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William Norris Buffett Gifts Millions for Creation of Hotel Garber
… from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center will soon have access to enhanced amenities. … Inavale Foundation gifted $2.6 million to the Willa Cather Foundation last year. A large portion of the gift is … enjoy the museum, the historic sites, the town, the Cather Prairie, and other scenic places Cather loved. In the first …
Posted: 04/20/2022
Last Updated: 02/03/2023
What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National Willa Cather Center staff reflect upon what they're grateful for … greeted by children at the grocery store or when I hear about how much fun a friend had at an opera house show, I am … among people who celebrate the beauty of nature and the prairie. I feel I am learning about the pioneer spirit, and …
Posted: 11/21/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles
… Myles November 18, 2021 Marlena Myles teaches people about Indigenous history through art, records stories in … 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
Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest
… the Kyles ventured to Red Cloud to see the National Willa Cather Center, participate in a guided tour, and explore the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. Alex shared that his father was impressed by the …
Posted: 09/27/2022
Last Updated: 12/20/2022
Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… 30, 2022 Although Tracy Tucker has been with the Willa Cather Foundation for a decade as Director of Education, she … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means for the … diverse interests, talents, and work backgrounds, such as prairie botany and gardening skills, photography and graphic …
Posted: 10/24/2022
Last Updated: 11/22/2022
Photography by Jorn Olsen on Exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House
… moving cattle, and tourist destinations such as the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and the Starke Round Barn. Jorn Olsen is well known … 34-inch fold-out panoramic scenes. For more information about the exhibition or the public reception, please call …
Posted: 04/10/2015
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop
… Writing Workshop June 29, 2015 When famed novelist Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the … she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that impacted her youth. The eighth in an annual … 9-12 in Red Cloud. This workshop is sponsored by the Willa Cather Foundation and made possible with the support of the …
Posted: 06/29/2015
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
"A Lost Lady" Published in Brazil in Portuguese
… We recently interviewed Tamboni on his interest in Willa Cather’s writing, his choice of A Lost Lady for their first publication, and Cather's attention to certain social themes and their … from Argentina. We would love to publish the whole “Prairie Trilogy” at some point in the future — it would be …
Posted: 07/01/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing
… Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their … prose, while conjuring the mystic beauty of Nebraska’s prairies with hand-stitched embroidery and handmade … in Ulysses, Nebraska. Recently, we asked Rachelle more about her latest collection. How did you discover Willa …
Posted: 03/24/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
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 … my own photographs. I paint en plein air because I learn about light and it forces me to simplify. But I hate the … 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