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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 … beloved novels, such as My Ántonia , O Pioneers! , and The Song of the Lark . Join us on Saturday, November 8th and visit one of …
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Small Town Big Dreams

… famous people to emerge from south central Nebraska were pioneers--Edwin Perkins, the inventor of Kool-Aid, and Willa … preserving and promoting the legacies of these remarkable pioneers. From watching movies and documentaries at the Lied …
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Currently On View In The Opera House

… poetry, and also created an original work based on O Pioneers! in celebration of the 100th anniversary of its …
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Spring Conference Call for Papers

… Spring" at the beginning of her "real" first novel, O Pioneers! , yet her actual first book, April Twilights …
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One Book One Nebraska

… at the Celebration of Nebraska Books in Lincoln when O Pioneers! was announced as the One Book One Nebraska … Spring Conference in Red Cloud with a special emphasis on O Pioneers! , an art exhibit entitled, Inspired by O Pioneers!, our essay contest for high school juniors and …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… of events for Cather readers and scholars: lively discussions with Cather scholars, historians, and cooks; kitchen … foods; wine tastings, a keynote address by Professor Susan Meyer of Wellesley College, and a barn dance supper … for the conference; if you have questions, please contact Romines at annrom3@verizon.net . We look forward to …
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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 On Friday, …
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An Evening of Arts and Entertainment

… is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Willa Cather's O Pioneers! with a special evening in Omaha featuring an art auction and O Pioneers! entertainment. The Willa Cather Foundation Art … Also in the auction will be three framed, limited edition O Pioneers! posters and a number of Cather-themed gift …
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Willa Cather Book Club

… Cather Book Club has begun meeting again! Beginning with O Pioneers! (2013's One Book One Nebraska selection), the … our educational mission, developed for the celebration of O Pioneers! 100th publication anniversary and with One Book … of writers to come. 2013-2014 Schedule October 16, 2013 - O Pioneers! , pt. 1 (2013 One Book One Nebraska selection) …
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Showing at The Lark

… of the people who settled it. Cather's heroine is Alexandra Bergson, who arrives on the wind-blasted prairie … But this archetypal success story is darkened by loss, and Alexandra's devotion to the land may come at the cost of …
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