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Guided Willa Cather Tours

… The National Willa Cather Center and many of our historic sites are open for guided tours year-round. Four of the historic sites are fully accessible to those with limited mobility. … tours all include the Willa Cather Childhood Home. Please check our hours of operation when planning your visit, and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced

… Image 2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced Cohort in Residence October 5-19 June 17, 2025 The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to announce members of the … Northwest and is a pending graduate (2025) of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program at PLU. Lynne Nugent Lynne …
Posted: 06/17/2025
Last Updated: 09/30/2025

Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Guided Tours to Follow Special Events Saturday, Jun 8, 2024 | 1:30 …
Posted: 05/13/2024
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

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… plan ahead, watch the skies, and stay safe while you visit! Guided tours of the prairie are available by pre-arrangement. Please call our office to arrange your visit. The prairie is open for self-guiding year round. … park rules during your visit. Download the Prairie Brochure Book a Tour   Image Image Image Image Can't visit in person? …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/29/2025

Stargazing on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

… Image Garrett Peck Image Star Gazing at the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference With Garrett Peck Spring Conference … He leads the Willa Cather's Santa Fe tour, among others, and teaches stargazing in New Mexico's dark skies. …
Posted: 05/19/2025
Last Updated: 05/22/2025

"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… Image Los Gallos, the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos Image The shaded … by David Harrell. In Vol. 33 of the Willa Cather Newsletter & Review. pp. 4-8.  …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 10/16/2024

Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short … language, and sensitive explorations of place. Her life and work still inspire insightful scholarly analysis. … her formative Nebraska experiences into an international literary legacy.  Cather died in 1947, and was laid to rest …
Posted: 05/04/2023
Last Updated: 07/12/2024

Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … not find them. And so I wrote O Pioneers! .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost …
Posted: 03/28/2019
Last Updated: 06/24/2024

69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Image Willa Cather reads to her brother Jack and sister Elsie. Cather … for poetry, nature, and music drive her to create a better world for herself and others through words. Davis's poetry …
Posted: 09/21/2023
Last Updated: 06/06/2024

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