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Coming Up in Frankford 11/2 to 11/29/2013

  • Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House – Sun, November 3, 12pm – 5pm, 4278 Griscom Street – Presentation at 1:30 PM: Major Longshore, Surgeon 147th PV by Blair Thron
  • Sing-along – Mon, November 4, 10am – 11am, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for a sing-along with our talented piano player Maria. Free of charge
  • Dance Movement Therapy Class – Wed, November 6, 10am – 11am, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for our Dance Movement Therapy Class. Come join this hot new program! $2.00 donation requested
  • Friends of Overington Park – Wed, November 6, 7pm – 8pm, Overington Park, Historical Society of Frankford 1507 Orthodox St.
  • Frankford Civic Association Meeting – Thu, November 7, 7pm – 8pm, Aria Hospital, 2nd floor
  • Matinee Monday – Mon, November 11, 12:30pm – 3:00pm, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for Movie Matinee Monday. You pick it, we play it! Popcorn and beverages served. Free of charge
  • Historical Society of Frankford Program – Tue, November 12, 7:30pm – 9:00pm,  1507 Orthodox St. – NE PHILADELPHIA’s MILITARY MUSEUM – Veteran Guard, 3rd Regt, National Guard PA – Michael C Axelrod Learn of a NE Phila. hidden treasure – the newly revitalized Military Museum at the Nat’l Guard Armory off Roosevelt Blvd. This growing collection displays military artifacts of some of Northeast’s past/present residents.
  • Neighborhood Advisory Council Meeting – Thu, November 14, 7pm – 8pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow St.
  • Cookology Class – Fri, November 15, 10am – 11am, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for our cookology class. A certified Dietitian will be whipping up some delicious, nutritious treats for all to sample! A very popular, free of charge event.
  • Fall Festival – Sat, November 16, 12pm – 3pm, By Grace Alone, on Oxford Ave. Griscom to Penn Sts.
  • Precious Metals/Appraisal Clinic – Mon, November 18, 9:30am – 3:00pm, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Join us for our Precious Metals money making event/Appraisal Clinic/Free watch repair. Bring in your unwanted jewelry, cell phones, x-rays, or silverware to sell and make some quick cash! No cost to attend.
  • Frankford Business and Professional Association Meeting – Tue, November 19, 12pm – 2pm, Aria Hospital’s second floor conference room
  • Northwood Civic Association Meeting – Tue, November 19, 7pm – 8pm, St. James Lutheran Church, at Castor Avenue and Pratt Street.
  • Dance Movement Therapy Class – Wed, November 20, 10am – 11am, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for our Dance Movement Therapy Class. Come join this hot new program! $2.00 donation requested
  • Northeast Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders Group – Thu, November 21, 5:30pm – 7:30pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow Street
  • Turkey Trot – Sat, November 23, 9:00am – 10:30am, Harding Middle School, 2000 Wakeling St. – CVCA/Safe Teens & Northeast EPIC Stakeholders Turkey Trot – Registration 8AM, warm up 830AM, start 9AM
  • PDAC Third Annual Thanksgiving Dinner for Needy Families – Sat, November 23, 12pm – 3pm, Mater Dolorosa Church Hall, Paul and Ruan Sts – We will be serving hot turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, string beans, whole corn with cranberry, rolls and butter, pie for dessert. Free for anyone wishing to come. Call to reserve your seat by Monday November 18th. 267-738-3103.
  • Matinee Monday – Mon, November 25, 12:30pm – 3:00pm, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for Movie Matinee Monday. You pick it, we play it! Popcorn and beverages served. Free of charge
  • Frankford Garden Club – Mon, November 25, 6:30pm – 7:30pm, Wissinoming Park Playground
  • Senior Breakfast – Tue, November 26, 8am – 10am, Aria Health, Frankford – 2nd floor cafeteria – Aria will provide our community seniors with monthly, insightful tips and information on issues that are directly affecting you and your health. Breakfast will be provided free of charge. To reserve your seat call 1-877-808-2742 and then press 2.
  • Monthly Birthday Party – Tue, November 26, 11:45am – 12:45pm, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Come celebrate your birthday! We have a monthly birthday party. Join us for cake, ice cream, lunch, and live entertainment! Free of charge
  • Frankford Parks Group – Tue, November 26, 6:30pm – 7:30pm, CDC Building, 4900 Griscom St.
  • PSA 1 Meeting – Tue, November 26, 7pm – 8pm, Aria Hospital, 4900 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia., Pa.
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Secret Cinema: Tribute to Philadelphia Author Christopher Morley in Frankford

