Past Events
Readings from the Willa Cather Writers Residency Cohort
We’re excited to be hosting our second writers cohort in Red Cloud for their two-week intensive residency in October. You won’t want to miss the sharing of their work-in-progress with readings and conversation from our panel of five writers! This event is free and open to all.
Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World
Virtual Author Series: Terese Svoboda
Paramount
The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia
Virtual Author Series: Debora Harding
Reading Willa Cather
Join us for a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured American writers of the 20th century. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction (including O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, One of Ours, The Professor’s House, and Death Comes for the Archbishop) set a new standard in American literature.
Celebrating Willa Cather
Join us for a celebration of Willa Cather! This reception will feature remarks by Ashley Olson, Executive Director of the National Willa Cather Center, as well as a talk by Cather scholar Steve Shively on Willa's connection to Lincoln. A dialogue with artist Littleton Alston, creator of the Cather sculpture recently installed at the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building, will precede the reveal of the Library's own Cather statuette that was donated by Lincoln residents Glenda Pierce and Jeff Kirkpatrick.
Marimba Sol de Chiapas
Willa on Wednesday at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home
The National Willa Cather Center is pleased to partner with The Mount, writer Edith Wharton's home in Lenox, Massachusetts, to launch a new series for the 2024 summer season! Join us at the Mount on the third Wednesday of June, July, and August for a sesquicentennial celebration of our beloved Willa Cather, who, along with Edith Wharton, is among the most treasured American writers of the 20th century.