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Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought

… Image Remembrances of Mildred Bennett Sought January 28, 2020 In collaboration with the … from the published and unpublished texts of Bennett’s autobiography. But my first priority in this project is to …
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Call for Submissions: Creative Works Inspired by My Ántonia

… Ántonia February 27, 2018 Sarah Orne Jewett once wrote to Willa Cather that “the thing that teases the mind over and over … each of its 2018 issues to this iconic work, to its living appeal, and to its inexhaustibility as a leading …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… not to mention the events held at the Opera House, or our conferences. It was surprising because one wouldn’t expect a … theater influenced her writing is astounding. This past spring conference that was on Cather and the theater really …
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New Book in the bookstore!

… new economic and cultural life to those same communities.” Willa Cather herself was a champion of the opera house. In a … Martha, The Mikado. Nothing takes hold of a child like living people." Ann Satterthwaite is a city planner in …
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Read Across Red Cloud

… every year on March 2, Dr. Seuss’ birthday. This year, the Willa Cather Foundation, Red Cloud Community Schools, Auld Public … celebrate the joy of reading. It is a day for those of us living in the region where Pulitzer Prize winner Willa …
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2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success

… Image 2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success July 24, 2015 2015 was a very special year for the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. As we … which will remain on display in the Red Cloud Opera House gallery through August 31, were all created in response to …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska

… Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth … This is because Red Cloud is home to the largest living memorial to an author in the country. Willa Cather spent her childhood in this small railroad town, and …
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Elderhostel

… Image Elderhostel March 25, 2009 Red Cloud:  Willa Cather's Window to the World June 15-19, 2009 Hosting the nation's largest living memorial to an American author, the Willa Cather …
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"Not Stones At All, But Life Itself"

… XXV Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, addresses the Cather Spring Conference. "It would not be an exaggeration to say that Willa Cather is partly responsible for my choosing the path … mentor, Sarah Orne Jewett: "The 'Pointed Fir' sketches are living things caught in the open, with light and freedom and …
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Road Scholar Program: June 4-8, 2012

… Foundation and Road Scholar are proud to invite you to Red Cloud, Nebraska, this summer. As a non-profit organization … as Willa Cather did in her time. Discover new art in our Gallery, also located in the Opera House. Featuring many …
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