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Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… Image Willa Cather Memorial Prairie The Willa Cather Memorial Prairie is a botanical treasure consisting … watch the skies, and stay safe while you visit! Guided tours of the prairie are available by pre-arrangement. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/29/2025

Stargazing on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

Image Garrett Peck Image Star Gazing at the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference With Garrett Peck Spring Conference Thursday, Jun 5, 2025 | 9 - 10pm CT Willa Cather Memorial Prairie c. 7 miles south of Red Cloud on Nebraska/Kansas border Red Cloud …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/22/2025

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, Carrie, … to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] Visitors to Red Cloud are invited to book a stay at the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 | 7 - 8:15pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States "The type of writer we have been talking about has a brain like Limbo, full of ghosts, for which he … characters and evocative descriptions of the Nebraska prairie they inhabit. Critics characterize her work as …
Posted: 08/18/2025
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Willa Cather … the link that follows. Banquet & Readers Theater Tickets To learn more about the recent restoration of the Willa Cather … Arts Council. His work can be found in  Rattle, Poet Lore, Prairie Schooner , and in hundreds of other …
Posted: 05/13/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

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

… that I’m from Red Cloud. There is exactly one small town in Nebraska that can claim one of the most famous authors in … with Jay. As he often says, “If I had to meet a boy from Nebraska I’m glad he was from Red Cloud. That has brought …
Posted: 07/13/2016
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… Image Walking on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home was reopened in December 2023 after a 16-month restoraton. Image The Red Cloud Opera House and National Willa Cather Center in downtown Red …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Cather Legacy Society

… and generous bequest from Dr. Joseph D. ‘Joe’ Kyle. The news came from Dr. Kyle’s son, Alex Kyle, who shared that he …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

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

International Cather Seminar

… International Cather Seminar The International Cather Seminar is held biennially in locations around the … Though a scholarly conference, plenty of activities—guided tours, exhibitions, and performances—are included for the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

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