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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 … Exploration Backpack . Sign out one for each of your children or yourself to further explore our prairie wonders …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Willa Cather's Birthday Celebration and Open House

… Image Special Events Friday, Dec 7, 2018 | 4 - 6pm National Willa Cather Center 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Join us in celebrating Willa Cather’s birthday! The National Willa Cather Center … Valley, Virginia, on December 7, 1873, the eldest of seven children raised by Charles and Virginia. The family moved to …
Posted: 11/16/2018
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many of our historic sites are open … homesteads and the prairies and river where the Cather children played and explored.  Learn More School Field Trip …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2026

Willa Cather Biography

… northern Virginia to the pioneering prairie of the Nebraska Divide—a sensitive child at a critical age—was in many ways … for an incipient writer: though sparsely settled, the Divide between the Republican and Blue rivers offered her … put them too in some of her novels. During her time on the Divide, Cather attended a one-room school house, but Charles …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Nebraska Chamber Players with Brian Leeper present Christian Ellenwood's Children of the Moon

… Chris Ellenwood’s new composition,  Children of the Moon , is based on Willa Cather’s  One of Ours  which … Nebraska Chamber Players will perform  Children of the Moon  on Saturday, June 4, in the Red Cloud Opera House. … visit the Spring Conference event page. Children of the Moon  is composed for baritone voice, flute, clarinet, …
Posted: 03/02/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Report p. 2  Donations and Museum Influence p. 2  Cather House Restoration Fund p. 2  Essay Contest and Student … p. 1  Spring Conference--1969 p. 2  Antique Collector--Helen Obitz p. 2  Gifts Received p. 2  Financial Report for … Memorial (WCPM). While these names could be eliminated according to book indexing principles, I decided to retain …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Laura Bush Announces the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future

… develop visitor amenities, and build endowment for the nonprofit organization devoted to the great American author. The … Director. “We have had strong support from longtime friends and foundations and now hope to include individuals … said the highest site restoration priorities are Cather’s Childhood Home and the Pavelka Farmstead, which is central …
Posted: 11/22/2022
Last Updated: 11/22/2022

Willa Cather Foundation Awarded Operations Support from Nebraska Arts Council

… Image Willa Cather Foundation Awarded Operations Support from Nebraska Arts … of many Nebraska-based and regional artists. For more about upcoming programs click HERE . About the Nebraska Arts …
Posted: 06/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Early Letter from Willa "William" Cather to Family Friend Helen Stowell

… Image Image Early Letter from Willa "William" Cather to Family Friend Helen Stowell August 17, 2020 This letter in the National Willa Cather Center's WCPM Collection was written at the … Jess often speaks of her & would love to see her again. We children have a great many picnics, parties & circus' this …
Posted: 08/17/2020
Last Updated: 08/25/2020

Guided Historic Sites Tour

… Guided Historic Sites Tour Driving Tour This is a driving tour that takes guests … Children: (5 & under) – Free Book a Tour Willa Cather Childhood Home 245 N Cedar Street The Cather family lived in this home …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2026

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