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This machine kills fascists: Inside the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa

This machine kills fascists: Inside the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa

The Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, provides a peek at the life and career of one of the most influential folk musicians of all time.

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U2 Receive 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize, Bono & The Edge Perform

U2 Receive 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize, Bono & The Edge Perform

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Bono, The Edge to accept Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of U2 at Cain's Ballroom in October

Bono, The Edge to accept Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of U2 at Cain's Ballroom in October

#Repost @woodyguthriecenter ・・・ The highlight of the Woody Guthrie Center’s virtual silent auction is a @GibsonGuitar Explorer 70s electric guitar signed by @U2’s Bono and The Edge before their surprise performance at the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize presentation at @cainsballroom. This one-of-a-kind guitar celebrates a memorable night honoring the spirit of activism and artistry that connects U2 to Woody Guthrie’s legacy. #u2 #bono #theedge #espritu2 The auction closes at noon CT on Friday, Oct. 24

#Repost @woodyguthriecenter ・・・ The highlight of the Woody Guthrie Center’s virtual silent auction is a @GibsonGuitar Explorer 70s electric guitar signed by @U2’s Bono and The Edge before their surprise performance at the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize presentation at @cainsballroom. This one-of-a-kind guitar celebrates a memorable night honoring the spirit of activism and artistry that connects U2 to Woody Guthrie’s legacy. #u2 #bono #theedge #espritu2 The auction closes at noon CT on Friday, Oct. 24

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Ladies And Gentlemen...The Beatles! Comes To Tulsa's Woody Guthrie Center

Ladies And Gentlemen...The Beatles! Comes To Tulsa's Woody Guthrie Center

The Dust Bowl display features artifacts that offer context and insight into how the events of the era shaped Woody Guthrie’s life, songs, and worldview. Explore the display for yourself. Plan your visit today at woodyguthriecenter.org/visit. | Woody Guthrie Center

The Dust Bowl display features artifacts that offer context and insight into how the events of the era shaped Woody Guthrie’s life, songs, and worldview. Explore the display for yourself. Plan your visit today at woodyguthriecenter.org/visit. | Woody Guthrie Center

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Step into cinematic history at the Woody Guthrie Center and Bob Dylan Center with “Stepping Into the Unknown,” an exhibit featuring props and costumes from the film “A Complete Unknown.” Explore behind-the-scenes insights from Prop Master Michael Jortner and discover how the team brought the 1960s to life — recreating album covers, record sleeves, letters and more with detailed historical accuracy. Don’t miss your last chance to experience the exhibit — on display through Aug. 17, 2025. | Woody

Step into cinematic history at the Woody Guthrie Center and Bob Dylan Center with “Stepping Into the Unknown,” an exhibit featuring props and costumes from the film “A Complete Unknown.” Explore behind-the-scenes insights from Prop Master Michael Jortner and discover how the team brought the 1960s to life — recreating album covers, record sleeves, letters and more with detailed historical accuracy. Don’t miss your last chance to experience the exhibit — on display through Aug. 17, 2025. | Woody

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The 10 Best Woody Guthrie Songs of All-Time

The 10 Best Woody Guthrie Songs of All-Time

The 10 Best Woody Guthrie Songs

The 10 Best Woody Guthrie Songs

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Top 10 Woody Guthrie Songs

Top 10 Woody Guthrie Songs

Ladies And Gentlemen...The Beatles! Comes To Tulsa's Woody Guthrie Center

Ladies And Gentlemen...The Beatles! Comes To Tulsa's Woody Guthrie Center

The Dust Bowl display features artifacts that offer context and insight into how the events of the era shaped Woody Guthrie’s life, songs, and worldview. Explore the display for yourself. Plan your visit today at woodyguthriecenter.org/visit. | Woody Guthrie Center

The Dust Bowl display features artifacts that offer context and insight into how the events of the era shaped Woody Guthrie’s life, songs, and worldview. Explore the display for yourself. Plan your visit today at woodyguthriecenter.org/visit. | Woody Guthrie Center

