This monthly online (Zoom) reading series called First Friday Readings features authors with Nebraska connections, national presence, and a newly published book. The hourlong event, moderated by Larksong director Karen Shoemaker, will include both the author’s reading and Q&A with the audience. The event is free, but registration is required to receive the link. Lee Ann […]
Nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater's upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast transform the page into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and all your favorite characters as they read, perform, and interact in this one-hour workshop. It's a “tale as old as time” and […]
Nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater's upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast transform the page into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and all your favorite characters as they read, perform, and interact in this one-hour workshop. It's a “tale as old as time” and […]
This event is part of the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, and is free and open to the public. The Field, The Fire is a solo exhibition to be held in conjunction with the 69th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference. The conference, Cather and the Readerly Imagination, will focus on Cather's own books and reading habits, […]
As part of Sidney Gold Rush Days, Peter and Kathy Gibbs will provide detailed and first hand experiences into both past and present Lakota culture by displaying a completely furnished 18’ Lakota tipestola along with sharing numerous stories and cultural insights about the Lakota people. The Gibbs will be present throughout the festival and will […]
This event is part of the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, and is free and open to the public both in-person and online. Visit the event website to view the livestream. Kali Fajardo-Anstine will present an invited lecture "From Bookshelf to Dreamworld: Cather and the Underground Stream." Kali Fajardo-Anstine is the nationally best-selling author […]
The 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference will celebrate Willa Cather and reading. Cather herself was an avid reader as well as a writer; she enjoyed sharing her book recommendations with friends, and she was pleased by hearing the comments of her own readers. From an early age, she established her “library,” with her books […]
As part of Sidney Gold Rush Days, Peter and Kathy Gibbs will provide detailed and first hand experiences into both past and present Lakota culture by displaying a completely furnished 18’ Lakota tipestola along with sharing numerous stories and cultural insights about the Lakota people. The Gibbs will be present throughout the festival and will […]
This event is part of the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, and is free and open to the public both in person and online via livestream on the event page. Panelists Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Pat Leach, Arielle Zibrak, and Kari Ronning explore the Spring Conference topic, "Pleasures and Disruptions: Reading Cather Collectively." Moderated by Kelsey […]
This event is part of the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, and is free and open to the public, but free tickets must be reserved by May 31. See the event website for details on how to reserve tickets. Join Willa Cather Foundation leadership, project partners and supporters, Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason, and […]
Join poets Kinsale Drake and Maritza N. Estrada for a reading and discussion, followed by an ekphrastic poetry workshop in conjunction with Raven Halfmoon’s exhibition Flags of Our Mothers. Poems written during this workshop will be collected into a chapbook available for download.
As part of Sidney Gold Rush Days, Peter and Kathy Gibbs will provide detailed and first hand experiences into both past and present Lakota culture by displaying a completely furnished […]
