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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

… Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O Pioneers! , My Ántonia & Death Comes for the Archbishop   ❧ …
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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

… Helianthus annuus  and  Helianthus petiolarus . Mormon pioneers described finding sage and sunflowers in 1850s Utah …
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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

… Beauty in the Ordinary , at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery (from August 9 - September 30, 2019). We recently … interested in how we humans adapt and live in a particular place; how we have to work with nature and how we change the …
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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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Spring Conference 2009: A Story of a Photograph

… Special Collections for a gallery exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House, I came across one image that I liked very much. In … of that study-this beautiful photograph-so enriched by the visit to Red Cloud. It came about not because I was seeking …
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Friends Issue a Challenge to Preserve Our Past, Pioneer Our Future

… Foundation recently joined forces to issue a challenge to Willa Cather devotees. The Willa Cather: Preserving our … The donors, who both wish to remain anonymous, have offered $20,000 of challenge money to be used to help raise … challenge is December 31, 2010. "More than 50,000 people visit the Foundation every year--either in Red Cloud or …
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Turn the Page Literary Tour

… July 3, 2013 The Willa Cather State Historic Site/Red Cloud Opera House is one of 80 attractions included in the 2013 Nebraska … Turn the Page tour. Travelers have until September 30 to visit attractions and redeem their stamps for prizes. For …
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