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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, … its publication and a novel that is part of today’s literary canon, My Ántonia’s worldwide appeal is … migration and colonialism, class divisions and labor, rural life and landscapes, and the #MeToo movement. Olson’s …
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Annotations From the Archives: Christmas in Red Cloud
… Image Cather Family Christmas Decorations Annotations From the … Red Cloud December 10, 2024 In Webster County during Willa Cather’s childhood, Christmas traditions differed from our … the children, as did rural areas like Penny Creek, Pleasant Prairie, and Elm Creek. At those celebrations, adults were …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles
… to rectify the past by restoring the area back to a Native prairie. She says she hopes the installation will bring a … to the Dakota/Lakota Language” at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House exhibit from November …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory
… Webster County and your family history here. I was born in Red Cloud, delivered by Dr. Francis Obert August 19, 1943. I … and I feel as if I am right there back in that time frame visiting what was taking place—kind of like being in a time …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … trip. We offer a variety of guided historic site tours, lodging, and events year round at the National Willa Cather …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia
… with a special fall kick-off! Please join us for a day packed with fun events, including the debut of a new …
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Nick Powers, Our On-Staff Nebraska Master Naturalist
… Image Our guided Prairie Tour will have new enhancements thanks to Nick's … or the University of Nebraska. Nick has been with the Willa Cather Foundation since January 2022 and is currently … and curation. “Our ongoing work of preserving the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie hinges on both a knowledgeable, …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!
… Pacholski (left) and Sophie Ryan at our 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities … 12, 2024 The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center offers an experiential learning opportunity … Since arriving in Red Cloud, Sarah has been a very avid prairie goer, and it's been their writing sanctuary when on …
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