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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles
… in the field until she reached adulthood and started learning more about Dakota history in Minnesota, something … to rectify the past by restoring the area back to a Native prairie. She says she hopes the installation will bring a … to the Dakota/Lakota Language” at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House exhibit from November …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… and plants. I think Cather liked to keep things—her fan mail is a great example—but living in small New York spaces, …
Posted: 10/24/2022
Last Updated: 11/22/2022
Planning Underway for Hotel Garber
… the historic Potter-Wright building next door to the Willa Cather Foundation’s Farmers and Merchants Bank, the hotel … and historic sites, the town, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and other scenic places Cather loved. The design … both charitable donations and equity investments. To learn more or to help support the project, please contact …
Posted: 09/23/2020
Last Updated: 09/23/2022
Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”
… Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery … loose, abstract images with the colors from the paintings I learned had been in the exhibit Cather saw. Golden Goddess … of 2017, I read Alex Ross's "A Walk in Willa Cather's Prairie" in The New Yorker . I had always thought the images …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 07/07/2021
Autumn Offerings for Educators
… be here, ready to enhance your class’s experience reading Willa Cather or learning about Nebraska history." This year, our touring options …
Posted: 08/17/2020
Last Updated: 08/25/2020
Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… School and teaches environmental law while Susan has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather … in Willa Cather’s novels. They recently spent time in Red Cloud where they enjoyed their several day stay at Villa … sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you here and how did you …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 12/30/2019
Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud
… in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered through … & Archives, and visited the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. They also experienced our “ Country Tour ” on board … offers one the opportunity to experience her writings and learn more about her life in the setting that so greatly …
Posted: 10/23/2019
Last Updated: 11/21/2019
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography
… Image Image 2019 Artist-in-Residence, Richard Dickson, On What Inspires His Rural Photography July 31, 2019 Richard Dickson, an English photographer, has been in … Cloud Opera House Gallery (from August 9 - September 30, 2019). We recently asked him some questions about his …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 08/01/2019
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 …
Posted: 09/11/2014
Last Updated: 09/11/2014