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2nd Annual December Night Soup Showdown

… Image Sunday, Dec 6, 2015 | 5 - 7pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The Willa Cather Foundation and Auld Public Library will host this … a Soup Showdown champion! Proceeds will benefit the Willa Cather Foundation and the Auld Public Library. Entry forms …
Posted: 11/13/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

4th Annual December Night Soup Showdown

… chefs dust off their favorite recipe for the 4th annual December Night Soup Showdown. The event is open to the public from …
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 … will benefit the arts and educational programs of the Willa Cather Foundation and the Auld Public Library. Entry forms for the Soup Showdown are available now at the Willa Cather Foundation, Auld Public Library, or download a PDF …
Posted: 11/15/2016
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

December Soup Showdown

… Image December Soup Showdown November 24, 2014 CHEFS NEEDED FOR DECEMBER NIGHT SOUP SHOWDOWN (Red Cloud, NE) — Do you have a …
Posted: 12/29/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions

… Cather Family Christmas Decorations Annotations From the Archives: Red Cloud's Christmas Traditions December 10, 2025 … and family back in Nebraska during the holidays. Our archives hold a large collection of Christmas cards that she …
Posted: 12/10/2024
Last Updated: 12/17/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day

… Image Nebraska Roll of Honor for Grosvenor P. Cather Annotations from the Archives: Armistice Day November … of thousands of young men and women in military conflicts. Willa Cather would have known November 11 as Armistice Day, a day when the veterans of World War I were honored, and our collections are rich with …
Posted: 11/04/2024
Last Updated: 11/05/2024

Red Cloud Opera House

… Image Red Cloud Opera House "When I go about among little Nebraska … speaking the lines can give us that feeling of living along with them, of participating in their existence." It was … of participating in their existence. The poorest of the old road companies were at least made up of people who wanted to …
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

… Image Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding December 16, 2022 As we conclude … Silas Garber, their lives and legacy in Red Cloud, and the broader history of the community. In our organization’s early … to eat and plenty of water to wash it down with, but how long can a man subsist on bread and water, besides you say …
Posted: 12/16/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

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