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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined

… Anderson's talk.  Support for this exhibit at the National Willa Cather Center was made possible with a grant from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation. Support for this lecture comes from the Claire …
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Pavelka Farmstead

… 4 near Bladen. Restored and managed by the National Willa Cather Center, the Pavelka Farmstead was chosen as one of … My Ántonia at 100 (issue theme) —  Willa Cather Review, Volume 60: No. 3, Winter 2018 New Scholarship on My Ántonia … Plains Quarterly , Spring 1994, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln From the National …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… gasping at the daring but simple exposition she gave the meaning of art.” ‘No Nebraska child now growing up will ever … graveyards of my own county and see on the headstones the names of fine old men I used to know: ‘Eric Ericson, born …
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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 … gallery and exhibit areas and space for historic site tours that will highlight connections to Red Cloud’s history and Willa Cather’s life and writing. The project is a key priority for …
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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 … Fund (an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation). Over $5 million in donations, grants, and …
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Historian Hugh Ryan

… York , NY 10011 United States “The Two Greenwich Villages: Willa Cather’s New York City in a Time of Transition” Join us at … well as the 2022 Warren Johansson Award from the W.A. Percy Foundation. The 18th International Cather Seminar is a …
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Garan Coons, Native American Entertainer

… Founder of the Many Moccasins Dance Troupe, Coons tours extensively, delivering a spectacular display of … ...Coons will first perform at 10:00 a.m. at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. Please join us tonight at the Opera …
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From the Permanent Collection: John Blake Bergers

… 22, 2022 | 12am - Saturday, Feb 12, 2022 | 12am Red Cloud Opera House Gallery 413 N Webster Street Red Cloud , NE … in our permanent collection were donated to the Willa Cather Foundation by the artist himself and his family, this … us from the estate of acclaimed actress and life-long Willa Cather fan Julie Harris. To learn more about this recent …
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Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson

… of one of the region's greatest writers, Mari Sandoz. His blog from that time formed the basis of the book, The Red …
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Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions

… the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … seems to have been especially meaningful to Willa Cather. She often visited family in Red Cloud at that time … teeming with buffalo, deer, antelope, wild geese, ducks, prairie chickens and quail. During the late summer a flock …
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