Past Events

Join us for a lecture about Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined, currently on display through January 6, 2024 at the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery! Ideal for students studying 19th century American History, professor Eric P. Anderson from Haskell Indian Nations University will discuss how Native American culture and U.S. History are represented in the artwork featured in the exhibit.

The Boston Athenaeum is pleased to partner with The National Willa Cather Center to commemorate the sesquicentennial of Willa Cather's birth. Cather is one of the most singular and treasured American writers of the 20th century. Her groundbreaking fiction (O Pioneers!, My Antonia, One of Ours, Death Comes for the Archbishop) set a new standard in American literature. This special evening of brief selections from Cather's fiction and letters bring to life the uniquely American prose.

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather's 150th year, we are pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a special holiday tour of National Willa Cather Center historic sites!

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year, we are pleased to celebrate lauded writer and biographer Benjamin Taylor's much-anticipated biography Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather!

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather's 150th year, we are pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a special holiday tour of National Willa Cather Center historic sites!

As part of National Willa Cather Center's efforts to commemorate acclaimed novelist Willa Cather's 150th year, we are pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a special holiday tour of National Willa Cather Center historic sites!

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Fill your cup with holiday cheer and join us for the one-of-a-kind entertainment experience that is Dueling Pianos! These talented musicians will provide a request driven show full of your favorite Christmas music, and audience participation is encouraged. Cap off the year and kick off the holiday season with a holly jolly singalong as we celebrate another wonderful year—and 20th anniversary season—at the Red Cloud Opera House!

Fill your cup with holiday cheer and join us for the one-of-a-kind entertainment experience that is Dueling Pianos! These talented musicians will provide a request driven show full of your favorite christmas music, and audience participation is encouraged. Cap off the year and kick off the holiday season with a holly jolly singalong as we celebrate another wonderful year at the opera house.

To honor the sesquicentennial of Willa Cather’s birthday, a group of academics and students from area universities will read selections from the celebrated author’s letters, fiction, poems, and journalism written in and about Pittsburgh, which was her home 1896-1906 and a favorite writing retreat until 1915. A discussion and birthday cookies will follow the reading.

This event is free, but please RSVP. It will take place in the CLP Lecture Hall.

Westward expansion was one of the most transformational elements in American life throughout the 19th century. Printed imagery played an important role in the dissemination of knowledge and understanding about the West and those who inhabited it. Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined features forty-eight hand-colored engravings and lithographs that explore these depictions and the influence artists had on the perception of the wild west.