Past Events

Midwest Dueling Pianos offers a wildly entertaining music and comedy dueling piano show that the audience will love. The amazing Midwest Dueling Pianos show will provide high-end entertainment and thoroughly engage and entertain. The one-of-a-kind entertainment experience that is Midwest Dueling Pianos will have you singing, cheering, dancing, and laughing so hard they’ll be doubled over gasping for breath. This show is request driven so bring a list of your favorite songs. 

Sponsored by:

Heritage Bank
Village Pharmacy
The John and Dorothy Sherwood Fund

Dory is back in a fun loving under the sea adventure! The Willa Cather Foundation will be showing Finding Dory on December 10, at 11:00 a.m. We will be offering food and refreshments to all of the attendees. This event is free. Bring your bean bags and your blankets and join the fun!

Movie is rated PG.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

About the Movie:

The Red Cloud Opera House will be brimming with enticing aromas as local chefs dust off their favorite recipe for the 3rd annual December Night Soup Showdown. The event is open to the public from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. for a free will donation. Warm up by sampling a variety of soups and participate in the fun and lively competition by casting your vote for the 2016 “Best of the Showdown!” This year there are more chances for your favorite chef to win with the addition of awards for food critic’s choice and presentation.

Fronted by brothers Dick and Dave Pruitt on bass and electric guitars, with Michael Cherry on drums, the Bel Airs play a danceable mix with an authentic but eclectic bluesy-country-soul-and-rock-n-roll sound influenced by the likes of Wilson Picket, Slim Harpo, Howlin' Wolf and Johnny Cash.

The Pruitt brothers' harmony vocal style sets them apart in the contemporary music scene--leading one reviewer to refer to them as the "Everly Brothers of Blues". David's "big guitar" and Dick's howling vocals over soulful, right-on rhythm playing make this trio a powerhouse.

On November 17 the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss Laughing Boy by Oliver LaFarge. Awarded Pulitzer for the Novel in 1930, Laughing Boy follows a young Navajo man negotiating his native culture within the rapid changes of the larger American society in 1915. There are two meeting times available; 4:00 p.m. at Cherry Corner Estates and 6:30 at the Cather Second Home.

On October 20, the Willa Cather Book Club will meet to discuss His Family by Ernest Poole. This work received the first Pulitzer Prize awarded for the Novel in 1918. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was considered a front runner, but did not receive the prize. Poole’s novel is the story of middle-class New Yorker, Roger Gale, and changing American society in the 1910s. There are two meeting times available; 4:00 p.m. at Cherry Corner Estates and 6:30 p.m. at the Cather Second Home.

Featuring the biggest hits of John Denver's career, and more than a few surprises along the way, 'An Evening' has delighted audiences through the Midwest with their stunning tribute to the music of John Denver. From large festivals and state fairs, to historic opera houses, casinos, and wineries, they have re-introduced tens of thousands of fans to the music of one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time.

Sponsored By:

Heritage Bank

We invite you to attend an artist reception honoring Jeremy Daniels. The event will showcase his Two Ways of Seeing exhibit and will be held on Saturday, October 15, from 5:30-7:00 p.m., prior to the John Denver Tribute show performed by 'An Evening.'