Mar 16, 6:30PM
Level 4
Foster Theater
$15
$10 Members
Join us for a special screening from the Bob Dylan Archive and conversation with Steven Jenkins, Director of the Bob Dylan Center.
Spanning decades and musical styles, this far-ranging one-hour program of short films and videos from the Bob Dylan Archive features rare and previously unreleased clips of Dylan on stage and in the studio—all different from last year’s presentation.
Selections include Dylan’s first film soundtrack for 1961’s “Autopsy on Operation Abolition;” a devastating solo rendition of “Ballad of Hollis Brown” from the 1963 TV special “Folk Songs and More Folk Songs;” a rollicking 1976 take on “I Pity the Poor Immigrant” with Joan Baez; a gospel-infused “Blowin’ in the Wind;” an apocalyptically rocking “When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky” with Dylan backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; loving tributes to Johnny Cash and Tony Bennett; a glimpse into the Archive’s film restoration project with never-before-seen footage of “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” from 1966; and many more treasures.
Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins will present the program and lead a post-screening discussion and audience Q&A about the films and the Center’s mission and activities. Rock Hall staff members will round out the evening with a brief acoustic performance of Dylan covers.
Bob Dylan Center
The Bob Dylan Center opened in Tulsa, OK, in May 2022 as the permanent home of the Bob Dylan Archive. The mission of the Center is to inspire and celebrate fearless creativity by exploring the music and artistry of the Nobel Prize–winning singer-songwriter as a catalyst for personal expression and cultural change.
Steven Jenkins is a thirty-year veteran of the nonprofit sector, having held leadership positions at San Francisco Bay Area organizations, including the University of California Press, Glide Foundation, San Francisco Film Society/San Francisco International Film Festival, Frameline/San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, San Francisco Cinematheque, Film Arts Foundation, and the Ansel Adams Center for Photography. Jenkins served as Editor-in-Chief of Artweek and Bay Area Citysearch; Senior Editor of see: a journal of visual culture; and has contributed hundreds of articles on visual arts, music, film, literature, and culture to national publications including New York, Out, California, Detour, SF Camerawork, and Publishers Weekly. His books as a writer and editor include City Slivers and Fresh Kills: The Films of Gordon Matta-Clark and Model Culture: James Casebere: Photographs.
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