National Willa Cather Center News

Nebraska Theatre Caravan is coming to Red Cloud on March 4, at 7:00 p.m. They are bringing Ann Landers to the stage with a rendition of The Lady With All The Answers. This performance is a look into the life of the popular advice columnist. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 day of show.

(RED CLOUD, NEB.)— Billy McGuigan and his band are returning to the Red Cloud Opera House. The group that last brought us Yesterday & Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience at a sold out 2015 show will return on Saturday, January 30, at 7:00 pm, with ROCK Legends. Part rock concert…part rock tribute…all rock n’ roll, ROCK Legends combines all of these elements to create a show that is the only one of its kind.

With the final phase of construction successfully launched in September, a vibrant new life is in store for a once forgotten and dilapidated historic building adjacent to our Red Cloud Opera House. Known as The Moon Block locally and The Duke Block in Cather’s The Song of the Lark, the fully restored building will become permanent home to the National Willa Cather Center next year.

We at the Willa Cather Foundation are proud to work with a board that supports the organization’s mission as effectively as ours does. It’s in this spirit of gratitude that we welcome three new members to our board of governors.

Ask anyone who works at the Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) what his/her favorite part of the work is, and s/he will say that it’s the relationships we get to build with people throughout the year. Whether it’s an event attendee, scholar or a casual fan, social media visitor, or someone who just happens to be passing through, it's humbling to know that so many people support our mission to promote Cather’s legacy through education, historic preservation, and the arts.

Popular band, The Innocence, will make their first appearance at the Red Cloud Opera House on Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for this highly-anticipated show are $20 in advance and $25 day of show.

A new exhibit on display at the Red Cloud Opera House boasts a wide range of specialties and mediums of art by artists from the Hastings area.. Included in the exhibit are works by Cody Carson-Brown, Jeremy Daniels, Tom Kreager, Marcella Maley, Jane Marie, Turner McGehee, and Amy Sandeen. The public is invited to meet the artists and view the exhibit at a reception on Saturday, December 12, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Red Cloud Opera House prior to a performance by The Innocence at 7:30 p.m.

(RED CLOUD, NEB.)— Central Nebraska’s country rock band, Whiskey Bent, will make their first appearance at the Red Cloud Opera House on Saturday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for this highly-anticipated show are $10 in advance and $15 day of show.

As Cather fans around the world celebrate the publication centenary of The Song of the Lark, the Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to announce a student essay contest based on one of the novel’s major themes. Long-considered Cather’s most autobiographical work, The Song of the Lark portrays the struggle of a young singer, Thea Kronborg, as she discovers and develops her artistic talent. The Song of the Lark is a story of not only talent but one of self-determination and vision.