Key developments
Bob Dylan Center announces July 18 exhibition
Harvey Kubernik's Cave Hollywood piece previews "Thin Wild Mercury: Dylan 1966," a multimedia exhibition opening July 18 at the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The show is linked to the 60th anniversary of Blonde on Blonde and revisits Dylan's 1965-66 recording path across New York, Nashville, and Hollywood.
Why it matters
It puts a concrete date on a Dylan Center program that could anchor new anniversary coverage and archival interpretation.
Sources & driving stories
CAVE HOLLYWOOD · Harvey Kubernik
Cave Hollywood coverageWorth noting
WORTH NOTING
Princeton trip became Day of the Locusts
Far Out connects Dylan's 1970 Princeton honorary doctorate trip to the New Morning song that followed.
WORTH NOTING
Blind Willie McTell remains off Infidels
ScreenRant revisits the long-standing omission of a much-cited 1983 recording from the final album.
Still unclear
OPEN QUESTION
Will the show include unreleased 1966 material?
That would determine whether the Bob Dylan Center event is primarily interpretive or could materially expand the 1966 archive.
OPEN QUESTION
Is more Blonde on Blonde programming coming?
The July 18 exhibition may be the first sign of a broader anniversary schedule around Dylan's 1966 work.