Page to Stage Frozen the Musical: Red Cloud (Read More)
Page to Stage focuses on taking a well-known storybook and bringing it to life, allowing children the opportunity to see characters jump from the page to the stage. Nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater’s upcoming production of “Disney’s Frozen the Musical” will read, perform, and interact with students. Please verify event information with the library.
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Willa Cather, the Archival Chain, and the Making of a Literary Legacy (Read More)
This event is part of the 71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference on June 4-6, on the theme of "Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250." Click here for more information about the conference. Rebecca Romney's lecture on "Willa Cather, the Archival Chain, and the Making of a Literary Legacy" considers the effects of archival collections on the writing of literary history, with special emphasis on Cather’s posthumous legacy. Such collections are not formed accidentally. They exist through the efforts of individual people, archival agents who save material, become its long-term caretakers, and make it accessible for study. The decisions of archival agents, big and small, can cause ripple effects across the stories we tell. This event is free, but registration is strongly encouraged to reserve your spot and receive event updates by email! Click here for more information and to register. The talk will be broadcast live on YouTube and a recording will be available for two weeks after the event. Rebecca Romney is a rare book dealer and author of three books, Jane Austen’s Bookshelf, Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History), and The Romance Novel in English: A Survey in Rare Books. As a generalist rare book dealer, Romney handles work in all fields, from first editions of Jane Austen to science fiction paperbacks to Shakespeare Folios. Since 2011, Romney has appeared on the HISTORY Channel’s television show Pawn Stars as the rare book specialist. Romney was also featured in The Booksellers, a documentary about the rare book trade in New York that premiered at the New York Film Festival. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, Variety, The Paris Review, and more. With a passion for discussing the enduring power of literature, the relevance of book collecting, and the preservation of history, Romney weaves together her experience and knowledge in captivating talks.
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Willa Cather Author Series: Karen Russell (Read More)
Karen Russell will discuss her new novel, The Antidote. Set in Uz, a fictional Nebraska town, in the aftermath of Black Sunday, The Antidote follows a "Prairie Witch,” whose body serves as a bank vault for peoples’ memories and secrets; a Polish wheat farmer who learns how quickly a hoarded blessing can become a curse; his orphan niece, a basketball star and witch’s apprentice in furious flight from her grief; a voluble scarecrow; and a New Deal photographer whose time-traveling camera threatens to reveal both the town’s secrets and its fate. Registration is requested for this free, in-person event. See event website for details. Karen Russell is the author of six books of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. She has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, she now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, son, and daughter. The Antidote is her second novel. The Willa Cather Author Series is a free program that features mostly virtual but occasional in-person authors who explore humanities topics related to Willa Cather, Great Plains history, and art across a variety of styles and genres. The author series was conceived as a way to connect Cather to contemporary writers, as well as provide an accessible and inclusive space where readers can talk directly with writers about their work. Participating authors discuss how they create their work, thematic connections within and outside of their texts, and how their writing depicts shared experiences. Each author series event is designed to include a prepared discussion with the moderator and author(s), as well as ample time for audience Q&A.
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Willa Cather Spring Conference: Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting (Read More)
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 Nebraska Youth Poet Laureate Miranda Davis for a dedication and ribbon-cutting at the Willa Cather Childhood Home. Tours of the home and other Red Cloud sites are available after the dedication. Matt Mason is the Nebraska State Poet and has run poetry workshops in Botswana, Romania, Nepal, and Belarus for the U.S. State Department. Miranda Davis is the 2024-2025 Nebraska Youth Poet Laureate and a senior at Norris High School in Firth, Nebraska.
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Page to Stage The Spongebob Musical: Red Cloud (Read More)
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and is now headed to Red Cloud? It’s SpongeBob SquarePants! Join him and all his friends as they come to life on stage in this brilliant, bright, and hilarious production. The stakes are higher than ever as SpongeBob, Patrick, and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power of optimism really can save the world! Event is sponsored by the Auld Public Library.
