Event Archives
Cather Book Club: All The Light We Cannot See
On September 15 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, which is a 2015 Pulitzer winner for Fiction. As we concluded last year’s book club, we read a number of short pieces related to the First World War; we begin this year with Doerr’s excellent story set against the background of World War II. There are two meeting times available; 4:00 p.m. at Cherry Corner Estates and 6:30 at the Cather Second Home.
Pollinator Workshop
The Willa Cather Foundation will host its second Pollinator Workshop on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie on September 6, 2016. This free event is a perfect way to introduce prairie ecology to elementary and middle school students and for them to explore the spectacular autumn prairie! Students will participate in hands-on activities that explore pollination, create habitat for native bees and butterflies, identify important prairie grass and forb species, and investigate pollinator populations on the prairie.
Rapunzel by Missoula Children's Theatre
This year both performances will be on Friday, August 5.
Red Cloud Community Schools Art Show
The Opera House Gallery will be filled with an eclectic collection of pieces from grades K-12. These talented youngsters will be showing off their skills in various mediums including acrylic and oil paints, ceramics, sculpture, crayon, colored pencil, and mixed media.
Auditions for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of Rapunzel
Missoula Children's Theatre will take place August 1-5. Auditions for Rapunzel will be Monday, August 1, at 10:00 a.m. and rehearsals throughout the week will be at 10:00 a.m. Rehearsals will be 4 and half hours; students will need to bring sack lunches to rehearsals. This year both performances will be on Friday, August 5, at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. There will not be a Saturday performance.
Republican Valley Community Theatre
Middletown is a deeply moving and humorous play that explores the universe of a small American town. As a friendship develops between longtime resident John Dodge and new arrival Mary Swanson, the lives of the inhabitants of Middletown intersect in strange and poignant ways in a journey that takes them from the local library to outer space and points between. Mark your calendars for July 7-9 at 7:00 p.m. and July 10 at 3:00 p.m., when the Red Cloud Opera House will host local talent, taking the stage as the Republican Valley Community Theatre.
Artist Reception for Shane Booth and Book Talk with Alan Wilkinson
Join us five miles south of Red Cloud at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie beginning at 9:30 AM as photographer, Shane Booth, and WCF education director, Tracy Tucker, lead a morning hike. Participants are encouraged to bring their cameras to capture the prairie in its spring splendor. Saturday's events will continue with an artist reception for Shane Booth and a book talk with Alan Wilkinson. Beginning at 4:00 PM, attendees will meet and hear about the work of photographer Shane Booth, who uses an 1867 studio camera and Voightlander lens to make his photographs.
French Banquet and Performance of WWI-era Music
Keep the Home Fires Burning: Music from the Great War will be performed by Sarah Young in the Red Cloud Opera House. The program features WWI-era music and is sure to delight music enthusiasts.
Artists' Reception for Summer Snow
The public is invited to attend an artist reception for Christi Lewis, Deb Kubik, Jeremy Daniels, Gwen Lewis, Jane Marie, Patricia Scarborough, Jorn Olsen, Gregory Summers, Jenine Wilhelms, Susan Drey, David McCleery, Mike and Mary Dixon, Amy Springer, Linda Woodward, and Barb Kudrna. This event is free and open to the public on Friday, June 3rd, at 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
