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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • Learn • Shop • Stay "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … grant funding, we have traveling exhibits, programs, and educational resources available through June 30, 2025. Participate in …
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, … heartland, the prairie, and one of its charming small towns—a step back in time with an amazing author center and … Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud! Our town and country tours, Willa Cather Memorial Prairie visit, and unique …
Posted: 10/23/2019
Last Updated: 11/21/2019

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

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… and go, but the land is always here...”  —O Pioneers! Visit Red Cloud and immerse yourself in the prairie settings and … 281 near Lebanon, Kansas). If you're searching for the best location for a spectacular Nebraska sunset, sunrise, or even …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Soundstitching: Sites and Sounds of Willa Cather's World

… Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | 12am - Saturday, Jun 11, 2022 … Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States In this exhibition, artist Cassia Kite's distinctive Soundstitching process …
Posted: 03/15/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

National Willa Cather Center

… Image National Willa Cather Center Advancing Her Legacy The National … at the Red Cloud Opera House Hike, stargaze, or watch the sunrise and sunset at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Explore scenic country roads on a Cather "Country …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/14/2026

Visit

… a not-for-profit organization created in 1955 that owns and operates the National Willa Cather Center and the nation's … novels and numerous short stories. Tour Options Red Cloud Opera House Upcoming Events & Rental Info Built in 1885, the Red …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

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

… Legacy Gift September 6, 2024 During the Willa Cather Spring Conference, Sharon Kohout always makes time to say hello to … and visitors can experience the same engaging tours, conferences, and seminars that she has. “The Willa Cather …
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

… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in … 5 - Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | All day CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … as well as the return of the popular star-gazing on the prairie program that evening. Pulitzer Prize winner Jane …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

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