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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… Image Special Events Saturday, Oct 24, 2026 | 6 - 7:15pm Saturday, Oct 24, … into novels and short stories such as My Ántonia , The Song of the Lark , "The Sculptor's Funeral," and "The Affair at Grover …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… and education as a child, restored and open today with events and performances throughout the year. Our Special … is her childhood bedroom and its original wallpaper in The Song of the Lark  or the Miner House that became the Harling home in My …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… to any other American writer. While Cather moved away from Nebraska in 1896, her parents Charles and Mary Virginia … conservators from the Ford Conservation Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The project was supported by the State of Nebraska – Department of Economic Development and the Willa …
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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong

… who joined filmmaker Alexander Payne for a weekend of events at Omaha's Film Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather … and shared that he was currently reading Cather's  The Song of the Lark and had particularly enjoyed  Death Comes for the …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather

… the Ames Writers Collective and Ames Public Library Special Events Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 | 7 - 8pm Ames Public Library … acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . In partnership with the Ames …
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Willa Cather Biography

… P. Stout’s Cather Among the Moderns (2019) and Melissa J. Homestead’s The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative … understood in relation to their personal and cultural places. Most often such places owe to Cather's own best … and her Uncle George and Aunt Franc, who were already homesteading a district known locally as Catherton. Cather …
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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday

… Image Willa Cather, c. 1912 Image Talk by Dr. Robert Thacker, President, Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors Special Events … emerged in the 1920s a dominant voice was found in the writing of Willa Cather (1873-1947); her frequent …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in … for the character Thea Kronborg in her next novel,  The Song of the Lark . Cather visits Nebraska.  1915  — Cather publishes  …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

…  hosts this sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most significant and treasured American writers … essays, short stories, and the critically acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My …
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Press Room

… for the latest newsworthy information about our activities, events, and announcements. Please browse the sub-sections … adaptive reuse project that also incorporates the Red Cloud Opera House (restored in 2003). It contains an archive, museum, …
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