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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 … a picnic and night sky viewing on the 612-acre Cather Prairie, guided tours of the Cather historic sites, an art … Armstrong at aarmstrong@willacather.org or at 402-746-2653. About the Performers Michelle Dean (soprano) is currently a …
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Jorn Olsen Photography

… to the vivid colors of an autumn sunset over the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, Olsen creates magnificent images of Nebraska’s … May 2 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. prior to a production of Catherland:The Musical at the Red Cloud Opera House. …
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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012

… Spring" at the beginning of her "real" first novel, O Pioneers! , yet her actual first book, April Twilights … of Alexander's Bridge (1912) to the Nebraska prairies in O Pioneers! (1913), so too did she move from classical and …
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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 world she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather …
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2013 Spring Conference

… Image 2013 Spring Conference June 5, 2012   "We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who … celebrate the centennial of Cather's breakthrough novel O Pioneers! in which she "hit the home pasture." The novel …
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Catherton Cemetery

… Image Catherton Cemetery Originally, George Cathers's two sisters, Jennie (see "Macon Prairie") and Alverna, both of whom died of tuberculosis, …
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Small Town Big Dreams

… famous people to emerge from south central Nebraska were pioneers--Edwin Perkins, the inventor of Kool-Aid, and Willa … preserving and promoting the legacies of these remarkable pioneers. From watching movies and documentaries at the Lied …
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Spring Conference Call for Papers

… Spring" at the beginning of her "real" first novel, O Pioneers! , yet her actual first book, April Twilights …
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Turn the Page Literary Tour

… Image Turn the Page Literary Tour July 3, 2013 The Willa Cather State Historic Site/Red Cloud Opera House is one of … Turn the Page tour. Travelers have until September 30 to visit attractions and redeem their stamps for prizes. For … and bird watching at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Lodging in the historic Cather Second Home guest house "Turn …
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Showing at The Lark

… Image Showing at The Lark February 11, 2014 Heralded as Willa Cather's first great novel, O Pioneers! is coming off of a … its 100th publication anniversary. The Willa Cather Foundation, in partnership with The Lark , will be hosting …
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