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A New Garden Ethic: Lecture by Landscape Designer Benjamin Vogt
… author and landscape designer Benjamin Vogt of Monarch Gardens, LLC, to the Red Cloud Opera House on Friday, April … Earth Week activities. Vogt will be discussing his book, A New Garden Ethic , and discuss the importance of native plants in our …
Posted: 04/12/2018
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Pollinator Workshop
… Image Tuesday, Sep 6, 2016 | 10am - 2pm Willa Cather Memorial Prairie 5 miles South of Red Cloud on HWY … release our monarchs on the prairie! For more information about the workshop, or to RSVP by September 1, please …
Posted: 08/24/2016
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Free Movie & Red Cloud Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt
… Image Opera House Saturday, Apr 15, 2017 | 11am - 2:30pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68932 United States Free Movie & Red Cloud Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt Free Movie: 11 am …
Posted: 03/17/2017
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Crossroads: Change in Rural America
… Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States The National Willa Cather Center is excited to announce Crossroads: Change in … How Public Art Reflects and Projects Rural Lives." About the Crossroads exhibit: In 1900, about 40% of …
Posted: 12/02/2021
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates
… Bates January 27, 2022 Often in Red Cloud, when we speak about John Mallory Bates, we’re speaking of his role at the … recent addition to our archival collections at the National Willa Cather Center, Cather writes to “Mr. Perrin,” whose family …
Posted: 01/27/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Thanksgiving Traditions
… —from the essay, "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," by Willa Cather [ The Nation , September 5, 1923] Thanksgiving, as … things with which we are most familiar that we know least about. Familiarity seems to dull the edge of our curiosity. …
Posted: 11/20/2019
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Discovering Emanuel Prettyman
… the years. After her death, a great deal of Wagner’s Cather collections were donated to us in Red Cloud, including … clippings. Because we were just beginning to build our new archives at the National Willa Cather Center, storage space … only image of Prettyman identified. Research continues to learn more about Prettyman’s life; his military records and …
Posted: 04/23/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Emil Frei Windows Are Beautiful Inside—And Out!
… windows, both inside or outside the church! We talk about the windows often and their history as memorials to the Willa Cather’s family and friends in the church. We know the …
Posted: 12/15/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Our Photo Collections Continue to Grow
… Tracy Tucker aptly illustrate the range of donors to our Willa Cather Foundation Special Collections & Archives. Since our … been mounted to a cardboard backer, no other clues exist about the photographer, the studio, or the occasion. The …
Posted: 04/19/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
Annotations from the Archive: Julie Harris Estate Item Joins the Collection
… Estate Item Joins the Collection October 20, 2021 The Willa Cather Foundation Art Collection boasts nearly thirty … writing and connected it to her own life. “When she writes about her childhood, you can’t help but think about yours . …
Posted: 10/20/2021
Last Updated: 05/23/2023