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Virtual Author Series: Pam Houston

… | 7pm Transport yourself to the Colorado Rockies, Nebraska prairie, and beyond during our conversation with author Pam … of place-based writing and her connections to Willa Cather, both as a writing professor and a fan.  Register for the event here.   Learn more about  Deep Creek on our product page : the memoir is …
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Native Grasses of the Apache Highlands

… Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather Center welcomed artist Matilda Essig of Sonoita, … a grasslands community not unlike the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. ON DISPLAY October 4, 2019, to January 9, 2020 … RECEPTION Friday, October 4, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ABOUT THE ARTIST Matilda Essig is a traditionally trained …
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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Tour & Theater Package

… House on Saturday, October 26, lodging for two nights, guided Willa Cather-related site tours, and more! *Your tour package includes: Two nights in our  Cather Second … Willa Cather Center with questions, availability, or to book directly:  ljohnson@willacather.org  or 402-746-2653. …
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Pollinator Workshop

… Image Tuesday, Sep 6, 2016 | 10am - 2pm Willa Cather Memorial Prairie 5 miles South of Red Cloud on HWY … release our monarchs on the prairie! For more information about the workshop, or to RSVP by September 1, please …
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Annotations from the Archive: Herbaria of Webster County

… belonged and invent names of our own for them." When Willa Cather described her prairie childhood in "The Education You Have to Fight For," … are sent me." In fact, some suggestions from Swezey about classification of wildflowers of the Great Plains did …
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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 … things with which we are most familiar that we know least about. Familiarity seems to dull the edge of our curiosity. … teeming with buffalo, deer, antelope, wild geese, ducks, prairie chickens and quail. During the late summer a flock …
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Annotations from the Archive: On Writing Themes

… out until the sun dips, finally, below the western-most prairie hills and the blue hour deepens to black. During … and returned to school. In just such a moment, Willa Cather’s earliest known letter was written at the end of … two years had passed since Cather confided to Mrs. Stowell about her reluctance to give up scientific inquiry in the …
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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package

… cities in Europe where I used to love to go.”  – Willa Cather, 1945 Spend three inspiring days exploring Willa … From her quaint childhood home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and … treasures of Red Cloud. ❧ Cather once remarked, “When I go about among little Nebraska towns (and the little towns, not …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen

… and Author Series programs, oversees the Red Cloud Opera House season of events, plans conferences and seminars, and … visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job evolution …
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William Norris Buffett Gifts Millions for Creation of Hotel Garber

… from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center will soon have access to enhanced amenities. … and his family for their astonishing generosity,” she said. About Hotel Garber Hotel Garber will be a 27-room boutique … enjoy the museum, the historic sites, the town, the Cather Prairie, and other scenic places Cather loved. In the first …
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