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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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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years Cather's essay for the Nation still resonates September 5, … series spanned from 1922-24 featuring different authors writing about 48 states. In 2003, John Leonard wrote in the … than I do, are satisfied with my presentation of it.” [Willa Cather Papers, 1899-1949, in the Clifton Waller …
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… Visit Visit the Museum No study of Cather is complete without a trip to Red Cloud. The National … Hours & Directions Lodging Options Lodging Options Cather Prairie Cather Prairie Cather's Red Cloud Cather's Red Cloud … her high school graduation oration in 1890. Learn More About the Opera House …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
… stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the … economic impact on Red Cloud of nearly $6 million per year. About Hotel Garber Hotel Garber will be a 26-room boutique … enjoy the museum, the historic sites, the town, the Cather Prairie, and other scenic places Cather loved. In the first …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking
… a Reality October 13, 2022 A standing-room only crowd of about 100 people gathered at the Potter Block (346 N. … years. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the … enjoy the museum, the historic sites, the town, the Cather Prairie, and other scenic places Cather loved. In the first …
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Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann
… in it. If you are interested in the same "human stories" Willa Cather illuminated in her own work, you will enjoy this free … journals and anthologies. She holds an MFA in creative writing from California State University-Fresno and a PhD in …
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Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… Schumann-Heink, so her performance of “Wiegenlied” was chosen for this list. Novel's Progression Brings Music to …
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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… As an intern, Nolan is helping out guests by working in the bookstore and giving town tours around Red Cloud, as well as … for the website and in the archives, including some book club resources and a finding aid for the Southwick … program, read here or contact Rachel Olson, director of education and engagement, at rolson@willacather.org • The …
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Press Room
… life. Cather was the first American writer to use the Great Plains as a detailed setting for fiction; she taught her readers how to see the prairie-plains. She built worlds. Cather’s evocation of the American … in Cather's work—in particular O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), My Ántonia (1918), One of Ours …
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Event Archives
… Art Gallery Author Series International Seminar Opera House Prairie Writers Special Events Spring Conference Image … served. Learn More Image Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather Special Events: Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm … do you live with? What do you wish for? What do you worry about? Learn More Image Virtual Author Series: Jacob …
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