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It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown's Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy

Bob Dylan Center Book Club: “It’s No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy”

July 16, 2026 6-7pm
It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown's Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy

“People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations.” — Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” Join Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins for an online discussion with author and professor Margena Christian about her revelatory biography of Sylvia Moy, the previously overlooked creative force behind a slew of Motown Records classics. “It’s No Wonder: The […]

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Member Exhibit Opening - Thin Wild Mercury

Member Exhibit Opening – “Thin Wild Mercury: Dylan 1966”

July 17, 2026 6-8pm
Member Exhibit Opening - Thin Wild Mercury

Members are invited to celebrate the opening of “Thin Wild Mercury: Dylan 1966” with a spirited reception, advanced viewing and remarks from the curator at the Bob Dylan Center from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, July 17. Exhibition curator Mark Davidson will provide an overview of the multimedia exhibition that transcends Dylan’s controversial “going […]

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Mercury on Film: Eat the Document

Mercury on Film: Eat the Document

July 18, 2026 2-5pm
Mercury on Film: Eat the Document

This afternoon program exclusively for Bob Dylan Center members and guests expands on the contents and themes of the Thin Wild Mercury: Dylan 1966 exhibition, generously presented by Bob Dylan Center Founding Members Bob and Debbie Russell — opening to the public on the same day — by showcasing Dylan’s rarely screened directorial debut “Eat […]

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Insomnia & Seven Steps to Grace: An Online Conversation with Joy Harjo

Insomnia & Seven Steps to Grace: An Online Conversation with Joy Harjo

July 23, 2026 6-7pm
Insomnia & Seven Steps to Grace: An Online Conversation with Joy Harjo

Join Bob Dylan Center inaugural artist-in-residence Joy Harjo and senior director Steven Jenkins for a members-only online conversation in celebration of Joy’s newly released album “Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace,” a deeply ruminative yet joyous collection of songs that speak to both timely and timeless themes of personal reflection, societal imbalance and spiritual renewal. […]

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Ten Songs (Plus One or Two) - Aug. 2026

Ten Songs (Plus One or Two)

August 6, 2026 6-8pm
Ten Songs (Plus One or Two) - Aug. 2026

“‘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 […]

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Jacob Burns Film Center

Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, New York): “Stepping into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center”

September 3, 2026 4:30-6:30pm
Jacob Burns Film Center

Screening and Discussion with Director Steven Jenkins Moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin Returning to the Jacob Burns Film Center for his fourth time around (“Blonde on Blonde” fans will recognize the song reference), Bob Dylan Center Senior Director Steven Jenkins will share an all-new collection of rare Dylan films. Spanning decades and musical […]

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After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace

Bob Dylan Center Book Club: “After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace”

September 17, 2026 6-7pm
After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace

“People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations.” — Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” Join Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins for an online discussion with poet and scholar Robert Polito about his bold take on Dylan’s output since the early 1990s. A prevailing narrative goes: Bob Dylan, the voice of the 1960s counterculture, […]

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Ten Songs (Plus One or Two) - Oct. 2026

Ten Songs (Plus One or Two)

October 1, 2026 6-8pm
Ten Songs (Plus One or Two) - Oct. 2026

The Bob Dylan Center’s bimonthly members-only series of listening sessions strikes a dramatic crescendo in this final installment of 2026, with featured artists such as Blur, Spiritualized, Elliott Smith and The Waterboys reaching impossible heights in their quests for grand statements of universal harmony and emotional rescue. Center director Steven Jenkins will host this rousing […]

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CLOSING EARLY

The center will be closing at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12.