Event Archives
Rothenberger Book Talk and Signing
Join author Steven Rothenberger in the Red Cloud Opera House gallery as he talks about his first full-length book, Scottsbluff in ’62: A Rock 'N' Roll Retrospective of Small Town America. Beginning in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, the cruisin’ capital of western Nebraska, the 60s music scene is quickly expanded to reflect rock ‘n’ roll on a regional and national basis with mentions of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show and the Woodstock Music Festival.
Willa Cather's Birthday Celebration and Open House
Join us in celebrating Willa Cather’s birthday! The National Willa Cather Center and Red Cloud Opera House will be open for guests to view the facilities, shop our bookstore, and enjoy a piece of cake.
Cather was born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia, on December 7, 1873, the eldest of seven children raised by Charles and Virginia. The family moved to Nebraska in April 1883, and settled into life in Red Cloud. Even after Cather moved away, she would return to Red Cloud often to visit family and friends and enjoy her beloved prairie.
The String Beans Performance
Family-friendly, youth-centered entertainment is on tap when The String Beans visit the Red Cloud Opera House on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m. The Lincoln-based group will perform a variety of original songs about all the things kids love: animals, cartoons, food, sports and more. The hilarity and spontaneity of The String Beans is designed to get audiences singing and dancing to the music. There is no charge for this event and pizza will be provided.
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Theodore Wheeler Book Talk & Signing
Nebraska author Theodore Wheeler will talk about his World War I-era novel Kings of Broken Things and sign copies in the Red Cloud Opera House gallery in honor of Veteran's Day. Wheeler received the 2018 Nebraska Book Award for Fiction Honor for Kings of Broken Things. Set in Omaha and filled with its history, the novel is an immigrant coming-of-age story set amid the domestic strife of World War I, the machine-boss era politics in Nebraska, and events surrounding the lynching of Will Brown during the Red Summer of 1919.
Artist Reception: The Nebraska Rural Living Artists
Join us for a reception in honor of the Nebraska Rural Living artists on Saturday, November 10 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The reception will include light hors d' oeuvres, drinks, and great conversation in the gallery of the Red Cloud Opera House. The artists exhibiting include Beth Cole of Merna, Desiree Hajny of Blue Hill, Susan Hart of Cozad, Garald Horst of Arnold, and Sondra Jonson of Cambridge. Artwork shown by Garald Horst.
Nebraska Rural Living Art Show
The Nebraska Rural Living Art Show is currently on display now through January 5. Utilizing a variety of media, five artists weave a tapestry of Nebraska Rural Living—one that hearkens back to the land and people that so inspired Willa Cather's work. Photography, oils, pastels, and sculpture are but a few of the elements that make up this inspiring exhibit. Featured artists are Beth Cole of Merna, Desiree Hajny of Blue Hill, Susan Hart of Cozad, Garald Horst of Arnold, and Sondra Jonson of Cambridge.
The Gallery hosted an artists' reception on November 10.
"Of Sound Mind & Dead Body" Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
When a magical mishap leaves a million dollar inheritance up for grabs, the next trick will be figuring out who the lucky winner is, and who will end up behind bars for malicious magical mayhem! This is an abracadabra disaster, and it’s up to you to find the murderer before he or she vanishes into thin air. Spend the evening glimpsing through smoke and mirrors to uncover which hocus pocus hitman offed the poor fellow, and stop him before this goes down as the most dangerous magic trick in history.
Willa Cather Celebration Weekend
Please join us in New Hampshire this fall for “Willa Cather’s Spirit Lives On," a series of events held on Friday, Oct. 19 and Saturday, Oct. 20, as a national celebration of the 100th anniversary of My Ántonia. The Willa Cather Foundation's Ashley Olson, executive director, and Tracy Tucker, education director, are featured speakers during the weekend, which also includes tours of local Cather sites, readings, a piano recital, a Cather-themed dinner, and the composer Tom Dunn's musical play Kindness and Cruelty: Willa Cather in Jaffrey.