Our February Enews is here! Thrift Style & Cather: thrift as a personal value and cultural movement in our latest exhibit • Book your rooms at Hotel Garber! • Our Spring Author Series • The Joy of Sponsorship • New Benefits for Our Members and MORE

Join Us for Our Spring 2025 Author Series: FREE! Register for our online events and attend a special book talk and signing in Red Cloud on April 4!

EXHIBIT IMAGE: Unidentified manufacturer, Feed Sack for Ellis Paramore, Delphos, KS, c. 1940; feed sack cotton, 37 1/2 x 22 inches; Courtesy of Kansas State University Historic Costume and Textile Museum.

Shop Our February Bookstore Deals Online: Sweetheart Deals & Gifts for Your Valentine! Collectible Willa Cather 150th merchandise is 25% off! - ♥️ SHOP:

Well, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today which means six more weeks of winter! And that means we’re still on our winter hours until March 1. We look forward to seeing you!

Announcing our new tour on #NationalPlanForVacation Day! Our two-day #WillaCather Immersion Experience is the perfect getaway ! LEARN MORE: @NebraskaTourism @USTravel @USTravelESTO @AmericanBusAssn

Even if you might live further from Red Cloud, another way to support our mission is to sponsor Red Cloud Opera House programming. Our development coordinator, Jeniffer Beahm, shares the benefits of sponsorship and what’s new this year for our partners:

We are always closed Sun and Mon, but please visit us Tues-Fri, from 9-5 and Sat from 10 to 3, and sign up for our Guided Seasonal Tour: Ántonia's Black Hawk, each Sat through Mar 29. TO BOOK: and LEARN MORE about @NEAarts Big Read:

@goodreads Willa Cather! But we are rather biased here.

It’s not too late to send New Year’s greetings or thank yous for holiday kindnesses! This #ShoppingSaturday, browse our beautiful boxed card selection. Each set includes 8 cards, with envelopes, and the cards are blank for your own words and salutations:

The Professor’s House includes Mesa Verde, the ancient Pueblo Cliff Palace rediscovered by Colorado rancher and amateur archaeologist Richard Wetherill, who inspired #WillaCather in her 1925 novel. His 1904 image is in our archives. #TuesdayTreasure VISIT:

Tomorrow 1/15 is the deadline for the Call For Proposals related to topics around The Professor’s House—celebrating its centenary—at the 19th Intrnl #WillaCather Seminar in Milwaukee, WI from June 25-27. Join us as a scholar or Cather enthusiast! FOR MORE:

“A Week of Willa Cather” at the @JoslynArtMuseum in Omaha begins Jan 15. Our ED, Ashley Olson, will present a talk on “My Ántonia: The Great American Novel” on Sat, Jan 18 at 1:30 p.m. CT—FREE to attend but reservations required: #WillaCather #MyÁntonia

“A Week of Willa Cather” at the @JoslynArtMuseum in Omaha will feature #WillaCather-related events Jan 15-19th. Our director Ashley Olson will present a talk on “My Ántonia: The Great American Novel” Sat, Jan 18 at 1:30 p.m. FREE but reservations required:

Just a weekly reminder of our winter hours as the National Willa Cather Center is closed to the public on Sunday and Monday each week. We look forward to seeing you in Red Cloud this year! FOR MORE:

January and February are perfect months for “wintering” and that means cozy hours spent reading. This week’s #ShoppingSaturday showcases winter literature and merch in our bookstore, including candles and mugs. BROWSE ONLINE:

Happy New Year! Check out our January Enews! — Hotel Garber Lottery for 70th Annual #WillaCather Spring Conference • Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley to present at Spring Conference • Winter issue of Willa Cather Review available—and more! READ:

Yesterday, Jan 6 is another important centenary in Willa Cather's career: the opening of the feature film adaptation of her 1923 novel, A Lost Lady. Learn more about the background and Red Cloud’s showing in “Annotations from the Archive”: #TuesdayTreasure