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRANKFORD
Presents
SECRET CINEMA:
Tribute to Philadelphia author Christopher Morley in Frankford
Screening: KITTY FOYLE (1940 Academy Award)
Friday, November 15, 2013
8:00 pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Admission: $8.00
 
Historical Society of Frankford
1507 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia
215-743-6030
On Friday, November 15, 2013, Secret Cinema will present a cinematic tribute to celebrated Philadelphia author Christopher Morley. The event will include a screening of KITTY FOYLE, the 1940 Academy Award-winning film version of Morley’s best-selling novel of the same name; a rare filmed appearance of Morley; and an introduction by Morley expert Ken Kalfus. Best of all, it will take place in the beautifully evocative 1930 headquarters of the Historical Society of Frankford, just steps away from the Griscom Street rowhome where Morley’s fictional heroine was raised.
KITTY FOYLE stars Ginger Rogers as a department store clerk who has a chance to enter high society when she catches the eye of the scion of a wealthy Main Line family. Rogers – at the time known mainly for her skilled dancing in a series of musicals with partner Fred Astaire – won the Oscar for Best Actress with her sensitive portrayal of a Philadelphia working girl.
Christopher Morley (1890-1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. Born in Bryn Mawr and a graduate of Haverford College, his first professional writing job was at the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger. There he penned a series of columns describing the often-overlooked wonders of daily life in 1920s Philadelphia – aspects best appreciated, according to Morley, by the careful practice of “sauntering.” Morley soon left for New York where he wrote of similar explorations in Manhattan, and would go on to write several novels, with KITTY FOYLE enabling his breakthrough into mass popularity. He also contributed a literary column to the Saturday Review.
The screening will be introduced with a short talk about Christopher Morley by Philadelphia author Ken Kalfus, who edited and penned the introduction for a collection of Morley’s Public Ledger columns, CHRISTOPHER MORLEY’S PHILADELPHIA (Fordham University Press, 1990).
Also included will be a rare theatrical short subject, R.K.O.’s INFORMATION PLEASE. This series of filmed quiz shows featured notable celebrity panelists attempting to answer trivia questions (INFORMATION PLEASE was also a popular radio show). The contestants in the episode being shown included witty pianist Oscar Levant, presidential candidate Wendell Willkie…and author Christopher Morley.
The program/screening begins promptly at 8:00 pm. Admission is $8.00. Doors will open at 7:00 pm, and limited tours of the HSF library and museum will be offered to those who arrive early enough (free with movie admission).
The Historical Society of Frankford is conveniently located minutes from downtown, about 2 blocks from the Margaret-Orthodox stop of Septa’s Market-Frankford Line. For those driving, the building is close to the Bridge Street exit of I-95.
AS ALWAYS with Secret Cinema events, the films will be shown using real film (not video) projected on a giant screen.
SECRET CINEMA WEBSITE: http://www.thesecretcinema.com
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRANKFORD WEBSITE: http://www.frankfordhistoricalsociety.org
KEN KALFUS WEBSITE: http://kenkalfus.com
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KITTY FOYLE (1940, Director Sam Wood)
The filmization of Christopher Morley’s popular “story of an American girl” made great use of the local color intrinsic to the Philadelphia author’s book. Though mostly shot in Hollywood, the sets depicting Kitty’s working class Frankford neighborhood and Victorian-era row home on Griscom Street appear quite authentic, providing a perfect contrast to the Bellevue-Stratford society balls of the wealthier world Kitty aspires to. Texas-born Ginger Rogers found her breakthrough role in KITTY FOYLE. Already a star as a comedienne and dancer, her sensitive playing of an ambitious girl faced with difficult choices won Rogers her first and only Oscar for Best Actress. 1940 was a good year for movies, and especially for movies set in the Delaware Valley: Rogers beat out Katharine Hepburn’s nomination for THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. Both movies also had Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay – and each had screenplays co-written by Donald Ogden Stewart. Stewart co-wrote the KITTY FOYLE script with Dalton Trumbo, and sadly, each would later be victims of the Hollywood blacklist.
Ken Kalfus:
Ken Kalfus is the author of three novels, EQUILATERAL (2013), THE COMMISSARIAT OF ENLIGHTENMENT (2003) and A DISORDER PECULIAR TO THE COUNTRY, which was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award. He has also published two collections of stories, THIRST (1998) and PU-239 AND OTHER RUSSIAN FANTASIES (1999), a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Kalfus has received a Pew Fellowships in the Arts award and a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He’s written for Harper’s, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times. A film adaptation of his short story, “Pu-239,” aired on HBO in 2007. Kalfus lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron.
Historical Society of Frankford:
HSF has been collecting, preserving and presenting the history of Northeast Philadelphia and environs since 1905. Recognizing Frankford as the historic and geographic gateway to the region, the Society documents and interprets the history of the people, places, events, and traditions of the greater Northeast Philadelphia area and serves as an advocate for the preservation of the region’s historic resources. Through its collections and programs the Society provides opportunities for its members, the surrounding community, and the general public to explore and appreciate the history of Northeast Philadelphia and its place in the world.
Historical Society of Frankford
1507 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia
215-743-6030
 
