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Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat

… Image Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat October 13, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation is offering an exceptional package for Red … Retreat! This offer includes: two tickets to the Red Cloud Opera House for a Saturday evening cabaret show with Mary …
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Small Town Big Dreams

… Small Town Big Dreams March 3, 2010 "On my way East I broke my journey at Hastings, in … famous people to emerge from south central Nebraska were pioneers--Edwin Perkins, the inventor of Kool-Aid, and Willa …
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Currently On View In The Opera House

… Image Image Image Currently On View In The Opera House June 16, 2014 On view now in the historic Red … and watercolor. Her work has appeared on book covers for Cather’s Kitchens, Catfish at the Pump, and The Convivial … in the Governor’s Mansion. Linda participated in the Willa Cather Foundation’s April Twilights exhibition of works …
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Spring Conference Call for Papers

… first novel, O Pioneers! , yet her actual first book, April Twilights (1903), and its contexts, have received much less … • Cather, Poetry, and Pittsburgh • Cather and Housman or Other Comparisons • Cather's Poetry and McClure's Magazine • …
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One Book One Nebraska

… Image One Book One Nebraska November 4, 2012 Members of the Willa … at the Celebration of Nebraska Books in Lincoln when O Pioneers! was announced as the One Book One Nebraska selection for 2013! This honor coincides with many events commemorating the novel's 100th anniversary of …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… of food and drink in Cather's writing. This day of scholarly papers and discussion will be followed by two days … as in " A Wagner Matinee " or Pauline's career in Lucy Gayheart Wine and/or beer: Vavrika's saloon in " The …
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Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame

… Image Cather Inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame February 25, 2011 … made a lasting contribution to literature. Willa Cather (1873-1947) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who … first achieved national recognition for novels such as O Pioneers! and My Ántonia, in which she drew on her own …
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An Evening of Arts and Entertainment

… Image An Evening of Arts and Entertainment September 11, 2013 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! with a special evening in Omaha featuring an art …
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Willa Cather Book Club

… 19, 2014 - One of Ours , pt. 2 April 16, 2014 - On the Rocks , by Sue Hallgarth May 21, 2014 - Willa Cather in …
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Showing at The Lark

… Showing at The Lark February 11, 2014 Heralded as Willa Cather's first great novel, O Pioneers! is coming off of a … celebrated its 100th publication anniversary. The Willa Cather Foundation, in partnership with The Lark , will be … at The Lark and The Willa Cather Foundation's Red Cloud Opera House . About the organizations: The Willa Cather …
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