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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection

… Library from Glenda J. Pierce, member of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors, and Jeff Kirkpatrick; it will … open hours . This event if free of charge. Learn more about Willa Cather and Material Culture  and artist Betty …
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Announcing the Inaugural Cohort in the Willa Cather Residency for Writers

… Cather’s 150th birthday. “We were delighted by the enormous response and outstanding applications,” said Ashley … senior editor at  Harper’s Magazine  and her book of essays about women writers,  A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women … received fellowships from MacDowell and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum Kirsten …
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Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… Image Image Benjamin Taylor Image Image "Chasing Bright Medusas" Special Events Thursday, Oct 19, 2023 | 7 - 8pm …
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O Pioneers!

… Image © Tracy Sanford Tucker for the National Willa Cather Center A University of … Tickets UNL Opera presents Tyler Goodrich White’s O Pioneers! based on Willa Cather’s 1913 novel--her first …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… when she discovered Willa Cather. Her mother was a voracious reader, and My Ántonia was among the Cather books on her … all winter. I want them to feel that and not to just think about it as some out-there story. History doesn’t mean much … to make history come alive for people.” This work of the Foundation is of vital importance to Loomis, who allocated a …
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Pavelka Farmstead

… children emerged in a burst of light and life, is located just south of Highway 4 near Bladen. Restored and managed by … of an immigrant farm family in Nebraska. Read more about its ongoing restoration HERE . Take a virtual tour of … Review , published three times a year by the Willa Cather Foundation, and an article about the Pavelka Farmstead — …
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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… stamp September 6, 2023 In 1969, the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors pursued a series of postage … This Committee is not swayed by hundreds or even thousands of form letters that all say the same thing. Nor is … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… spanned from 1922-24 featuring different authors writing about 48 states. In 2003, John Leonard wrote in the Nation , … articles by a distinguished, skeptical and contentious group of writers–novelists, journalists, educators, … formative years—the only period when it can really lay a foundation for a thorough understanding of a foreign …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The Willa Cather … cedar shingle roof, gutters, and downspouts Repair of the foundation and reconstruction of window wells Retention of … 30-minute narrated tour of the Willa Cather Childhood Home. About the Willa Cather Childhood Home Opened in 1967 and …
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Visit

… Visit Visit the Museum No study of Cather is complete without a trip to Red Cloud. The National … Cather Prairie Cather's Red Cloud Cather's Red Cloud Guided Tours The Best Way to Explore Red Cloud The National Willa … for guided tours. Immerse yourself in the small prairie town that is home to the nation's largest collection of …
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