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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… a trip? Browse our website, and the links below, or contact Nick Powers, Visitor Services Coordinator, at npowers@willacather.org . PLAN YOUR TRIP   My Ántonia Holiday …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, … engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered … and visited the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. They also experienced our “ Country Tour ” on board a vintage trolley …
Posted: 10/23/2019
Last Updated: 11/21/2019

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… obscurity. We have come to regard this great feast day of ours as a thing that came about because of a general … The story once in Lincoln's ear, and the thing was done. He saw how precious such a day would become to the … of all the states fell in line, and the day has become one of the facts of our National existence.” Cather often …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Willa Cather Center — to plan around your Red Cloud visit. Nick Powers, our Visitors Services Coordinator, can also assist you in planning your visit:  npowers@willacather.org  or (402) 746-2653. PLEASE NOTE : The …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Soundstitching: Sites and Sounds of Willa Cather's World

… tapestries. Kite's work premiered at KANEKO in Omaha, Nebraska, in July 2017. She has been featured as an … Art Education Association in 2019. Kite was born in Auburn, Nebraska, and earned a B.F.A in painting and sculpture, and … work as a composer, performer, and educator was featured on Nebraska Public Media’s  “What If,”  a statewide program …
Posted: 03/15/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

National Willa Cather Center

… the opportunity to fully explore the life and legacy of one of America's most celebrated authors. The Center is the … comes with the unique experience of an embrace from the small community where Willa Cather spent her formative … narratives that are interwoven with priceless historical photographs and artifacts. The exhibit’s name, taken from …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/14/2026

Visit

… Visit Visit the Museum No study of Cather is complete without a trip to Red Cloud. The National Willa Cather Center is an award-winning museum in the heart of … Hours & Directions Lodging Options Lodging Options Cather Prairie Cather Prairie Cather's Red Cloud Cather's Red Cloud …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

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

… Manan, New Brunswick, with friends she met through Cather events. She looks forward to rekindling those friendships …
Posted: 09/10/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Loren Johnson Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation April 10, 2025 Ask Loren Johnson’s former … and compassion. In fact, Johnson cared so deeply about others that he rarely shared much about his own life and …
Posted: 04/10/2025
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… contend with.”  – Jane Smiley The Professor’s House and My Ántonia will share the spotlight at the forthcoming Willa Cather Spring Conference. My Ántonia will complete its run as part of the NEA’s Big … deliver the Friday evening keynote titled "Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer," which marks the …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

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