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"Willa Cather Speaks" has toured since 1988 with
more than 3,500 performances in 40 states and Canada. Betty Jean Steinshouer has done 25+ years of Cather research
to bring audiences as close as they will ever get to meeting and conversing with the no-sag author. (As the oldtimers
on Grand Manan, where the reclusive Cather owned a cottage and spent summers from 1921-1940, have been heard to say when
they see the playbill for the one-woman show: "Willa Cather speaks, eh? It's about time.")
Special Performance for THE BIG READ: The Making of My Antonia
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| Betty Jean Steinshouer in 1991 as Willa Cather |
February 14, 2009 NOTES FROM
CROSS CREEK:
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS
7 p.m. Myakka River State Park
March 19, 2009 VOICE OF THE EVERGLADES:
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS
2 p.m. Chautauqua South, Stuart
March 19, 2009 20th Anniversary
WILLA CATHER SPEAKS
7 p.m. Chautauqua South, Stuart
March 23, 2009 ON FITZGERALD:
THREE VIEWS
(Cather, Rawlings & Stein)
2 p.m. Florida Center for the Book, Fort Lauderdale
THE BIG READ: The Great Gatsby
March 25, 2009 MEET LAURA INGALLS
WILDER
2 p.m., Ocala Public Library
April 2, 2009 FLORIDA'S LAUREATE: Constance
Fenimore Woolson
6 p.m. Lifelong Learning College, The Villages
April 3, 2009 ZORA &
MARJORIE: A LITERARY FRIENDSHIP
7 p.m. Black Box Theatre Indian River Community College Fort Pierce
2008 SELECTED
DATES
Monday, January 28 4 p.m. Ocean Reef Center, Key Largo
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS:
VOICE OF THE EVERGLADES
Wednesday, February 6 1 p.m. Hillsborough Community College - Brandon Campus WILLA CATHER
SPEAKS
Saturday, February 9 7 p.m. Bok Tower Sanctuary, Lake Wales
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS:
VOICE OF THE EVERGLADES
Sunday, February 10 2 p.m. Pack Library, Asheville, NC
THE BIG READ: WILLA CATHER SPEAKS
Tuesday, March 18 7 p.m. University of Central Florida, Orlando
VOICE OF THE EVERGLADES
Wednesday, March 19 Pasco County Friends of the Library Luncheon, Tampa
Bay Golf & Country Club San Antonio, FL
VOICE OF THE EVERGLADES
Saturday, April 12 2 p.m. Lyon County Library, Marshall, MN
THE BIG READ:
WILLA CATHER SPEAKS
The Making of My Antonia
Monday, April 14 7 p.m. Fremont Public Library Mundelein, IL
THE BIG READ:
WILLA CATHER SPEAKS
The Making of My Antonia
Thursday, April 17 Weatherford, TX
THE BIG READ:
WILLA CATHER SPEAKS
The Making of My Antonia
9 a.m. Weatherford High School
12:10 Friends of the Library Luncheon -Los Vaqueros Banquet Hall
7 p.m. Doss Heritage & Cultural Center
Saturday, April 19 2 p.m. Watauga Public Library Watauga, TX
MEET LAURA INGALLS WILDER
author of the Little House books
Monday, April 21 6:30 p.m. Smith Public Library Wylie, TX
MEET LAURA INGALLS WILDER
author of the Little House books
Tuesday, April 22 7 p.m.Grapevine Public Library Grapevine, TX
WILLA CATHER SPEAKS
Thursday, April 24 1 p.m. Florida Library Association, Tradewinds Resort, St. Petersburg Beach
VOICE OF THE EVERGLADES:
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Saturday, April 26, 2 p.m. Cozby Public Library, Coppell, TX
MEET LAURA INGALLS WILDER
author of the Little House books
Tuesday, April 29 10 a.m. The Library at Cedar Creek Lake
Seven Points, TX WILLA CATHER SPEAKS
Wednesday, May 7, 3:30 p.m. Museum of Florida Art & Culture, South Florida
Community College, Avon Park
VOICE OF THE EVERGLADES:
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Friday, May 10 7 p.m. City Hall, Lake Helen, Florida
VOICE OF THE EVERGLADES:
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
May 14 7 p.m. Shrewsbury Public Library, Shrewsbury, MA
WILLA CATHER SPEAKS:
THE BIG READ
The Making of My Antonia
THE GILDED AGE AND REFORM ERA:
THE VIEW FROM FLORIDA
A Workshop Created for Brevard County History Teachers
by the Florida Humanities Council
Funded by a USDOE Teaching American History Grant
July 29 – August 1, 2008
Flagler College, St. Augustine
July 30 7:00 – 9:00 pm Ponce Hall
The World or the Parish?
Sarah Orne Jewett and Willa Cather
in the Gilded Age
exploring Jewett’s annual sojourns to St. Augustine, 1888 -1896, and Cather’s coming
of age as a world traveler, 1890 – 1918. By rail and voyage, each inhabited an ever-expending world.
NOTE: Due to storms off the coast of South Florida and in the Gulf, the New Orleans portion
of the tour has been cancelled. Check back to this space for future notice - it may be re-booked for October or
November. Fall tour to New England will proceed as planned.
September 13 7 p.m. "Rediscovering Marjorie"
Flagler College Grand Ballroom, St. Augustine
September 26 THE BIG READ The Making of My Antonia
8 p.m. Academy of Music Northampton, MA
October 15 7 p.m. Public Library, Merrimack, NH
MEET LAURA INGALLS WILDER
November 7 7 p.m.
GERTRUDE STEIN HAS ARRIVED
November 8 10 a.m. - noon Workshop
"Surviving Spiritual Violence Through the Creative Arts"
November 8 7 p.m.
Special Performance
"Methodist Sausage & Other Perils of Faith"
Carefree Retirement Center, North Fort Myers, FL
November 10 6 p.m. The Villages
MAINE'S MASTER SMART WOMAN:
SARAH ORNE JEWETT
November 12 2 p.m. W.T. Bland Library, Mount Dora, FL
AMERICA AT WAR!
(Cather, Rawlings & Stein)
November 13 7 p.m. Columbia Country Library,
Lake City, FL
MEET LAURA INGALLS WILDER
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