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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 …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… My dad was a farmer who rented land.  We lived in whatever house was provided with the farmland, sometimes not the best house but my mother made each house a wonderful home. I … and affordably priced. Art purchases from the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery benefit the artist and help support our …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … historic sites and settings —even a longer Country Tour and Prairie Tour! When planning your visit, all tours can be … Tour (offered on Saturdays through March 2025)!  LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BIG READ BOOK A MY ÁNTONIA TOUR …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

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 …
Posted: 08/06/2024
Last Updated: 08/06/2024

Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!

… Sarah Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … B.A. in 2025 with a double major in English and creative writing. After moving back from Florida they found …
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

Red Cloud Opera House

… Image Red Cloud Opera House "When I go about among little Nebraska towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House."  —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud … people." "But I am sorry that the old Opera Houses in the prairie towns are dark, because they really did give a …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/07/2024

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

… “crazy-wall” of evidence and yarn-linked people, places, and ideas, and you get a sense of the connections … letter, Reynard was engaged with the Association of American Colleges Arts Program and traveled extensively, … Reynard said, “It percolated through my confusion that this great lady had done me a great service in talking about …
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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