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Willa Cather, the Archival Chain, and the Making of a Literary Legacy

… Friday, Jun 5, 2026 | 7 - 8:30pm CT Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States … literary history, with special emphasis on Cather’s posthumous legacy. Such collections are not formed accidentally. … an ASL interpreter, or any other accommodations, please contact our Visitor Services Coordinator, Nick Powers, at …
Posted: 04/28/2026
Last Updated: 06/05/2026

National Willa Cather Center

… the opportunity to fully explore the life and legacy of one of America's most celebrated authors. The Center is the … comes with the unique experience of an embrace from the small community where Willa Cather spent her formative … narratives that are interwoven with priceless historical photographs and artifacts. The exhibit’s name, taken from …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/14/2026

Reading Willa Cather

… 55413 United States Register for Event The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to partner with Theater Latté Da for a celebration of Willa Cather (1873–1947), one of the most distinctive and enduring … A New Brain , Follies ; Frank Theatre: The Threepenny Opera , Cabaret ; James Sewell Ballet: Nutcracker (not so) …
Posted: 04/29/2026
Last Updated: 05/07/2026

Red Cloud Opera House Sponsorship Opportunities

… Red Cloud Opera House Sponsorship Opportunities Willa Cather believed … and 90,000 individuals who engage with the National Willa Cather Center online and through social media.  Sponsor …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 04/03/2026

Support the Willa Cather Foundation

… Support the Willa Cather Foundation The Impact of Your Gift When you make a financial contribution to the National Willa Cather Center, you become a partner in our many … in the life of Willa Cather; publish the Willa Cather Review; and inspire the next generation of artists. Red …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… guest rooms and two-and-a-half baths.  Book Now on Airbnb About the Guest House Image The Cather Second Home is a … Foundation’s headquarters at the Red Cloud Opera House, as well as downtown restaurants and shops, a grocery store, and … to guests) that once led to the maid's quarters, now known as the Hanover Room. The beautiful hardwood floors and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society

… Image A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society July 13, 2016 “ I feel blessed that … to a trip to Egypt in 2015, they made sure that the Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was included in their estate plans. … that springs to mind for them is a performance of the opera,  The Bohemian Girl , that was staged to help …
Posted: 07/13/2016
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… Cloud Opera House and National Willa Cather Center in downtown Red Cloud. Image The Pavelka Farmstead is on our Country Tour and is the setting of the final section of My Ántonia. … assigned tour guide for a tour of seven Cather sites in town 3:00 pm — Meet with Cather Center leadership for VIP …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in … Featured Speaker Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres , which was awarded the … Pulitzer Prize, The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck , Early Warning , and Golden Age , Perestroika in Paris , and, …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

The Willa Cather Foundation

… and groups of all backgrounds, worldviews, and identities. Learning: We continuously learn and teach. Professionalism: … for museums. Stewardship: We are good stewards of sites, collections, and charitable gifts that are entrusted to us. … a small cohort of writers; Curation of exhibits featuring artifacts from the Foundation’s collections, which …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/06/2025

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