National Willa Cather Center News
Visit this page often for the latest Cather-related news as well as information about the Willa Cather Foundation's programs, collections, and events.
Willa Cather Historic Sites selected as a 2015 Nebraska Passport Destination
The Nebraska Tourism Commission presents the 80 featured stops in the 2015 Nebraska Passport Program. The Passport program encourages travelers to explore Nebraska, collect stamps from participating attractions and earn great prizes.
The 2015 Passport will feature 80 attractions on 10 themed tours.
60th Annual Spring Conference to be held in Red Cloud
Nationally recognized historian Richard Norton Smith will deliver a keynote address at the 60th annual Spring Conference June 5-7, 2015, celebrating groundbreaking of the National Willa Cather Center, the Willa Cather Foundation’s 60th year, and the publication centenary of Willa Cather’s third novel, The Song of the Lark. “Fragments of Desire: Cather and the Arts” will focus on the novel and on the arts that influenced Cather’s writing.
New Musical Coming to the Red Cloud Opera House
The first staged reading of a new musical entitled CATHERLAND will be premiering at the Red Cloud Opera House on Saturday, May 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. Playwright Becky Boesen and musician David von Kampen have collaborated to create a marvelous play that takes place in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Becky was inspired to write this play while she was in Red Cloud for a production of What the Wind Taught Me when it toured the Opera House in 2013.
Association of Nebraska Art Clubs Traveling Exhibition
The Red Cloud Area Artists as a part of the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs and the Willa Cather Foundation are pleased to display the “Best of Nebraska,” a statewide traveling art exhibition, on display at the Red Cloud Opera House from April 7-April 27. Every year the ANAC state competition selects 25 pieces to be honored by traveling through Nebraska’s galleries. This year’s theme was “A Splash of Gold” as the association celebrated its 50th annual show.
Free Show and Easter Egg Hunt
The Red Cloud Opera House will be hosting The String Beans on Saturday, April 4th at 10:30 a.m. This show is free to the public and will include a complimentary lunch.
Career Opportunity for Heritage Tourism Development Director
The community of Red Cloud, including the Red Cloud Community Foundation Fund, the Willa Cather Foundation, the area Chamber of Commerce, the City of Red Cloud and others have committed to developing Red Cloud’s heritage tourism sector. These groups have formed the Heritage Tourism Development Advisory Committee to assist and implement their Heritage Tourism Action Plan and are beginning a search for an individual to join the community as Heritage Tourism Development Director. This is a newly-created position and the job description is available for download using the link that follows.
Photography by Jorn Olsen on Exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House
A new exhibition on display through May 3, 2015 in the Art Gallery of the Red Cloud Opera House features stunning photographs of the Nebraska plains by Jorn Olsen. Images include vibrant prints of the Sandhill Cranes, gorgeous sunsets and sunrises over rolling green pastures and rivers, cowboys moving cattle, and tourist destinations such as the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and the Starke Round Barn.
2015 Willa Cather International Seminar
15th International Cather Seminar to be held in Nebraska
Willa Cather is one of the most important American novelists of the first half of the 20th century. In the centenary year of Cather’s third novel, The Song of the Lark, more than seventy scholars and students from over twenty-one states and five countries will participate in the 15th International Cather Seminar on “Cather and the Arts” being held June 5–12, 2015.
New Website Launches
The Willa Cather Foundation Launches New Website
In celebration of its 60th year, the Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to announce the next chapter of its website, located at www.WillaCather.org. Founded in 1955 and headquartered in Red Cloud, the Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather through education, historic preservation, and the arts.
The sophisticated new website provides many rich features for visitors.
