Search Results
84 results found
"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese
… Image "A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese July 1, 2019 … courses. Their inaugural June 2019 publication of A Lost Lady in Brazilian Portuguese, Uma mulher perdida , has …
Posted:
Last Updated:
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 …
Posted:
Last Updated:
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 …
Posted:
Last Updated:
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. …
Posted:
Last Updated:
Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa
… of Youth and the Bright Medusa , I did a lot of research to get the details right. I consulted books on historical … well. I love the immediacy and the element of chance involved in working with traditional, as opposed to digital, …
Posted:
Last Updated:
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 …
Posted:
Last Updated:
Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… Image Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson December 8, 2019 Jerry … about us? We are big fans of Willa Cather. Having spent our childhoods in Iowa and Kansas, we were aware of Cather’s Red … exhibits. We have recommended the trip to our family and friends. What appeals about Willa Cather and her writing? Do …
Posted:
Last Updated:
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 …
Posted:
Last Updated:
Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020
… for 2020 August 28, 2019 As a young college student, Willa Cather’s academic path took an unexpected turn when, … Willa Cather Spring Conference that takes place June 4-6 in Red Cloud. If you would like more information about our scholarship opportunities, please visit the " Scholarships " page on our website. You can also …
Posted:
Last Updated:
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
… photographer, has been in residence with the National Willa Cather Center since early July to photograph the landscapes and buildings in and around Red Cloud and Webster County. Using Victorian-era and … brought you to Red Cloud this summer? A few years ago I visited New Mexico, attracted by the sights and the setting …
Posted:
Last Updated: