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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Tickets for all performances in the Common Chords concert series are on sale to the public now. Learn more and get tickets at woodyguthriecenter.org/commonchords

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

We’re excited to announce five unforgettable nights of live music, each spotlighting a performer whose sound is rooted in the folk tradition while bringing something uniquely their own. Learn more about the 2025 Common Chords series' featured performers: woodyguthriecenter.org/commonchords/

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Only one week remains to apply for this year's Phil Ochs Fellowship. Learn more and apply by Sept. 15, 2025: woodyguthriecenter.org/archives/phil-ochs-fellowship

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Just two weeks left to apply for this year's Phil Ochs Fellowship. Learn more and apply by Sept. 15, 2025: woodyguthriecenter.org/archives/phil-ochs-fellowship

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Just three weeks remain to apply for this year's Phil Ochs Fellowship. Learn more and apply by Sept. 15, 2025: woodyguthriecenter.org/archives/phil-ochs-fellowship

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

“There is just one way to save yourself, and that’s to get together and work and fight for everybody.” – Woody [Text: Woody quoted in “Woody Guthrie: A Life,” Joe Klein, 1980, Alfred A. Knopf.]

Photo: Woody Guthrie, NYC, 1943. Photograph by Robin Carson.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

"All of you workers everywhere, you will see, you will know, who’s on your side, who’s working and fighting for you." – Woody [Text: Quoted in “Woody Guthrie: A Life,” Joe Klein, 1980, Alfred A. Knopf.]

Photo: (Untitled illustration), by Woody Guthrie, NYC, December 1942. © Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Not everyone believed Woody was a real "hill billy." One radio listener wrote in: “I don’t enjoy that faked hill billy language that you give us, Woody… I come from the hills myself but I never heard any talking quite so bad as yours.” [Collected in “Woody Guthrie: A Life,” Joe Klein, 1980, Knopf.]

Photo: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads. RCA-Victor Records, Camden, NJ. ©Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

“Burning Flags,” an exhibit by legendary photographer Glen E. Friedman, opens at the center on 9/19. Its first showing in the U.S. after a popular run in Europe, brings Friedman’s iconic imagery of early hip-hop, hardcore punk and skateboarding to Tulsa. woodyguthriecenter.org/exhibit/burning-flags

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glen E. friedman @glenefriedman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

the enduring photographic legacy of the passionate, iconoclastic individuals I respected and have created with, since 1976 — radical skateboarders, revolutionary musical and cultural icons that inspired me- communities of resistance and integrity these originators helped build are here to stay.

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glen E. friedman @glenefriedman.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

U.S. premiere of my Burning Flags tour will take place in America’s heartland, at the Woody Guthrie Center, the home of an artist who spent his life fighting against fascism, and for the rights of ordinary people. honored to have the appreciation of the American Song Archives to make this possible

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

"Of course, even when I’m gossiping about gossipers I realize that I’m a-gossiping myself, but I sorta figure that the only real gossiping that needs to be done is about gossipers." – Woody [Text: Quoted in “Woody Guthrie: A Life,” Joe Klein, 1980, Alfred A. Knopf. Photo: Woody Guthrie, 1940.]

Photograph by Lester Balog. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

In case you missed it: Applications are now being accepted for this year's Phil Ochs Fellowship. Learn more and apply by Sept. 15, 2025: woodyguthriecenter.org/archives/phil-ochs-fellowship

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Applications are now being accepted for this year's Phil Ochs Fellowship. Learn more and apply by Sept. 15, 2025: woodyguthriecenter.org/archives/phil-ochs-fellowship

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

In case you missed it, the submission window for a chance to perform as part of Common Chords, a new concert series hosted in our intimate 59-seat theater, is now open. Artists learn more and apply now: woodyguthriecenter.org/commonchords

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

#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.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

“War is a game played by maniacs who kill each other. Locate the man who profits by war and strip him of his profits—war will end.” – Woody [Text: Woody Guthrie in “Woody Sez,” Grosset & Dunlap, 1975.]

Photo: Woody Guthrie performing on “Back Where I Come From” Radio Show, WABC-CBS. NYC, 1940. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

“Every living song I’ve ever made up is a hard times song of protest.” – Woody [Text: Collected in “Woody Guthrie: Art Works,” Steven Brower and Nora Guthrie (2005), Rizzoli.]

Photo: Woody Guthrie, by Al Aumuller. Mar 8, 1943. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No known restrictions.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

"This is because we stand around and let them draw all kinds of crazy boundary lines in between us and betwixt us. Somebody way up in a big high office has drawed a boundary line around every one of us and it keeps all of us cut off apart." – Woody Text: Found in "Born to Win," ed. Robert Shelton

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The American Song Archives — the home of the archives of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Cynthia Gooding and many other archival and library collections — is currently hiring an Education and Merchandising Coordinator. Apply today: woodyguthriecenter.org/job-openings

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

“The note of hope is the only note that can help us or save us from falling to the bottom of the heap of evolution, because, largely, about all a human being is, anyway, is just a hoping machine...” – Woody Text: Collected in “Pastures of Plenty,” ed. Marsh & Leventhal.

