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2nd Annual December Night Soup Showdown

… off your culinary skills! All you have to do to enter the December Night Soup Showdown is fill out an entry form by November 30 and provide a large roaster of your favorite soup on December 6. Tables will be provided in the Opera House. …
Posted: 11/13/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

4th Annual December Night Soup Showdown

… Image Opera House Sunday, Dec 3, 2017 | 5 - 7pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United …
Posted: 11/21/2017
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

3rd Annual December Night Soup Showdown

… Image Opera House Sunday, Dec 4, 2016 | 5 - 7pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United …
Posted: 11/15/2016
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

December Soup Showdown

… chicken noodle soup recipe the best in a six-county radius? Or, do you have your own special concoction that your … The Willa Cather Foundation is looking for individuals, businesses, church groups, or organizations to enter their … To enter the December Night Soup Showdown, please contact Kara Faber Program and Development Coordinator by …
Posted: 12/29/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions

… of the county’s citizens. While Cather was a child, many holiday celebrations were community-focused. The county’s newspapers were filled with holiday activities. For example, many churches and several … along with ideas for decorating them with bells, Christmas cards, toys, and fruit.) In Red Cloud and Guide Rock, clubs …
Posted: 12/10/2024
Last Updated: 12/17/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day

… National Willa Cather Center, please reach out to archivist Tracy Sanford Tucker (ttucker@willacather.org) to schedule an appointment. …
Posted: 11/04/2024
Last Updated: 11/05/2024

Red Cloud Opera House

… towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House."  —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud … to set the mood, scene, and tone of the 1890s, when Willa Cather and her friends eagerly anticipated the arrival of … people." "But I am sorry that the old Opera Houses in the prairie towns are dark, because they really did give a …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/07/2024

The Potter Family

… from New York to Nebraska to live with and work for area farmers.  Charles R. Potter (1840–1931) was born in the … R. Potter, was 21 when they were married, having left his home in Owego, N.Y. the year before to come to Illinois where he had relatives. He and his father never agreed very well, so he left home and came west, as …
Posted: 08/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/27/2024

5th Annual Soup Showdown Rescheduled

Image Opera House Sunday, Jan 13, 2019 | 5 - 7pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The Red Cloud Opera House will be brimming with enticing aromas as local chefs dust off their favorite recipe for the 5th annual …
Posted: 11/07/2018
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… “a kind of freemasonry,” as Willa Cather called it in My Ántonia . Their stories enhanced our understanding of … Ludlow Tennant, 1958: It was some eighty years ago that my grandfather, William Ludlow, a retired minister, …
Posted: 12/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

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