Event Archives
The Passing Show
Join us for a lively annual panel discussion around Spring Conference themes: in Red Cloud or virtually!
Maureen Corrigan - "All the Glittering Prizes"
NPR book critic Maureen Corrigan joins us in the Red Cloud Opera House for an invited lecture that considers the backstage deliberations and decisions behind literary awards, informed by her time as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Dr. James English: "The Literary Award as Judgment Device"
Presented from the Red Cloud Opera House, and also available here digitally, below.
Dr. James English will join us in Red Cloud for an invited lecture on our conference theme of literary prizes. Dr. English is the author of The Economy of Prestige (Harvard UP), a study of the history, functions, and effects of prizes in literature and the arts. The book was named Best Academic Book of 2005 by New York Magazine. His current book project is Beauty by the Numbers, a history of rating and ranking systems in literature and the arts.
67th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
Our annual Spring Conference will explore the landscape of literary prizes as we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
novel One of Ours.
Soundstitching: Sites and Sounds of Willa Cather's World
In this exhibition, artist Cassia Kite's distinctive Soundstitching process allows visitors to experience Willa Cather's world in a whole new way.
Shameless! A Tribute to Garth Brooks
SOLD OUT! Donovan Johnson returns with Nebraska Showdown and Shameless!—a tribute to one of the biggest stars in all of music history, Garth Brooks.
Virtual Author Series: Steven Trout
Join us as author Steven Trout takes a hard look at Cather's analysis of the Great War.
Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather
Performance artist Tim Youd will retype The Song of the Lark at our historic sites and landscapes in April.
Our Changing Main Street
This special exhibit allows visitors a special glimpse into the people and places that have shaped Red Cloud over the last century and a half.
Cabaret Theatre Presents: It Don't Mean a Thing
Cabaret Theatre brings a celebration of the great American songbook to the Red Cloud Opera House!