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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 …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory
… back to portraits and character study. That is why I have chosen to do so much art from old family photos. Did you …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… Image The Burlington Depot is on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • … NATURALIST Big Read of My Ántonia Programs offered through June 2025 Willa Cather’s classic novel My Ántonia , …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… Image Our guided Prairie Tour will have new enhancements thanks to Nick's … or the University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently … to get better at the Prairie Tour, particularly talking about the plants and animals that live on the prairie. I …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!
… of their professors and didn't entirely believe they were chosen when Rachel Olsen called with the good news! Since …
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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 …
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Red Cloud Opera House
… which were the most necessary to us, there was always the question of how far we could prevail upon our parents. Would … Renovation Image The Red Cloud Opera House, which closed its doors as such by 1920, was owned by the Morhart family … visitors' center, bookstore, art gallery and exhibition space, and the Willa Cather Foundation offices. The exterior …
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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 …
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Annotations from the Archives: On Reappraisal
… and reappraise many of the objects acquired when the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial was a nebulous new idea, yet to be … many acquaintances, friends, and relatives, inquiring about their willingness to speak about the author. The … (1966) recalled that afternoon, and posthumously, the Prairie Schooner published an expanded version under the …
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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. …
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