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Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. … lunch served in our beautiful Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery — or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… Image Walking on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Image The Willa Cather Childhood … Cloud Opera House and National Willa Cather Center in downtown Red Cloud. Image The Pavelka Farmstead is on our … make up our “Two-Day Cather Immersion” package. Some of the tours and experiences listed can also be booked individually …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… Guided Seven Building Town Tour Driving Tour Guests should have their own … and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tours last approximately 2 hours. Adults: $25.00 Students: … - $10.00  Children: (5 & under) – Free Book a Tour Willa Cather Childhood Home 245 N Cedar Street The Cather family …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/11/2025

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best … is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. Events took place across the country throughout 2023-2024 to …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … 2023   Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! Donate Now The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national … new fire and intrusion alarm systems, roof replacement, foundation repair, recreation of the original fence, and …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was … Lady , Cather vows not to allow any more adaptations of her works. She later stipulates this in her will. 1935  — In the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration

… The Library is pleased to partner with the National Willa Cather Center to commemorate Willa Cather’s 150th birthday. … a National Historic Landmark. Guided town, country, and prairie tours provide visitors with an immersive place-based … scholarship. Willa Cather’s legacy lives on thanks to the support of people across the country and abroad. Members …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Reading Willa Cather: A Sesquicentennial Celebration

… Image Willa Cather Image Join us at the Boston Athenaeum Special Events … School for the Arts. She is the recent recipient for Best Supporting Actor for Billy Comes Home at the Marina Del Rey … a National Historic Landmark. Guided town, country, and prairie tours provide visitors with an immersive place-based …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/07/2023

Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration … the National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

60th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… The 60th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference  Red Cloud, Nebraska Join us in Red Cloud, June 5-7, 2015, for the 60th …
Posted: 11/04/2014
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

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