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Cather Book Club: House Made of Dawn

… St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States On May 18 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday. 1969 Pulitzer Prize-winner for Fiction. Set at World War 2’s conclusion, this novel picks up the …
Posted: 08/30/2016
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Cather Book Club: All The Light We Cannot See

… Sep 15, 2016 | 4 - 6:30pm Cherry Corner Estates and the Cather Second Home 40 N Cherry St. Corner of 6th and Seward … , 68970 United States On September 15 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss All The Light We Cannot See … World War; we begin this year with Doerr’s excellent story set against the background of World War II. There are two …
Posted: 08/30/2016
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Cather's Address Book

… listing is for Marguerite (Richardson) Atherton, a Red Cloud acquaintance who had gone to school with younger … final illness, Cather visited Atherton and another Red Cloud acquaintance, James Yeiser, in that city. Edith … book's first page, with the name "Mr. P. H. Adams." Select images are available online through our collection search …
Posted: 04/25/2023
Last Updated: 09/02/2025

Welcome to the home of Willa Cather

… Cather's Writings Students & Teachers Students & Teachers Upcoming Events Upcoming Events Recent News Recent News The Big Read of My …
Posted: 12/07/2022
Last Updated: 08/19/2025

70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in Her Work … to register was May 25. Please see the schedule below for events that are free and open to the public. Download the … 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

Author Series & Book Signing: Karen Russell

… Friday, Apr 4, 2025 | 7 - 8:30pm CT The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … Cloud Opera House to discuss her new novel, The Antidote . Set in Uz, a fictional Nebraska town, in the aftermath of … secrets and its fate.  Russell will sign copies of her book in the National Willa Cather Center bookstore …
Posted: 12/26/2024
Last Updated: 03/13/2025

Cather Sesquicentennial

…  at The Mount , Lenox, MA: 5:30 p.m. ET. The second of two readings of Cather's fiction on the terrace of Edith … Director of Education & Engagement, will present  "Willa on Wheels: Cather's Characters Travel from Page to Stage"  on … Libraries, Weymouth, MA Oct 29 — Willa Cather and Material Culture Exhibit Opening Reception & Willa Cather Statue …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… New Mexico An Immersive Weekend in Taos, New Mexico Special Events Thursday, Nov 14, 2024 | 3pm - Sunday, Nov 17, 2024 | … of its historic and arts offerings, while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 10/16/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… writer. While Cather moved away from Nebraska in 1896, her parents Charles and Mary Virginia Cather rented the home … of the original wallpaper in Willa Cather’s attic bedroom, planned to begin in the spring of 2024. Cleaning, … Conservation  The original wallpaper in Cather’s attic bedroom is a late nineteenth century floral pattern that she …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… the country—Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, among many other locations. Beginning in the 1980s, International Willa … for Webster County, Nebraska, northwest of Red Cloud. In April 1883, Cather moved with her extended family—mother, … was then concentrating on poetry—her first book,  April Twilights , appeared from a vanity press in 1903. It was …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

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