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Step into cinematic history at the Woody Guthrie Center and Bob Dylan Center with “Stepping Into the Unknown,” an exhibit featuring props and costumes from the film “A Complete Unknown.” Explore behind-the-scenes insights from Prop Master Michael Jortner and discover how the team brought the 1960s to life — recreating album covers, record sleeves, letters and more with detailed historical accuracy. Don’t miss your last chance to experience the exhibit — on display through Aug. 17, 2025. | Woody

Step into cinematic history at the Woody Guthrie Center and Bob Dylan Center with “Stepping Into the Unknown,” an exhibit featuring props and costumes from the film “A Complete Unknown.” Explore behind-the-scenes insights from Prop Master Michael Jortner and discover how the team brought the 1960s to life — recreating album covers, record sleeves, letters and more with detailed historical accuracy. Don’t miss your last chance to experience the exhibit — on display through Aug. 17, 2025. | Woody

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A new feature wall at the Woody Guthrie Center, “The Melody of Riot: Jay Farrar, Son Volt, and the Legacy of Woody Guthrie,” highlights the music of Jay Farrar, founder of the bands Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo, and his deep artistic connection to the life and legacy of Woody Guthrie. The installation explores Farrar’s songwriting, activism and enduring influence, drawing parallels to Guthrie’s own commitment to music as a tool for social change. Through archival materials, original lyrics, posters

A new feature wall at the Woody Guthrie Center, “The Melody of Riot: Jay Farrar, Son Volt, and the Legacy of Woody Guthrie,” highlights the music of Jay Farrar, founder of the bands Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo, and his deep artistic connection to the life and legacy of Woody Guthrie. The installation explores Farrar’s songwriting, activism and enduring influence, drawing parallels to Guthrie’s own commitment to music as a tool for social change. Through archival materials, original lyrics, posters

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10 highlights of Tulsa's Woody Guthrie Center in honor of Woody's 110th birthday

10 highlights of Tulsa's Woody Guthrie Center in honor of Woody's 110th birthday

Marjorie Mazia Guthrie was born on this day in 1917. A dancer, teacher, activist, and Woody's constant champion during his lifetime and beyond, her tireless efforts to urge researchers to learn more about Huntington's Disease led to her founding of the Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease, which later became the Huntington's Disease Society of America. In her own words: "When Woody became ill I was told that the case was hopeless and helpless. Assuming that was so, I just said, well, I’ve go

Marjorie Mazia Guthrie was born on this day in 1917. A dancer, teacher, activist, and Woody's constant champion during his lifetime and beyond, her tireless efforts to urge researchers to learn more about Huntington's Disease led to her founding of the Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease, which later became the Huntington's Disease Society of America. In her own words: "When Woody became ill I was told that the case was hopeless and helpless. Assuming that was so, I just said, well, I’ve go

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U2 Receive 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize, Bono & The Edge Perform

U2 Receive 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize, Bono & The Edge Perform

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John Denver exhibit opening soon at Tulsa's Woody Guthrie Center

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Woody Guthrie Center to honor rapper Chuck D

One of the first things most visitors to the center experience is the Woody Guthrie Center theater. With 59 seats, the small theater is modeled to look like the inside of a boxcar, just like the ones that Woody traveled across the country in back in his day. Be sure to catch all of the 13-minute introductory film, "The Woody Guthrie Legacy: Made for You & Me," to learn more about the life of Woody Guthrie and his influences, looping throughout the day. Plan your visit: https://woodyguthriecenter

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Woody Guthrie Center "Supremes" Exhibit

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Tulsa's Woody Guthrie Center celebrates 10th anniversary: What you need to know

56 years ago, Woody Guthrie was nearing the end of his fifteen-year illness with Huntington's disease, which spurred his wife Marjorie to seek out other affected families. She placed a newspaper ad that led to fostering connections and realizing their shared struggles. This grassroots organizing led to the formation of The Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease, later known as the Huntington's Disease Society of America. This year, for HDSA's Founder's Day of Giving on Sept. 18, the Woody and

