Author: timfrakes
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Bethesda Lutheran Communities: Journey to Independence
This is a story I recorded for Bethesda Lutheran Communities, a Watertown, Wisconsin based organization that serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. After eight years of home ownership Ken Larson, Dick Servatius and John Zidlicky are living lives that amaze their families, inspire friends and energize Bethesda Lutheran Communities’ staff. For the three men,…
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2008 Obama Grant Park Rally From the Cheap Seats
Four years ago… With no ticket to the Obama Grant Park election rally, I made my way south along Michigan Avenue. At Congress Parkway, police barriers funneled non-ticket holders into the north end of Grant Park near the old Petrillo Music Shell. www.frakesproductions.com
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Simply Stories, a storytelling series with Walter Wangerin, Jr.
This November I’ll be recording “Simply, Stories, a storytelling series with Walter Wangerin, Jr.”, winner of the National Book Award. Come and listen as Walt provides 3 unique evenings of story for the young adult and older. No ticket or admission fee required and all are welcome. For more information, please contact Paul Danger at…
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Susan Sparks – Spiritual Journey
Susan Sparks, Pastor of Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City, is also a criminal lawyer and stand-up comic! Susan weaves law, faith and laughs together into a powerful testimony. I produced this segment for 30 Good Minutes, WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago.
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James Nieman installed as LSTC’s Seventh President
On the evening of October 28, 2012 the community of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago installed the Reverend James Nieman, PhD as its seventh President. The Installation service was held at 4 p.m. in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago. Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson served as the…
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Hip-Hop Poet Kevin Covel – Spiritual Journey
Here is a story I shot for 30 Good Minutes, WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago. Hip-hop music helped Kevin Covel, a Chicago hip-hop poet, find his poetic voice and led him to a deeper understanding of his Jewish faith.
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Tim Frakes on Vision Video
Most of my productions serve clients with specific needs. However, some of my work is available for purchase. Vision Video, is a Pennsylvania based Christian and family DVD distributor that offers drama, documentary, live events, curriculum, and rare historical footage among the many genres. I am proud to be associated with them. Most recently, Vision agreed…
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Sanctuary Gun Violence The Faith Response
Terrell Marquis Bosley, 18, killed while helping friends unload drums at church. Demetrius Harris, 23, paralyzed from the waist down by a gunshot wound. Darius Parish, 20, a chemistry student at Saint Xavier University, murdered. ? More youth were killed in Chicago in 2012 than in Afghanistan, but where is the moral outrage against the…