May 2 and 6 — PBS will air "The Song of the Lark." Check local listings (see review)
May 6 — Nebraska Public Radio will air "The Life of Willa Cather: Journey of an Artist," at 3 p.m. CT
May 18 — Cather Colloquium, 10 a.m. brunch with author Mary Clearman Blew at the home of Sue Rosowski
May 18-19 — Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation Annual Spring Festival in Red Cloud. Banquet speaker: Mary Clearman Blew (see http://www.willacather.org for details)
May 24-27 — American Literature Association Conference in Boston
October 14 — Cather Colloquium with speaker Joan Acocella (details to be announced)
October 15 — Joan Acocella at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Geske Lecture Series)
October 17-20 — Western Literature Association Conference in Omaha Paper submissions deadline: June 15 (see http://www.ccs.unomaha.edu/western.html for details)