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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 …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… You can, too—in any season or time of year, whether for the first time or on a return trip. We offer a variety of guided … classic novel My Ántonia , published in 1918, was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts …
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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!
… Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … within the literature field for students, Sarah was told about the National Willa Cather Center internship by one of … Since arriving in Red Cloud, Sarah has been a very avid prairie goer, and it's been their writing sanctuary when on …
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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
… 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 …
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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 … your letter and I will be delighted to write you a little later of a wonderful talk I had with Willa Cather years ago … really found herself in relation to writing in the Nebraska novels. She said that she was convinced that the great thing …
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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, … spanned from 1922-24 featuring different authors writing about 48 states. In 2003, John Leonard wrote in the Nation , … the importance of a place and its people—the traditions and prairie landscape of the Great Plains that Cather loved and …
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