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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered through the Road Scholar program—”Red Cloud: Willa Cather’s Window to the World”—participants enjoyed …
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Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall

… tours for schools or groups who want to learn more about Willa Cather and the town that inspired so much of her writing. Here at the National Willa Cather Center, we offer an array of guided tour …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of … always seem to me the roads to freedom." When you visit Willa Cather's Red Cloud or the  Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  this fall, be sure to linger …
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Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020

… Image Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020 August 28, 2019 As a young college … of one scholarship, who will study agriculture or secondary education. Each scholarship requires an essay, and all of … " page on our website. You can also contact our Education Specialist Rachel Olsen at rolsen@willacather.org …
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Sites Manager Position Open

… Sites Manager Position Open July 23, 2019 The Willa Cather … skilled, and multi-talented candidate to fill a new Sites Manager position. The Sites Manager will ensure the short- and long-term maintenance, …
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2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography

… scan color film and often have prints made from the digital file but still use archival chemical processes. I prefer the …
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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 … If Cather’s  My Ántonia  has ever teased your mind, the  Willa Cather Review  is looking for writers and …
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Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice

… As the world remembers the end of the Great War, we at the Willa Cather Foundation would like to share—again— Telling War …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, and exploring the prairie and rural environs. … from, what are your interests, and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between …
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Suicide Grave

… Shimerda's suicide grave in My Antonia  was described by Willa Cather as a little island of tall red grass. Francis …
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