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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi
… Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi October 21, 2020 Long-time supporters Nancy and Bernie Picchi recently made a major … husband Bernie’s career in investment research analysis, Foundation founder Mildred Bennett appealed to Nancy to … for future generations to experience and enjoy." To donate to our Campaign for the Future, click HERE . Please …
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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
… Image Image Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators February 7, 2020 … Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O … Willa Cather Center Visit the Willa Cather Childhood home and other sites related to her life and writing Take in …
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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
… 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 …
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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 …
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Woodress Research Scholars Grant
… announces the availability of two Research Grants for visiting scholars. These grants provide financial support … for four consecutive weeks, in order to conduct research on Willa Cather using Cather resources in Nebraska and at UNL. … graduate students, recent PhDs, and faculty not yet tenured. Projects should reflect the need for research at the …
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