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Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather

… as scholar John J. Murphy has described her. University of Nebraska Press published a paperback edition in 1961, which …
Posted: 02/09/2026
Last Updated: 02/26/2026

Willa Cather, American Voice

… with, President of the Board of Governors of the National Willa Cather Center, Peter Cipkowski Special Events Friday, Mar 6, … Willa Cather Center, visits the Coffee House to speak about legendary author Willa Cather. Willa Cather wrote many …
Posted: 01/06/2026
Last Updated: 02/23/2026

The National Willa Cather Center Receives 2025 Rising Star Award

… president awards Rising Star Award to Executive Director Ashley Olson The National Willa Cather Center Receives 2025 Rising …
Posted: 12/05/2025
Last Updated: 12/09/2025

Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … uses for the site, including educational programs, literary events, and community gatherings that honor Willa Cather’s … contribute to the community at large.”  The Willa Cather Foundation is proud to be working collaboratively with Willa …
Posted: 05/23/2023
Last Updated: 11/12/2025

2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced

… writers of the Willa Cather Writers Residency in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The cohort of five women writers will gather … of FarmGirl Press. Her poetry has been published in  Nebraska Life and in a chapbook,  Fencelines (2022). Her … for identity. She draws strength and tenacity from the Nebraska landscape and finds healing among cottonwoods and …
Posted: 06/17/2025
Last Updated: 09/30/2025

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 … Spirit in the Unmade Place , on view at the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery. Funding was provided by Humanities …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

19th International Willa Cather Seminar

… All Together Different: Reading Willa Cather Across Regions International Seminar Wednesday, Jun 25 - Friday, Jun 27, 2025 | All day … We hope you will make plans to attend the 19th Willa Cather International Seminar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as we …
Posted: 07/01/2024
Last Updated: 06/23/2025

Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa Cather Center celebrated the long-awaited soft opening of … $230,000 of reaching its goal.  In the first ten years of operation, Hotel Garber is projected to add up to ten new …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… Taos Arts Colony,” by Ernest L. Blumenschein.  https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107304184/blumenschein-taos/ “Voices of … the Valle: Prejudice and Reconciliation" series, by  Taos News . In this series, JuanIsidro Concha of  Taos News  interviews artists, educators, and others about their …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 10/16/2024

Short Biography of Willa Cather

… nine years old, her family moved to rural Webster County, Nebraska, and later to the town of Red Cloud, where she lived until attending college at the University of Nebraska. Cather’s career began in Pittsburgh, where she … While six of Cather’s novels were inspired by her Nebraska experiences, her writing spans settings that also …
Posted: 05/04/2023
Last Updated: 07/12/2024

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