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Ecotourism on the Great Plains: Red Cloud Workshop

… Ecotourism on the Great Plains: Red Cloud Workshop June 6, 2017 Ecotourism on the Great Plains: … Date and Time Tue, July 18, 2017 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM CDT Location Red Cloud Opera House 411 N Webster St Red Cloud, …
Posted: 06/06/2017
Last Updated: 07/25/2017

71st Annual Spring Conference Schedule

… Visual, and Virtual Cather - Hotel Garber Conference Room   Journey to Webster County: An Interactive Education Activity … Room   Every Stroke Has a Story: Seeing Willa Cather Through Her Handwriting Rolando P. Garcia, Independent … Peck, Independent Scholar 3:00 PM Session 3 Panel B: Literary Motifs - Hotel Garber Conference Room   "snow was …
Posted: 04/27/2026
Last Updated: 05/26/2026

Serena's Album

… consider this extraordinary album in its entirety. (For a scholarly perspective on confession albums, and on Cather’s … notable public figure — a Civil War General in the Union Army, United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the … upon Mary for Julia, the musical Harling sister, in My Ántonia , and Mary played the Beast in the production of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Through Darkness to Light

… 1865. They moved in constant fear of being killed or recaptured, returned, and beaten as an example of what would happen … bear. Occasionally, they were guided from one secret, safe location to the next by an everchanging, clandestine group … Arts. Programming at the National Willa Cather Center's Red Cloud Opera House Gallery is made possible with the support …
Posted: 01/12/2026
Last Updated: 02/13/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. Alongside the Red Cloud Opera House, the Center is a cultural oasis on the Great …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society

… about.” Considering this, it’s not surprising that when getting their affairs in order prior to a trip to Egypt in … roots are deep in the town of Red Cloud, Jay has been involved with the Willa Cather Foundation for as long as he … or a pure historic preservation society, you wouldn’t get so many different people from so many different realms …
Posted: 07/13/2016
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

An Interview with Artist Daniel Garringer

… Antithesis: An Exhibition by Daniel Garringer is featured in our Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through May 10. We recently spoke … of the composition. At times I will go back and revisit a location and even take more photographs if needed. There are …
Posted: 03/18/2025
Last Updated: 03/18/2025

Historic Sites

… Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of … Song of the Lark. The home was acquired by the Willa Cather Foundation in 1960 and opened to visitors in 1967. Many of … a diverse schedule that includes theater, music, lectures, gallery exhibits, and much more. The Opera House was donated …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the … come and go, but the land is always here...”  —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings and …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE … the same make/model typewriter used by the author, and in a location related to the novel and/or author. When retyping, … Sites April 11 — Miner House porch: "Friends of Childhood," pp. 1-50 April 12 — Childhood Home  attic …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 04/13/2022

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