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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • Learn • … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… production of Oceans of Grass at the Red Cloud Opera House. Throughout their visit, our education staff led the group in lively discussions on several of Willa Cather’s novels, while noted … “ A Walk in Her Footsteps ” three-day tour weekend or contact our education staff to help shape your ideal group …
Posted: 10/23/2019
Last Updated: 11/21/2019

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… postcard to her niece, 1909 Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud November 7, 2025 "There … in town, you're welcome to make an appointment to visit the archives and see firsthand some of Cather's own personal …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

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

Soundstitching: Sites and Sounds of Willa Cather's World

… and a Visual Art Instructor in the fine arts program at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and resides in Sarasota. …
Posted: 03/15/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

National Willa Cather Center

Image National Willa Cather Center Advancing Her Legacy The National Willa Cather Center offers the opportunity to fully explore the life and legacy of one of America's most celebrated authors. The Center is the heart of the largest collection of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/07/2026

Visit

… Tour Options Red Cloud Opera House Upcoming Events & Rental Info Built in 1885, the Red Cloud Opera House transports …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift

… Jayden. Image Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy … attributes her love of reading to him. Even with her family connection to Nebraska and Cather’s hometown, it wasn’t … the rich tapestry of Cather’s writing.” With her family connection to Red Cloud and her growing interest in the …
Posted: 09/10/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation April 10, 2025 Ask Loren Johnson’s former … kindness and compassion. In fact, Johnson cared so deeply about others that he rarely shared much about his own life … said Pedroza, a retired theology professor. “He made all of us perform and develop at our best. There were at least a …
Posted: 04/10/2025
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Jun 5 - Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 … and My Ántonia will share the spotlight at the forthcoming Willa Cather Spring Conference. My Ántonia will complete its … Jane Smiley will deliver the Friday evening keynote titled "Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer," which …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

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