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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner Scholarship
… first year college students and plan to continue their education as English or history majors in accredited …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/19/2023
MaKenna Karr Introduces Her School to Antonette Willa Turner
… Willa Cather Center’s Executive Director Ashley Olson, Education Director Tracy Tucker, and Education Specialist Rachel Olsen. This event came about … its mission, the Willa Cather Foundation helps support K-12 educational initiatives by providing books, curriculum …
Posted: 10/22/2019
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Back to School and Back to Cather
… between offering in-person experiences as well as virtual activities for students and educators. Teachers are … to bring their classes to Red Cloud for in-person, guided tours of our sites and center, but they can also make use of … , as well as the new collections pages on our website, to learn about Willa Cather and Red Cloud. There are even …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
"And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus
… Image "And now I must dress to receive the Planets, dear"—Willa Cather, Edith Lewis, Jupiter & Venus December 21, 2020 Willa … in the West; she not very far above the horizon, and he about mid-way between the zenith and the silvery lady …
Posted: 12/21/2020
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society
… Image Image Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society July 21, 2021 Those who have been … the presence of Mary Vaughan and her mother Evadne at Willa Cather Spring Conferences and International Seminars. … the Foundation, or if you would like more information about doing so, please contact : Ashley Olson, Executive …
Posted: 07/21/2021
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021
… Image Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021 August 16, 2021 For many of us in the Cather community, a trip to Red Cloud wasn't complete … grandmother's memory. She spent decades talking in schools about her grandmother's friendship with Willa Cather; she …
Posted: 08/16/2021
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing
… and designer Rachelle Hruska MacPherson’s grandparents’ home in Ceresco, Nebraska as well as on the Hruska Family Farm, in Ulysses, Nebraska. Recently, we asked Rachelle more … Plains, and Red Cloud, that you share with people who’ve never been here before? The more I travel, the more I come …
Posted: 03/24/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Webster County Sixth Grader MaKenna Karr Celebrates Antonette Willa Skupa Turner
… in Cather’s works that inspire her, Karr said, “I love Alexandra in O Pioneers! She’s awesome. She took over after …
Posted: 09/24/2019
Last Updated: 09/26/2019
Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society
… Image Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 Reflecting back on her … compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather … a choice as it might first seem: Ryder speaks convincingly about the classical foundation found in Cather’s work, …
Posted: 05/24/2017
Last Updated: 06/28/2017
"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"
… supper based on Cather's Nebraska story, " The Bohemian Girl . " O Pioneers! and " The Bohemian Girl " will be the … as agriculture in other regions, as in Shadows on the Rock, Sapphira and the Slave Girl, Death Comes for the Archbishop Cookbooks (The …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/16/2014