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An Evening With Willa Cather
… Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025 | 7 - 8:30pm PT Los Angeles Library Foundation — Central Library 630 W. 5th Street Los Angeles , … REGISTER HERE “The end is nothing, the road is all.” – Willa Cather, Old Mrs. Harris Experience a 150-year anniversary …
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Guided Seasonal Tour
… Guided Seasonal Tour Ántonia's Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the … of sharing a good book. For residents of the Great Plains, My Ántonia embodies the NEA’s "Where We Live" theme. The … from Bohemia (the Czech Republic today) in 1880. While My Ántonia takes place in the late 19th Century, its themes …
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Cather Sesquicentennial
… The National Endowment for the Humanities Big Read of My Ántonia : September 1, 2024-June 30, 2025 — Programs and … p.m. ET • Readings by actors Mary Stuart Masterson and Jeremy Davison, with musical performances by Hailey McAvoy …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… Depot is on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter … Coordinator, at npowers@willacather.org . PLAN YOUR TRIP My Ántonia Holiday Tour Festive Sites from a beloved novel … interiors and locations in Cather's beloved novel, My Ántonia . Several sites will be decorated for the season …
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Willa Cather Writes the Immigrant Experience in Rural Nebraska
… “Willa Cather Writes the Immigrant Experience in Rural Nebraska,” on Wednesday, November 6 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. … Literatures, will examine the immigrant experience in rural Nebraska through the lens of Cather’s distinct portrayals of … communities welcomed or excluded them. In her 1923 essay “Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle,” Cather wrote, “It is …
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One-Day Bus Tour to the National Willa Cather Center
… tour the recently restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, and visit other settings from her acclaimed novel My Ántonia . … $175 includes round-trip transportation, lunch and dinner, guided tours of historic sites, access to permanent exhibits, and …
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Finding Aids
… Cather, Wallace and Blanche Cather Ray, Grosvenor P. and Myrtle Bartlett Cather, and the Burlington & Missouri River … Incoming, Grosvenor P. Cather Browning Bros., Myrtle Bartlett, State of Nebraska, Grand Island College … Thomas Bailey Crowding Memories 1920 Christmas greetings to my dearest father, Elsie Margaret Alexander, Hartley Burr …
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Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World
… and through Wymore—which she alluded to in her novel My Ántonia. Now retired, Steve Shively taught English at …
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Welcome to the home of Willa Cather
… Upcoming Events Recent News Recent News The Big Read of My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities & Organizations Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the … Programs or Learn More October 4 Kick-Off Event Book a My Ántonia Tour Cather Books & Gifts Something for Everyone …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift
… Cather’s writing for the first time. “Like many students, my entry [to Cather] was My Ántonia ,” Kohout said. “It just spoke to me. Her writing … stops include Quebec City and Jaffrey, New Hampshire. “My heart is drawn back there, and Cather loved it too,” …
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