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Now on YouTube: Bono and The Edge accept the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of U2. Returning to the legendary Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the first time since 1981, Bono and Edge performed an intimate acoustic set and participated in an on-stage conversation about art and activism with legendary producer and musician T Bone Burnett. Recorded October 21, 2025. Woody Guthrie Center https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL80sr_OFD9CHRSdkxqS1p1vXd4py1_6v9&si=fCladyfT-9FcZImj | U2

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This illustration from Woody Guthrie’s novel "Bound for Glory" depicts Woody with his guitar and visions of the world swirling around him. See this and other artifacts on view at the Woody Guthrie Center as part of the current Dust Bowl display. Plan your visit at woodyguthriecenter.org/visit. | Woody Guthrie Center

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Woody Guthrie still inspiring Oklahoma Music Hall of Famer Tom Paxton

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This small notebook of sketches and political cartoons from 1938 shows Woody Guthrie developing his political ideas after moving from Pampa, Texas, to California. The drawings reflect his early concerns about how governments and industries used natural resources. See this and other artifacts on view at the Woody Guthrie Center as part of the current Dust Bowl display. Plan your visit at woodyguthriecenter.org/visit. | Woody Guthrie Center

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#ThrowbackThursday to when the mural of Woody Guthrie went up on the outside of the center back in April 2013. It took Aaron Whisner from Clean Hands three days to hand paint it and it's been a staple of the Tulsa Arts District for over 12 years now. | Woody Guthrie Center

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Join us at the intersection of music history and innovation with an unforgettable performance by Digable Planets on March 30th, at the iconic Cain’s Ballroom. The performance caps the festivities surrounding the opening of “Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit” curated by the GRAMMY Museum® at the Woody Guthrie Center. Details: Sunday, March 30th, 2025 Doors: 6 p.m. Show: 7 p.m. Cain’s Ballroom 423 N Main St., Tulsa, OK 74103 | Woody Guthrie Center

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Tulsa, I'm coming back and making my Woody Guthrie Center debut October 23rd. Tickets are limited so don't wait! | Jackie Venson

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Photographer Phil Buehler recounts how he began documenting Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, where he discovered thousands of intake and discharge photos and learned that Woody Guthrie had been a patient there. Through access to the Woody Guthrie Archive, Buehler retraced Guthrie’s time at the hospital, photographing locations from old family photos and creating a cyclorama — a walk-in panoramic image installation — of Guthrie’s ward. The project sheds light on historical mental health treat

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Bob Dylan Center opens to public in Tulsa near OKPOP Museum, Woody Guthrie Center

Woody Guthrie Center on Instagram: "Throughout 2025 we have celebrated the growing impact of Woody Guthrie’s legacy through a range of exhibitions, performances and educational programs. The year began with an exhibition, created in partnership with Searchlight Pictures, featuring props from "A Complete Unknown,” the film about Bob Dylan and his early connection to his idol, Woody Guthrie. Other pivotal moments in music and culture were highlighted in our exhibits "Hip Hop America: The Mixtape E

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Educators, our field trip calendar is filling up fast and we would love to host your students at the Woody Guthrie Center. Students will dive into the life and times of American folk music icon, Woody Guthrie, discovering what makes his music so timeless and why his values still resonate today. Enhance the experience with an engaging sing-along, songwriting or "All You Can Write is What You See" creative writing workshops. For more information or to schedule your field trip, fill out an interest

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"So long, it's been good to know yuh; So long, it's been good to know yuh; So long, it's been good to know yuh. This dusty old dust is a-gettin' my home, And I got to be driftin' along." Hear Quinn Carver Johnson, Assistant Guest Services Manager, talk about the story behind these typewritten lyrics to "So Long, Its Been Good To Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust)" in this video, and plan your visit to see them in person at woodyguthriecenter.org/visit. [Words and music by Woody Guthrie. © Copyright 1940

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"All you can write is what you see." On this day in 1940, Woody Guthrie wrote his most iconic song, "This Land Is Your Land." Having traveled the country since he was a teenager, Woody was inspired by the natural beauty of America and struck by the stark contrast between the haves and the have-nots during the Great Depression. Originally written as a critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," the song has become an anthem for social justice and equality. It has been sung for gener

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