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

… to the Lakota tribe. His work also explores different media including acrylics, archival pens, watercolor, and …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 06/17/2025

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… in this county. Thank you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town … I attended school at Batin (the little tin schoolhouse) and Prairie Gem until I completed the eighth grade and then went … I really wanted to do that but it did not stop me from learning and doing art.  There really was no art in grade …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… - Willa Cather, letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood Red Cloud, Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where … she was, in her own words, “always being pulled back into Nebraska.” You will be, too. BOOK THE CATHER SECOND HOME … sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of urbanity and absorb the rolling …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

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

… gathered for celebratory remarks, a ribbon-cutting, open house, and self-guided tours. The occasion bookended more than … made possible by gifts from many generous individuals and foundations. These private gifts helped leverage grant … Nebraska Passport program.  MAKE A DONATION Learn more about the Hotel Garber project —All gallery images, below, …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… Helicotylenchus, the "spiral" nematode, collected at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie A special science exhibition in the … believes most people only know half of the story. Unseen and Underfoot was conceived by Powers and …
Posted: 03/16/2025
Last Updated: 03/18/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… of War Information, 1943 Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up February 7, 2025 Use it up, Wear it out, Make it … cards to her. But now there are very few people who care about “picture cards”, as we used to when we were children. … communities. In the first place, diet and cookery, the foundation of life, were revolutionized (city people could …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Chase Earles

… childhood visits to the Southwest. “I was really inspired by Southwestern Pueblo pottery,” Earles says. “That’s … into it or modern-day issues.” A featured artist in the Red Cloud Opera House exhibit 49 Minutes of Fame , Earles … 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

… his current pieces. “Those themes started playing in my head a lot about what it meant to be Lakota and my family’s …
Posted: 12/13/2021
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… from letters, to lectures, to this gallery. He is now “over the Rainbow.” His joy in this exhibit today would be inexpressible. He would feel … the end is now in sight and not too far distant… Had a new experience today that I will never forget as long as I …
Posted: 10/15/2024
Last Updated: 10/22/2024

Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln and at the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

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