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"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese

… novel. We recently interviewed Tamboni on his interest in Willa Cather’s writing, his choice of A Lost Lady for their … If we consider the British independent scene, we are inspired by houses like Charco Press, Dostoyevsky Wannabe and … Country” here in Red Cloud?) any time soon? I’d love to visit Cather Country, and I hope it doesn’t take too long to …
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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

… Painting December 16, 2020 A recent gift of the painting Willa’s Windows , by noted Nebraska artist Allan Tubach, … color enlivens his paintings. Represented in over five hundred private, corporate, and public collections, Tubach has … “All of our friends just love his paintings when they visit our home,” Larry added. “How Allan puts his paintings …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald

… November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa Cather Foundation's Moon Block apartments and often volunteer at the Red Cloud Opera House. Both are small business owners in Red … Council. At events, we serve as bartenders and we get to visit with almost every guest in attendance at the shows. …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa

… our centenary publication of Youth and the Bright Medusa,  Willa Cather's 1920 collection of eight stories, and her first publication with Alfred A. Knopf. Joanna A. Blitch of Greensboro, North … Nebraska?  No, unfortunately I never have! I would love to visit Red Cloud and the Willa Cather Cather Memorial …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators February 7, 2020 Visit Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… School and teaches environmental law while Susan has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather enthusiasts, the Andersons have traveled to … sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you here and how did you …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… When Jim Burden recalls the legend of “the sunflower-bordered roads to freedom” in  My Ántonia , he remembers the … found sunflowers being grown by many of the tribes they visited in the 1500s and took those seeds with them as they … always seem to me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the  Willa Cather Memorial …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020

… Image Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020 August 28, 2019 As a young college … of one scholarship, who will study agriculture or secondary education. Each scholarship requires an essay, and all of … " page on our website. You can also contact our Education Specialist Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography

… Willa Cather's writings and the land which she loved. His photographs taken this summer will be featured in his … when my mother bought me my first camera; I still have some photographs taken then. It is only in the last several years …
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