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SUMMARY:71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference - Memory\, Myth\, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250
DESCRIPTION:The Willa Cather Spring Conference returns with the theme “Memory\, Myth\, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250.” This event invites readers\, scholars\, and artists to explore the enduring relevance of Willa Cather’s work. Centered on the publication centenary of her novella My Mortal Enemy\, the program features keynote speaker Rebecca Romney\, scholarly plenaries\, and a mixed media exhibit by Susan Hart. Other highlights include the opening of All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture at the historic Burlington Depot and a special performance of The Bohemian by Harbor Stage Company. Set in Cather’s hometown of Red Cloud\, the conference offers a rich blend of scholarship\, art\, and place. The event will be a celebration of Cather’s literature in dialogue with America’s past and present. \nRegistration for conference ranges in price\, depending on membership and options selected. Visit the conference website for full details and to register. \nThe following portions of the conference are free and open to the public: \n\n“Cancer and Caregiving: Willa Cather’s My Mortal Enemy” with Heather Althoff\, 1 p.m. Thursday\n“From Typescripts\, to Magazine Novelette\, to Book: The Writing and Publication of ‘My Mortal Enemy’ ” with Melissa Homestead\, 3:45 p.m. Thursday“\nTo Think of All That Was Remembered and Retold: Educators in Cather’s Red Cloud” with Marcy Mahoney\, Melissa Schuster and Marisa Zornes\, 10:30 a.m. Friday\n“Willa Cather\, the Archival Chain\, and the Making of a Literary Legacy” with Rebecca Romney\, 7 p.m. Friday\n“From Page to Stage: Adapting Cather\,” with Brenda Withers and Jonathan Fielding of Harbor Stage Co.\, 10:45 a.m. Saturday\nThe Passing Show: “What Cather’s Literature Means to American Culture” with Bridget Barry\, Brad Bigelow\, Will Fellows and Garrett Peck\, 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/71st-annual-willa-cather-spring-conference-memory-myth-and-meaning-cather-in-dialogue-with-america-250/2026-06-06/
LOCATION:The National Willa Cather Center\, 413 N Webster St\, Red Cloud\, Nebraska\, 68970
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SUMMARY:71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference - Memory\, Myth\, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250
DESCRIPTION:The Willa Cather Spring Conference returns with the theme “Memory\, Myth\, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250.” This event invites readers\, scholars\, and artists to explore the enduring relevance of Willa Cather’s work. Centered on the publication centenary of her novella My Mortal Enemy\, the program features keynote speaker Rebecca Romney\, scholarly plenaries\, and a mixed media exhibit by Susan Hart. Other highlights include the opening of All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture at the historic Burlington Depot and a special performance of The Bohemian by Harbor Stage Company. Set in Cather’s hometown of Red Cloud\, the conference offers a rich blend of scholarship\, art\, and place. The event will be a celebration of Cather’s literature in dialogue with America’s past and present. \nRegistration for conference ranges in price\, depending on membership and options selected. Visit the conference website for full details and to register. \nThe following portions of the conference are free and open to the public: \n\n“Cancer and Caregiving: Willa Cather’s My Mortal Enemy” with Heather Althoff\, 1 p.m. Thursday\n“From Typescripts\, to Magazine Novelette\, to Book: The Writing and Publication of ‘My Mortal Enemy’ ” with Melissa Homestead\, 3:45 p.m. Thursday“\nTo Think of All That Was Remembered and Retold: Educators in Cather’s Red Cloud” with Marcy Mahoney\, Melissa Schuster and Marisa Zornes\, 10:30 a.m. Friday\n“Willa Cather\, the Archival Chain\, and the Making of a Literary Legacy” with Rebecca Romney\, 7 p.m. Friday\n“From Page to Stage: Adapting Cather\,” with Brenda Withers and Jonathan Fielding of Harbor Stage Co.\, 10:45 a.m. Saturday\nThe Passing Show: “What Cather’s Literature Means to American Culture” with Bridget Barry\, Brad Bigelow\, Will Fellows and Garrett Peck\, 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/71st-annual-willa-cather-spring-conference-memory-myth-and-meaning-cather-in-dialogue-with-america-250/2026-06-05/
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SUMMARY:71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference - Memory\, Myth\, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250
DESCRIPTION:The Willa Cather Spring Conference returns with the theme “Memory\, Myth\, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250.” This event invites readers\, scholars\, and artists to explore the enduring relevance of Willa Cather’s work. Centered on the publication centenary of her novella My Mortal Enemy\, the program features keynote speaker Rebecca Romney\, scholarly plenaries\, and a mixed media exhibit by Susan Hart. Other highlights include the opening of All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture at the historic Burlington Depot and a special performance of The Bohemian by Harbor Stage Company. Set in Cather’s hometown of Red Cloud\, the conference offers a rich blend of scholarship\, art\, and place. The event will be a celebration of Cather’s literature in dialogue with America’s past and present. \nRegistration for conference ranges in price\, depending on membership and options selected. Visit the conference website for full details and to register. \nThe following portions of the conference are free and open to the public: \n\n“Cancer and Caregiving: Willa Cather’s My Mortal Enemy” with Heather Althoff\, 1 p.m. Thursday\n“From Typescripts\, to Magazine Novelette\, to Book: The Writing and Publication of ‘My Mortal Enemy’ ” with Melissa Homestead\, 3:45 p.m. Thursday“\nTo Think of All That Was Remembered and Retold: Educators in Cather’s Red Cloud” with Marcy Mahoney\, Melissa Schuster and Marisa Zornes\, 10:30 a.m. Friday\n“Willa Cather\, the Archival Chain\, and the Making of a Literary Legacy” with Rebecca Romney\, 7 p.m. Friday\n“From Page to Stage: Adapting Cather\,” with Brenda Withers and Jonathan Fielding of Harbor Stage Co.