“’Take care of all your memories’ / Said my friend, Mick / ‘For you cannot relive them.’” So sings Dylan with aw-shucks bemusement in “Open the Door, Homer,” a honky-tonk hoedown from “The Basement Tapes.” Yet it is the peculiar magic of songs such as this one that bring the past so vividly into the present, as we merge music and memories from our collective consciousness and personal histories to recall days gone by. For this “Ten Songs (Plus One or Two” installment — the latest in our bimonthly members-only series of listening sessions led by center director Steven Jenkins — featured artists including Max Richter, Rosanne Cash, Van Morrison, Diana Krall and The Everly Brothers take trips down memory lane, pulled backwards and forwards by nostalgia, loss, devotion and perfect moments made all the more indelible by their ephemerality. Forget about today until tomorrow, but be sure to join us on Aug. 6.
Details
Darby Family Screening Room
Bob Dylan Center, 116 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK 74103
or virtually on Zoom
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026
6 p.m. CT
Tickets
In-person and virtual attendance is free for Bob Dylan Center members. Zoom links are contained in the confirmation email after RSVPing to the event.
To take part in “Ten Songs (Plus One or Two)” sessions, become a member.
About Ten Songs (Plus One or Two)
Join Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins for “Ten Songs (Plus One or Two),” the Bob Dylan Center’s members-only bimonthly series of intimate listening sessions. For these experiments in communal listening, Jenkins assembles themed playlists featuring a wide range of artists whose music spans decades, languages, moods and meanings. Dylan songs pop up regularly, mixed in with classics and surprises by artists both well-known and obscure. Join Jenkins in person or via Zoom for these lively and contemplative evenings, reconnect with old favorites and discover new sounds.
