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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… becoming our first education coordinator in 2019. In the fall of 2022, she was promoted to director of education and … of my job is our Teacher Institute program that takes place each summer. We launched this last year, and it was so … an Opera House show or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that …
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William Norris Buffett Gifts Millions for Creation of Hotel Garber

… bookstore. All sales benefit the organization’s mission. Ashley Olson, Executive Director of the Willa Cather Foundation, …
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56th Annual Spring Conference

… of popular music, movies, and books, to her writings about actresses and opera stars, Cather regularly engaged … festive programming based on the conference theme,” said Foundation Board of Governors member and Conference Co-Director, Andrew …
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Social Networking 1890

… Networking 1890: Nebraska Opera Houses in their Heyday” Red Cloud, Nebraska, April 19, 2011 — The exhibit, “Social … Houses in their Heyday,” will be featured during the 2011 Willa Cather Spring Conference themed “Willa Cather and Her … exhibit or the 56th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, visit www.WillaCather.org or phone toll-free 1-866-731-7304. …
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Music on the Prairie

… Image Music on the Prairie May 16, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice … prairie that affected her youth. This summer, the Willa Cather Foundation will provide two special opportunities for …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie

Image Image Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  "We come and go, but the land is always here...” —O Pioneers! Here in Nebraska we are surrounded by wide open horizons and the natural …
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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese

… energetic forces behind a new independent publisher, Ponto Edita , in São Paulo, Brazil. Tamboni studied translation … a branch of linguistics, at Unibero. Protásio, editor of Uma mulher perdida , has a PhD degree in … the Brazilian publishing market for ten years before Ponto Edita, and has taught translation courses. Their inaugural …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… $50,000 that was issued as a challenge prior to this year’s Willa Cather Spring Conference. The goal was simple: match … Sites. A bibliophile and librarian, Nancy Picchi first visited Red Cloud with her sister in 1988. They made the long trip …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… and being in the setting for several of her classic novels about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song … of the Lark .” A few years ago, Ruth Keene, a member of our Board of Governors, and Tubach himself helped to facilitate … the eventual Collier donation to the Willa Cather Foundation. When first approached, Collier wasn't yet ready …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald

… Opera House program committee. Teri is on the board of the Republican Valley Arts Council. At events, we serve as bartenders and we get to visit with …
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