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The Kilbanes

… Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | 8 - 9pm CT Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States … Carol (A.C.T., Pam McKinnon dir.), The Code (A.C.T.), My Ántonia (Next Generation Commission, Theatre Latte Da in …
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Nothing But Land: Willa Cather and Indigenous Writers

… Large Conference Room 3040 Lake Street Omaha , NE 68135 United States Register Online Now In partnership with … in writing exercises that incorporate selections from My Ántonia as well as work by Thomas C. Gannon and Zitkala-Sa. …
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Jack F. Preis

… traveler of the Midwest and Great Plains. "I first read My Ántonia in college while, during my summers, I was working on a farm in Illinois. When I read …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… Rationing Poster, United State Office of War Information, 1943 Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up February 7, … as different as bankers and Boy Scouts. It addressed myriad social problems from poverty and debt to the … Pavelka, the Webster County woman who was immortalized as Ántonia Shimerda in Cather’s novel My Ántonia , was locally …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship

… and Annie Sadilek Pavelka, prototypes for both Anton and Ántonia Shimerda in Cather's novel  My Ántonia  and Anton and Mary Rosicky in Cather's short story "Neighbour Rosicky." Financial Data One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded annually. Each stipend is …
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Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial Scholarship

… son of Henry P. and Emma Wilson, was born November 20, 1894 and grew up at Geneva, Nebraska. He graduated from the … to Nebraska he and Helen M. Reiher were married February 9, 1923, at her parents home near Red Cloud, Nebraska. They … Walter Scholarship Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship Ántonia Scholarship Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial …
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Norma Ross Walter Scholarship

… is to provide financial assistance to female graduates of Nebraska high schools who plan to enroll as English majors … School 2010: Julia Vaughan, Fremont High School 2011: Jaime DeTour, Hastings High School 2012: Emily Simmons, Valentine …
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National Willa Cather Center Scholarship

… National Willa Cather Center Scholarship Due May 1 ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP / ELIGIBILITY The purpose of the … or apprenticeship program. To be eligible, the recipient: 1. Shall be a graduating senior at Red Cloud High School. 2. … Walter Scholarship Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship Ántonia Scholarship Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts

… career: the opening of the feature film adaptation of her 1923 novel, A Lost Lady. It was the first of her works to be … think with your heart and feel with your head. When I write my scenes I try hard to progress not from one thought to … A LOST LADY: "There was nothing subtle about it, including my performance." She recalled that the director, Harry …
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An Evening With Willa Cather

… Image Special Events Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025 | 7 - 8:30pm PT Los Angeles Library Foundation — … the early 20th century. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( My Ántonia ,  One of Ours ,  The Professor’s House ,  Death …
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