/2024
Last Updated: 08/06/2024

Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!

… into the world of Cather and found themselves drawn into April Twilights and the use of imagery throughout fiction and …
Posted: 06/12/2024
Last Updated: 06/14/2024

Beneath the Wide-Open

… there, under one’s feet, but what one saw when one looked about was that brilliant blue world of stinging air and … sky!” Death Comes for the Archbishop  The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to welcome oil painter Jonathan … at no charge, as part of our mission to advance Willa Cather's legacy through education, preservation, and the …
Posted: 01/04/2024
Last Updated: 04/18/2024

Author Series and Book Signing: Gail Shaffer Blankenau

… Series Friday, Apr 5, 2024 | 1 - 5pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … Online Now Observe National Nebraska Day by learning more about the complex history of the state's south central … p.m. Book a guided tour , hike the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, or peruse the American Bittersweet exhibit and …
Posted: 01/29/2024
Last Updated: 03/26/2024

Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal

… Reynard's "Mike's Blacksmith Shop" Image Grant Reynard's "Nebraska" Image Grant Reynard's "Old Farm" Image Grant … drawings were made directly on the spot in my home state Nebraska. . . . I feel there is a great deal of Willa Cather … greatly disturbed in her writing because she had heard voices declaiming in the woods near her studio. Mrs. …
Posted: 02/21/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024

Brattleboro Literary Festival's Literary Cocktail Hour:

… Image Ashley Olson, Executive Director, National Willa Cather Center The Life of Willa Cather with Benjamin Taylor … Benjamin Taylor and Ashley Olson will be in conversation about the life of Willa Cather. Combining intricate analysis … author, as well as the 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, historic lodging, and the Red Cloud Opera House. …
Posted: 02/05/2024
Last Updated: 02/06/2024

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