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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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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
… stays. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the … to Red Cloud’s history and Willa Cather’s life and writing. The project is a key priority for the National …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking
… the years. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the … Cloud’s history and connections to Willa Cather’s life and writing. The project is a key priority for the National …
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Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann
… in it. If you are interested in the same "human stories" Willa Cather illuminated in her own work, you will enjoy this free … journals and anthologies. She holds an MFA in creative writing from California State University-Fresno and a PhD in …
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Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… Image Music in Willa Cather's Writing While not a musician herself, Willa Cather … the essence of Cather's context and enlighten listeners about the meaning of Cather's inclusion in her own writing. … One of Ours. “I wanted my red-headed soldier from a prairie farm to 'get some of his back,' . . . through a fine …
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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… As an intern, Nolan is helping out guests by working in the bookstore and giving town tours around Red Cloud, as well as … for the website and in the archives, including some book club resources and a finding aid for the Southwick … program, read here or contact Rachel Olson, director of education and engagement, at rolson@willacather.org • The …
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Press Room
… Press Room often for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please … that follow for contact information, buzz about Cather, her ongoing relevance, links to our social media, … setting for fiction; she taught her readers how to see the prairie-plains. She built worlds. Cather’s evocation of the …
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Event Archives
… scenes are rooted in a long relationship with the towns and landscapes of the American grasslands. Learn More Image Virtual Author Series: Garrett Peck …
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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Tour & Theater Package
… 8, 2019 | 12am - Sunday, Nov 10, 2019 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … from Hometown Market to bring to the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie where you might catch a magnificent prairie sunset, … respite in our unique prairie town. For more information about our newly-launched "A Walk in Her Footsteps" tour, …
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Drama Writing Workshop with A.P. Andrews
… Image Prairie Writers Thursday, Jul 9, 2015 | 5pm - Sunday, Jul … Andrews' Nebraska Cycle is a series of ten plays about life in the rural Midwest, and includes Abby in the … - Workshop Friday 10 - 12:30 - Workshop Friday 1:30 - 3 - Cather tour Friday 5-8:30 pm - Workshop Saturday 10-12:30 - …
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