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Celebrate the Achievements of Willa Cather and her 150th Birthday
… her prairie-plains novels ( O Pioneers! [1913], The Song of the Lark [1915], and especially My Ántonia [1918]) had …
Posted: 10/07/2023
Last Updated: 10/26/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… move into town. Red Cloud’s population at the time is 2,500. Charles Cather opens an office selling farm loans and … of the Panic of 1893. Blind Boone, a well-known African American pianist, performs at the Red Cloud Opera House. … it is only a coincidence that passages in his book The Great Gatsby closely resemble a passage in Cather’s A Lost …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Book Club Resources
… childhood home, the inspiration for the opening scene of Song of the Lark and “Old Mrs. Harris.” The Burlington Depot, the … book club visit to Red Cloud. O Pioneers! O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark My Ántonia My Ántonia …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/03/2023
A Visit with Sarah Arneson
… later won a medal in an Austrian shooting competition. “My parents worked and saved so that I could go to college … “Songs my Mother Taught Me” — Czech immigrants as in My Ántonia and Mr. Schimerda was a violinist in the Prague … Thank you! We look forward to your homecoming and to your gift of classic opera on the Red Cloud Opera House stage in …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration July 21, 2022 The … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023
Novels
… 2019 Document My Ántonia Classroom Resource 9.63 MB The Song of the Lark Thea's Pursuit of Artistic Success "If youth did not … companion with whom she shared a secret." Document The Song of the Lark Curriculum 1.04 MB Document The Song of the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/28/2023
Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America
… Space, New York City • In Person & Livestreamed Special Events Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 | 7 - 8:30pm Peter Jay Sharp … acclaimed novels One of Ours , O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark , and My Ántonia . This special evening of short …
Posted: 08/01/2023
Last Updated: 08/21/2023
Annotations from the Archives: Cather Press Clippings
… nature. A large collection of Cather's press clippings and reviews are evidence that, though Cather was an intensely … their robes and hoods, spanned the globe. News of awards, reviews of newly published work, and even Cather's comings …
Posted: 07/25/2023
Last Updated: 08/01/2023
Music in Willa Cather's Writing
… her day, and wrote them into her novels, short stories, and reviews. It's inevitable, maybe, that playlists exploring …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 07/09/2023
Historic Sites
… attic bedroom is described in detail in her 1915 novel The Song of the Lark. The home was acquired by the Willa Cather Foundation … nights, and joyous awakenings on summer mornings.” — The Song of the Lark Burlington Depot Red Cloud’s Burlington …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/25/2023