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Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home
… of planning, research, and parallel work on both the house itself and the collections that have been housed within … many resources from our archive to search for clues about how the house was constructed, updated, and used over … of the house shows, at magnification, the original brick foundation, much of which was lost during 20th century …
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Benjamin Taylor Book Launch and Reading
… Image Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather Special Events Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 | 7 - 8pm Willa Cather Foundation 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970-2466 United … the cost includes shipping. Interested in additional books about Willa Cather? Check out these titles, all available at …
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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined
… Events Friday, Dec 15, 2023 | 1 - 2pm Red Cloud Opera House and Art Gallery 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Join us for a lecture about Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and … with a grant from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation. Support for this lecture comes from the Claire …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday
… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather … and cemented the reputation her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers! [1913], The Song of the Lark [1915], and …
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Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United … whom almost nothing was lost, will later use this event in one of her most famous novels, My Antonia . 1882 — Red … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884 — Willa Cather attends a one-room …
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Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection
… the U.S. Capitol, June 7, 2023 Image A bronze statuette of Willa Cather by Littleton Alston Willa Cather Statue Dedication & … event if free of charge. Learn more about Willa Cather and Material Culture and artist Betty Kort. …
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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 … sessions will be recorded and distributed soon after. ABOUT BENJAMIN TAYLOR Benjamin Taylor received a 2021 Award … and current trustee of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and serves as president of the Edward F. Albee …
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O Pioneers!
… Center A University of Nebraska-Lincoln Opera Opera House Friday, Oct 20, 2023 | 7 - 10pm the Red Cloud Opera … The Richard P. Kimmel & Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation. This event is also supported by the Nebraska … Coordinator Nick Powers at npowers@willacather.org about accessibility accommodations. …
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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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