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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. …
Posted: 01/29/2015
Last Updated: 03/18/2015
25th Anniversary of the Norma Rose Walter Scholarship Program
… Walter Scholarship Program April 20, 2011 Since 1987, the Willa Cather Foundation has awarded 29 scholarships totaling more … Norma Ross Walter. Walter served in the Navy (Waves) during World War II. After the war, she graduated with a B.A. from …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015
View "Portraits of the Prairie" Exhibit
… the Prairie" Exhibit November 4, 2011 It is often called "Catherland"-Webster County, Nebraska, where the quintessential American novelist Willa Cather spent her childhood and found inspiration for … of the landscape. Richard Schilling, who traveled the world as a missionary dentist and part-time officer aboard …
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 … she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that affected her youth. Each year, the Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to host a Prairie Writers' …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015
New Collection of Letters
… of Letters December 15, 2014 Our growing collection of Cather papers and objects was enhanced recently with the … illness. "That's all we can do for each other in this queer world, be sorry or glad for our friends." Cather's beautiful … to donate this meaningful collection of letters to the Willa Cather Foundation. It seems only fitting they return …
Posted: 12/23/2014
Last Updated: 12/23/2014
Small Town Big Dreams
… that sloped down to the highroad." -- My Ántonia by Willa Cather The Hastings/Adams County Convention and Visitors … , Webster County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Willa Cather Foundation, and the Starke Round Barn have combined … the Red Cloud Opera House, viewing the stars on the Cather Prairie and the J.M. McDonald Planetarium, going back in …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 09/23/2014
Joy
… 6, 2008 I have said before that the Middle Ground of the Cather Foundation is indeed broad reaching out from its center in Red Cloud to the far corners of the world. But sometimes, the world comes to Red Cloud. Today … Cloud Opera House Gallery in June, as a part of the annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, scheduled for June 5-6-7. …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/22/2014
Photography Contest
… Image Photography Contest December 1, 2008 Today the Willa Cather Foundation is delighted to announce its involvement … in more than 400 galleries and museums throughout the world; and Tony Bonacci, a rising star whose work is highly …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/22/2014
Elderhostel
… Image Elderhostel March 25, 2009 Red Cloud: Willa Cather's Window to the World June 15-19, 2009 Hosting the nation's largest living …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/16/2014
"Not Stones At All, But Life Itself"
… is partly responsible for my choosing the path I have chosen." A singularly memorable event during the 2009 Spring …
Posted: 09/16/2014
Last Updated: 09/16/2014