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IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center
… Image IMLS-Funded Exhibit to Open in the National Willa Cather Center September 21, 2015 Thanks to a Learning Experiences grant of $111,479 from the Institute of Museum … center for approximately 8,000 national and international visitors annually. The exhibit, to be entitled American …
Posted: 09/21/2015
Last Updated: 12/07/2015
New NET Production 'Yours, Willa Cather' Spans, Radio, TV, & Digital
… Sept. 5 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 27 with essays about correspondence to Louise Pound, Sarah Orne Jewett, F. … Store. Yours, Willa Cather is funded in part by the NET Foundation for Television, Humanities Nebraska and the …
Posted: 09/09/2015
Last Updated: 09/21/2015
2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success
… 24, 2015 2015 was a very special year for the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. As we celebrated our … theme, “’Fragments of Desire’: Cather and the Arts,” focused on both the publication centenary of Cather’s novel, … was given in Lincoln. Nebraska native Terese Svoboda spoke about how her Nebraska roots have shaped her own work, …
Posted: 07/24/2015
Last Updated: 09/09/2015
WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark
… Anniversary of The Song of the Lark July 14, 2015 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark with a series of special … a picnic and night sky viewing on the 612-acre Cather Prairie, guided tours of the Cather historic sites, an art …
Posted: 07/14/2015
Last Updated: 08/14/2015
Albertinis Become Charter Members of Legacy Society
… over Thanksgiving break. During the visit, they learned about the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. The couple later … to visit Red Cloud, discover Cather and recognize her not just as a Nebraska or Midwest writer, but as one of the best …
Posted: 07/23/2015
Last Updated: 08/14/2015
WCF Collection Grows
… Willa Cather Center and the new archival facility to be housed within it, additions to our archival collection … inquire about archival holdings or schedule a visit, please contact education director Tracy Tucker, at 402-746-2653 or …
Posted: 02/12/2015
Last Updated: 02/19/2015
Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012
… Image Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium preceding it will be focused on Cather … Spring" at the beginning of her "real" first novel, O Pioneers! , yet her actual first book, April Twilights …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015
Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012
… Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the … from a professional writer, the workshop incorporates tours of seven local historic sites relating to Cather's … Friday, May 18 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. or 1:30 & 3:00 p.m. Town tour of Cather historic sites 6:00-9:00 p.m. Writing …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015
Red Cloud, Nebraska
… literary standpoint, Red Cloud ranks as one of the most famous villages in American Literature." This is because Red … railroad town, and it is the mission of the Willa Cather Foundation to promote and assist in the development and … this beautiful, brick street town. Click here to learn more about Red Cloud. Click here to search past issues of the Red …
Posted: 07/29/2014
Last Updated: 01/28/2015
National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage
… Image National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign … will be a museum, archive, and collection space for public visitation, the restoration will also provide a greatly … apartments for visitors who come from across the globe to experience the world that Cather memorialized in her many …
Posted: 01/04/2015
Last Updated: 01/04/2015