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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… Image Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson December 8, 2019 Jerry and Susan Anderson live in the Des Moines, Iowa … stock; Cather’s books about that time—like My Àntonia and O Pioneers! and One of Ours— allow us to picture what life …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 12/30/2019
Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, … engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered … and visited the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. They also experienced our “ Country Tour ” on board a vintage trolley …
Posted: 10/23/2019
Last Updated: 11/21/2019
Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall
… Image Image Now Booking School and Group Tours For the Fall July 31, 2019 … at the National Willa Cather Center, we offer an array of guided tour configurations and activities for students and groups of any size. Is your high school class writing an essay about My Ántonia ? …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 08/29/2019
Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… Image Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains August 28, 2019 “The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the deep … Helianthus annuus and Helianthus petiolarus . Mormon pioneers described finding sage and sunflowers in 1850s Utah …
Posted: 08/27/2019
Last Updated: 08/29/2019
Student and Educator Scholarships for 2020
… for 2020 August 28, 2019 As a young college student, Willa Cather’s academic path took an unexpected turn when, … unbeknownst to her, a college professor sent her essay about Thomas Carlyle to the Nebraska State Journal for …
Posted: 08/20/2019
Last Updated: 08/29/2019
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
… truck traffic, and even witnessed an enormous wagon load hauled by train. In fact, the number of rail lines and …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 08/01/2019
Meet Intern William Kelly
… of Wabash College where my passion for history first took root and flourished. Currently, I’m heading into my second … theatrical tinges. One can really see how all of this is rooted in her performances in the Red Cloud Opera House and …
Posted: 07/01/2019
Last Updated: 07/03/2019
Suicide Grave
… Shimerda's suicide grave in My Antonia was described by Willa Cather as a little island of tall red grass. Francis … the fields were under fence, and the roads no longer ran about like wild things, but followed the surveyed …
Posted: 12/05/2014
Last Updated: 02/05/2018
Free Events happening at the 62nd Annual Spring Conference
… Image Free Events happening at the 62nd Annual Spring Conference May … Glass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, in the Red Cloud Opera House auditorium. Musician Dave Seay will perform “Train …
Posted: 05/24/2017
Last Updated: 07/25/2017
Ecotourism on the Great Plains: Red Cloud Workshop
… wild places. The workshop, put on in conjunction with the Willa Cather Foundation, will be held at Red Cloud Opera House, … of a project funded by the Rural Futures Institute. More about the project here: http://visittheprairie.com …
Posted: 06/06/2017
Last Updated: 07/25/2017