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TAYLOR MEAD (1924-2013): It’s My Party and I’ll Die if I Want to
Public · By Black Circle Cinema
Thursday, July 25 at 8:00PM
BLACK CIRCLE CINEMA presents
TAYLOR MEAD (1924-2013): IT’S MY PARTY AND I’LL DIE IF I WANT TO

Aux Performance Space / Vox Populi Gallery
319 North 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Tickets: $7-10 sliding scale

Black Circle Cinema lovingly presents our tribute to the recently-passed Taylor Mead (1924-2013), lifelong poet, actor of stage and screen, and Warhol superstar. Famous for roles in films by Robert Downey, Ron Rice, Adolfas Mekas, Jonas Mekas and Andy Warhol (among many others), Taylor Mead lit up the screen and drew the viewer in to every role, no matter how minor. He was also a fixture on the Bowery poetry scene and a superstar who made himself accessible to all.

We are proud to present rare diary films that Taylor Mead made during his travels in the 1960s, as well as a vastly underseen (even by us!) 1960 film by Vernon Zimmerman that promises Taylor Mead in eleven roles!

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My Home Movies (dir. Taylor Mead, 1964, 16mm, 38’)
Home Movies: Rome/Florence/Venice/Greece (dir. Taylor Mead, 1965, 16mm, 14’)
Home Movies: NYC to San Diego (dir. Taylor Mead, 1968, 16mm, 19’)
Lemon Hearts (dir. Vernon Zimmerman, 1960, US, 16mm, 26’)

(via TAYLOR MEAD (1924-2013): It’s My Party and I’ll Die if I Want to)

Bob Bruhin

HARRISBURG – By the end of the month Philadelphia’s infamous Traffic Court will be consigned to a sour footnote in city history.

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill to abolish the court and transfer its duties to Municipal Court, just four months after federal indictments were issued against nine current and former judges in a ticket-fixing scandal.

Kelli Roberts, a spokeswoman for Gov. Corbett, said the governor will sign the bill when it reaches his desk. It will take effect immediately.

(via Senate votes to abolish Phila. Traffic Court)