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We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place

… unspoken—in Cather's texts. Many of these pieces are for sale, and gallery sales not only support the artists in our communities, but …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 06/17/2025

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… much of my growing up years"  —Karen Thurlow Tell us a bit about your relationship to Webster County and your family history here. I was born in Red Cloud, delivered by Dr. … The photos that are of my childhood, I remember a lot about the day that the images were shot. Things like why the …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Red Cloud Opera House Hosts Tiny Art Market

… "Driven by curiosity across multiple mediums, my creative foundation is rooted in capturing the tiny, realistic … Nebraska, President of the Red Cloud Area Artists, and a board member of the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs … least a matter of perspective. The child whose hat is flung about eats a different lunch than the tormentors. On a more …
Posted: 07/13/2026
Last Updated: 11/04/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I confide to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love … letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood Red Cloud, Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where literature and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… project raised more than $7 million in charitable gifts and grants. Paired with an estimated $1 million in Nebraska …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… Prairie A special science exhibition in the West Atrium Art Gallery Monday, Mar 17 - Saturday, May 17, 2025 | All day The … The focus on nematodes of the prairie expands the sense of place in landscapes. The diversity in the prairie nematode …
Posted: 03/16/2025
Last Updated: 03/18/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… Image Rationing Poster, United State Office of War Information, 1943 Annotations from the … the characters on the cards were sometimes given names of friends or siblings, as though stories were being created or acted out based on the scenes. Image Willa Cather's Childhood Scrapbook. OBJ-4-RG2639.AM.00001 In a letter to …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Chase Earles

… pottery during childhood visits to the Southwest. “I was really inspired by Southwestern Pueblo pottery,” Earles says. … has won numerous awards for his work. He earned First Place at the 2013 Santa Fe Indian Market, Best of Division … Pop Art  which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • There is also an …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Nathaniel Ruleaux

… conversations about art, family and heritage have inspired his current pieces. “Those themes started playing in my … grandfather encouraged him to submit his work to the Red Cloud Indian Art Show on the Pine Ridge Reservation, a place … of Theatre and Dance. To learn more about Ruleaux’s work, visit his Instagram page. For more information Learn more …
Posted: 12/13/2021
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… Website.  The collection aims to centralize access to the history of Nebraska Holocaust survivors and WWII liberators … day after the liberation of Dachau, Williams wrote his wife about his details of the concentration camp as they … I will never forget as long as I live. I had read a lot about concentration camps and the brutal treatment given the …
Posted: 10/15/2024
Last Updated: 10/22/2024

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