Opening Plenary Session: Ann Lundberg
Kick off the 70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference with a talk from Ann Lundberg, English professor and longtime interpretive ranger, about Cather at Mesa Verde. As a professor of […]
Events
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Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
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The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St, Red Cloud, Nebraska
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Stargazing on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie
Willa Cather Memorial Prairie 7 miles south of Red Cloud, NebraskaThis event is weather-permitting and depends on partly cloudy or clear skies. Join author and tour guide Garrett Peck as he leads a special stargazing program at the Willa Cather […]
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Ollie Webb Center’s Short Film Screening & Panel Discussion
The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St, Red Cloud, NebraskaThe Ollie Webb Center, Inc.'s Art of Imagination program, in collaboration with University of Nebraska Omaha professor and screenwriter Todd Richardson, has created two short films based on excerpts from two Willa Cather novels. The first film, “Tom Outland's Story,“ is from Cather’s novel The Professor‘s House and is about discovering an ancient cliff city. The other […]
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Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer with Author Jane Smiley
Red Cloud Opera House 413 N. Webster St., Red Cloud, NE, United StatesJane Smiley's talk on Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer will mark the conclusion of a year-long celebration of Cather's 1918 novel as a title selected by the National Endowment for the Arts' 2024-2025 Big Read program. Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was […]
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Creative Panel: The Kilbanes in Conversation with Peter Cipkowski
The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St, Red Cloud, NebraskaJoin Peter Cipkowski for a conversation with Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses of The Kilbanes, the acclaimed musical duo currently adapting Willa Cather's My Ántonia into an original stage musical. Commissioned by Theater Latté Da in Minneapolis, their adaptation reimagines Cather's masterpiece through their distinctive blend of storytelling and music. The panel will explore the […]
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The Passing Show: What Makes a House a Home?
Red Cloud Opera House 413 N. Webster St., Red Cloud, NE, United StatesArchitectural and interior styles, powerful landscapes, and domestic scenes all feature prominently in Willa Cather’s writing. These important backdrops to her novels were illuminated through her gift for idyllic description […]