Photo: (Dustjacket) Bound For Glory, by Woody Guthrie, E.P. Dutton, NYC, 1943. ©Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

It’s a busy day in the Tulsa Arts District! Tulsa Tough is happening all day and Woody is watching over the start/finish line. We hope everyone has a great time racing and spectating today. We're open until 6 p.m. so you can visit between races while you're in the neighborhood.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Join us on Sunday, July 13 for an evening honoring the life and songs of Joe Hill, whose fiery advocacy for workers’ rights laid the groundwork for generations of protest music and influenced iconic figures like Woody Guthrie. Learn more: woodyguthriecenter.org/event/joe-hi…

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

"Today you're a better songbird than you was yesterday, 'cause you know a little bit more, you seen a little bit more, and all you got to do is ... haul off and write down some way you think this old world could be fixed ..." – Woody [Text: Collected in “Pastures of Plenty,” ed. Marsh & Leventhal.]

Photo: The Corncob Trio (L to R) Matt Jennings, Woody Guthrie, Cluster Baker. Pampa, TX, 1931. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

“If my balladsongs do bother your thievering robbery soul & conscience that bad… you’re welcome to histe it up and leave.” – Woody [Text: Woody Guthrie quoted in Will Kaufman, “Woody Guthrie: American Radical” (University of Illinois, 2011).]

Photo: Woody Guthrie in New York City, 1943. Photograph by Al Aumuller. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

"Some people liked me, hated me, walked with me, walked over me, jeered me, cheered me, rooted me & hooted me, & before long I was invited in & booted out of every public place of entertainment in that country. But I decided that songs was a music and a language of all tongues." – Woody

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

“I just happened to be in the Dust Bowl. I mean, it wasn’t something that I particularly wanted or craved, but since I was there, and the dust was there, I thought, well, I’ll write a little song about it.” – Woody

Photo: Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas. Dust Bowl surveying in Texas. April 18, 1935. George E. Marsh. Public Domain.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The American Song Archives — the home of the archives of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Cynthia Gooding and many other archival collections — is currently hiring an Accounting Clerk and an Education and Merchandising Assistant. Apply today: woodyguthriecenter.org/job-openings/

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

“Out of all our hard work, and low pay, and tired backs, and empty pocketbooks, is goin’ to come a tune.” – Woody

"Hootenanny," artwork by Woody Guthrie. Brush-and-ink illustration. April 21, 1946 ©Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

“Stepping Into the Unknown,” a new exhibition featuring props from director James Mangold’s eight-time Academy Award–nominated Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown," opens Friday, Feb. 28 at the Bob Dylan Center and Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa.

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‘A Complete Unknown’ Props Going on Display at Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie Centers (EXCLUSIVE)

Props from the Timothée Chalamet movie 'A Complete Unknown' will go on display at a new exhibit at the Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie Centers in Tulsa.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

“All art and all industry and all work and all play, in these days, should point to the defeat of fascists the world over. Naturally this includes poetry and singing.” – Woody, in a letter to Aliza Greenblatt (Mother of Marjorie), July 9, 1942

Photo: Woody Guthrie, 1940. Photograph by Lester Balog. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

“Hey, Woody Guthrie, but I know that you know All the things that I’m a-sayin’ an’ a-many times more I’m a-singin’ you the song, but I can’t sing enough ’Cause there’s not many men that done the things that you’ve done” – Bob Dylan, "Song to Woody," 1962

Photo: Bob Dylan, “Bob Dylan,” Columbia Records. Released on March 19, 1962.

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Doc Hubbard @jeffhubbard.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Take it easy but take it. @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social

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Doc Hubbard @jeffhubbard.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender. Pete Seeger’s banjo. @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

“Lord knows, I never sing nor play one single word or note that is not for the help of the working classes to know more, feel better, rise up, and to own and control this world that they have built.”

[Photo: Woody Guthrie, NYC, 1943. Photograph by Robin Carson. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.]

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Bob Dylan Center @bobdylancenter.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

We're looking forward to watching Timothée Chalamet host and perform as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live tonight. Video clipped from Vogue: youtu.be/BSnPkOM-38M

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Woody Guthrie Center @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

"Some so sickly as to say we can't even turn life's tides of events. I say that we do and we can make current events fall any old way we want them to." -FROM 1946 DATE BOOK, JANUARY 22

Woody Guthrie's red hand-painted notebook, Coney Island, NY, 1945-1949. © Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. Courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Archives.

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