Search Results

201 results found

“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… the history of the state than I do, are satisfied with my presentation of it.”   [Willa Cather Papers, 1899-1949, … ideals. Says she: “When I stop at one of the graveyards of my own county and see on the headstones the names of fine …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska and the site most closely associated with the life …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Visit

Visit Visit the Museum No study of Cather is complete without a trip to Red Cloud. The National Willa Cather Center is a wonderful museum and archival collection for academics, as well as the general public. Historic sites like the Willa Cather Childhood …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection

… by Betty Kort Image Out in the Kitchen, by Betty Kort Art Gallery Wednesday, Jul 19 - Saturday, Nov 4, 2023 | All day … home town, Red Cloud. In addition to being featured in our gallery as a part of our annual Spring Conference, the … Betty exhibited forty mixed media works at the Walker Gallery in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Novels

… to contribute a lesson plan or activity based on teaching Willa Cather in your classroom, please contact director of … her heart, was it, or under her cheek? Anyhow, it was about her somewhere, that warm sureness, that sturdy little …
Posted:
Last Updated:

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 … economic impact on Red Cloud of nearly $6 million per year. About Hotel Garber Hotel Garber will be a 26-room boutique …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking

… will help achieve tourism development and downtown revitalization goals by rehabilitating the Potter Block building, … Community Fund), Todd Mahin (Red Cloud Hotel Committee), Liz Rasser (Heritage Tourism Advisory Committee), Todd Brown …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Reading Cather at 150: A Virtual Study Series with Benjamin Taylor

… Image Image Benjamin Taylor Image Image "Chasing Bright Medusas" Discussion #3: The Professor's House Special Events … book on our website. Stay tuned for more information about a special celebration of Taylor's new book on December … and current trustee of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and serves as president of the Edward F. Albee …
Posted:
Last Updated:

2023 High School Scholarship Awards Enable Pursuit of Humanities Degrees

… Pursuit of Humanities Degrees Awarded at our 68th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference July 7, 2023 On Friday, June 2, we … pursuing a higher education degree. For more information about our scholarship funds, please contact director of …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Virtual Author Series: Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne Ohlmann

… Register Online Now Join us for an engaging conversation about Nebraska memoir with Sarah Fawn Montgomery and Suzanne … in it. If you are interested in the same "human stories" Willa Cather illuminated in her own work, you will enjoy this free …
Posted:
Last Updated: