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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… flatware and cooking utensils. The kitchen is stocked with coffee, teas, and condiments. A self-serve continental … front porch is a relaxing area for enjoying your morning coffee, curling up with a good book in the afternoon, or …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

Image Walking on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie An Immersive Willa Cather Experience Spend Two Days in Red Cloud "I am not exaggerating...I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go." …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 07/15/2026

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… a sunrise or sunset, absorb the wonders of the vast night sky, or to hike across its vast acreage—in all seasons. …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… issue: Poem for Cather by Leonard Gilley, reprinted in 1966 Prairie Schooner p. 3  … Day of Issue p. 1  Willa Cather Centennial Festival--Events at UNL and Red Cloud p. 2  Notice of Mrs. Roscoe … 3  Spring Conference Schedule p. 3  Willa Cather's Birthday Celebrated p. 4  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat

… Image Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat October 13, 2014 The Willa Cather … evening cabaret show with Mary Carrick; Saturday night lodging at the historic Cather Second Home; and two guided … Song of the Lark . Join us on Saturday, November 8th and visit one of the most famous villages in American …
Posted: 10/23/2014
Last Updated: 11/03/2014

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes We're open for business during construction! The long-planned Nebraska Department of Transportation Red Cloud project gets underway April 6, 2026. To make your visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

Membership

… ornament One free rental of the Cather Second Home Guest House Novelist ($2,500) X X X X X Poet ($1,000) X X X X   … at the National Willa Cather Center and the Red Cloud Opera House Supply of classroom resources to educators and … collection has grown into a multifaceted organization that operates an award-winning arts and cultural center, …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 04/27/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… . . . But our great National feast day was originated by a private individual, and a woman at that. Above all her other … in Red Cloud. What a happy time that was for me! I shall always think of the old house just as it was then—exactly as … personal artifacts or dig into Red Cloud history in a new way!     …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa Cather. … lunch served in our beautiful Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery — or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the Willa Cather … Willa Cather Center.  OTHER ACTIVITIES : Check our  EVENTS  page throughout the year for upcoming performances, … HERE  for more about our prairie guidelines. In 2023, celebrate our native grasslands and pollinators on  National …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

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