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School Field Trips
… School Field Trips Explore Cather's Childhood Home & More The National Willa Cather Center offers customizable experiences for students … and transportation permit. Walk the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie . Complete additional customized activities as …
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Join Our Team
… Join Our Team Career Opportunities at the National Willa Cather Center The Willa Cather Foundation—formerly the Willa Cather Pioneer … to all guests Conduct tours of the various properties and prairie preserve maintained by the Willa Cather Foundation …
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“On the Bright Edges”: Landscape and Longing
… Image The prairie landscape inspired Cather's Nebraska novels and helped to forge many of her characters. A Willa Cather Readers Theater & Reception International Seminar …
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Spring Conference
… an annual Spring Conference in Red Cloud, Nebraska, where Cather scholars, general readers, and those interested in the arts gather to celebrate Cather's legacy and Nebraska's cultural heritage. Held the … to tour Cather's Red Cloud, hike the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, enjoy a live performance in the Red Cloud Opera …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains
… the "spiral" nematode, collected at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie A special science exhibition in the West Atrium Art … which they were collected. Featured sites include the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and Willa Cather's Childhood Home in …
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Author Series & Book Signing: Karen Russell
… Friday, Apr 4, 2025 | 7 - 8:30pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … in the aftermath of Black Sunday, The Antidote follows a "Prairie Witch,” whose body serves as a bank vault for … Russell will sign copies of her book in the National Willa Cather Center bookstore immediately following her talk. You …
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Virtual Author Series: Jim Locklear
… City. The book deals with geology, landforms, woodlands, prairies, wildlife, and other aspects of natural history of … environmental and ecological setting of Red Cloud and Willa Cather's prairie writings within the broader context of the … in this program are not necessarily the views of the Willa Cather Foundation. About Jim Locklear Jim Locklear is a …
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My Ántonia: The Story of a Great American Novel
… Image Willa Cather Free Event at the Joslyn! Special Events Saturday, … by Ashley Olson, executive director of the National Willa Cather Center. Heralded by critics following its publication … arts center, ten historic sites, and a 612-acre native prairie that make up the largest collection of nationally …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles
… rather than living in the past.” Contemporary works As a pop artist, Myles says she finds meaning from demonstrating … more about 49 Minutes of Fame: An Exhibition of Native Pop Art which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory
… in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town … I attended school at Batin (the little tin schoolhouse) and Prairie Gem until I completed the eighth grade and then went … in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town …
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