\, 10:45 a.m. Saturday\nThe Passing Show: “What Cather’s Literature Means to American Culture” with Bridget Barry\, Brad Bigelow\, Will Fellows and Garrett Peck\, 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/71st-annual-willa-cather-spring-conference-memory-myth-and-meaning-cather-in-dialogue-with-america-250/2026-06-04/
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SUMMARY:Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains: Nebraska's Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Bill Hayes \nSponsored by the Willa Cather Foundation
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/fight-against-slavery-on-the-great-plains-nebraskas-underground-railroad-9/
LOCATION:The National Willa Cather Center\, 413 N Webster St\, Red Cloud\, Nebraska\, 68970
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SUMMARY:Creative Panel: The Kilbanes in Conversation with Peter Cipkowski
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 Kilbanes’ creative process\, their decision to bring My Ántonia to the stage\, and how their musical style shapes the emotional and narrative contours of the work. \nThe discussion will also consider the creative challenge of adaptation itself: what it means to transform a beloved literary classic into a new form\, and what questions arise when a masterpiece known as one thing becomes something entirely new. \nThis event is free to attend thanks to the generosity of Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. \nThe Kilbanes (Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses) are a married composing and performing team and recipients of the 2024 Jonathan Larson Grant. Their rock musical Weightless (WP Theater\, A.C.T.\, Public Theater’s Under the Radar) was nominated for Lucille Lortel (Best Musical\, Drama Desk (Best Music)\, and Off-Broadway Alliance (Best New Musical) awards in 2023. Other works include A Whynot Christmas Carol (A.C.T.\, Pam McKinnon dir.)\, The Code (A.C.T.)\, My Ántonia (Next Generation Commission\, Theatre Latte Da in Minneapolis – upcoming)\, As You Like It (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival)\, and Eddie the Marvelous (American Music Theater Project (AMTP) O’Neill National Music Theater Conference; Berkeley Repertory Theater’s Ground Floor).
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/creative-panel-the-kilbanes-in-conversation-with-peter-cipkowski/
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SUMMARY:Ollie Webb Center's Short Film Screening & Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The 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. \nThe 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 is excerpted from My Ántonia. This film chronicles the difficulties living through Nebraska winters in the 19th century. \nMade in partnership with WhyArts\, the films are co-directed by Ollie Webb Center\, Inc.’s education director David Ackermann and artistic director\, Jim Hoggatt\, with director of cinematography Matt Bross. Individuals enrolled in Ollie Webb Center Inc. courses act in the films and served as the film crew on the project. \nLocated in Omaha\, the Ollie Webb Center\, Inc.’s mission is to enrich the lives individuals with developmental disabilities and their families through collaboration\, advocacy\, relationships\, and education. The center’s Art of Imagination program works to empower develop and encourage self expression in adults with disabilities through professional opportunities in the visual and performing arts. Classes offer artistic opportunities in traditional art forms such as painting\, writing\, drawing\, photography\, and more. Theater classes include improvisation play writing\, scripted pieces and radio drama culminating in rehearsals and public performances. \nThis event is free to attend thanks to the generosity of Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/ollie-webb-centers-short-film-screening-panel-discussion/
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SUMMARY:Opening Plenary Session: Ann Lundberg
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAs a professor of American Literature\, Ann studies the literature of geological and archeological exploration of the American West in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century\, and how it works to define national identity. She’s presented and published essays on topics including John Muir’s glacial geology\, “Ancient America at the World’s Fair\,” and the mystique surrounding Casa Grande in Arizona\, “The Ruin of Expectations.” Her teaching resume includes both environmental literature and eco-composition in addition to Native American Literature and other topics. \nAlongside her academic career\, Ann has served as an interpretive Ranger at eight different National Park Service units\, including three seasons at Mesa Verde. She has long maintained an interest in Willa Cather and her depiction of place\, both the prairies of Nebraska and the canyons and cliff dwellings of the Southwest. \nThis event is free to attend thanks to the generosity of Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/opening-plenary-session-ann-lundberg/
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