SECRET CINEMA WEBSITE: http://www.thesecretcinema.com
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRANKFORD WEBSITE: http://www.frankfordhistoricalsociety.org
KEN KALFUS WEBSITE: http://kenkalfus.com
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Coming Up in Frankford 10/26 to 11/22/2013

  • 2013 Women’s Day Breakfast – Sat, October 26, 9am – 12pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow St. – Healthy menu, fellowship, praise dance – Rev. Tonya Waller guest speaker – Tickets only $5.00 – Call 215-533-6222 for information.
  • 16th annual Tricky Trays Basket Raffle – Sun, October 27, 11:30am – 3:00pm,  St. Joachim Church, 1527 Church St. – Court St. Francis De Sales #2617 Catholic Daughters of the Americas presents 16th annual Tricky Trays Basket raffle. $4 Adults $2 Children includes trip to kitchen and 2 raffle tickets.
  • Frankford Garden Club – Mon, October 28, 6:30pm – 7:30pm, Wissinoming Park Playground
  • Senior Breakfast – Tue, October 29, 8am – 10am, Aria Health, Frankford – 2nd floor conference room – It’s time to take charge of your health and wellness! Aria will provide our community seniors with monthly insightful tips and information on issues that are directly affection you and your health needs. Breakfast will be provided free of charge. To reserve your seat call 1-877-808-2742.
  • Come celebrate your birthday! – Tue, October 29, 11:45am – 12:45pm, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center 4744 Frankford Ave. – We have a monthly birthday party. Join us for cake, ice cream, lunch, and live entertainment! Free of charge
  • Frankford Parks Group –  Tue, October 29, 6:30pm – 7:30pm, CDC Building, 4900 Griscom St.
  • Northeast Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders Group -Thu, October 31, 5:30pm – 7:30pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow Street – Captain McCloskey and Lt. Burton are attending to report out on the recent gun violence in the area.
  • Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House – Sun, November 3, 12pm – 5pm, 4278 Griscom Street – Presentation at 1:30 PM: Major Longshore, Surgeon 147th PV by Blair Thron
  • Sing-along – Mon, November 4, 10am – 11am, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for a sing-along with our talented piano player Maria. Free of charge
  • Dance Movement Therapy Class – Wed, November 6, 10am – 11am, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for our Dance Movement Therapy Class. Come join this hot new program! $2.00 donation requested
  • Friends of Overington Park – Wed, November 6, 7pm – 8pm, Overington Park, Historical Society of Frankford 1507 Orthodox St.
  • Frankford Civic Association Meeting – Thu, November 7, 7pm – 8pm, Aria Hospital, 2nd floor
  • Matinee Monday – Mon, November 11, 12:30pm – 3:00pm, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for Movie Matinee Monday. You pick it, we play it! Popcorn and beverages served. Free of charge
  • Historical Society of Frankford Program – Tue, November 12, 7:30pm – 9:00pm,  1507 Orthodox St. – NE PHILADELPHIA’s MILITARY MUSEUM – Veteran Guard, 3rd Regt, National Guard PA – Michael C Axelrod Learn of a NE Phila. hidden treasure – the newly revitalized Military Museum at the Nat’l Guard Armory off Roosevelt Blvd. This growing collection displays military artifacts of some of Northeast’s past/present residents.
  • Neighborhood Advisory Council Meeting – Thu, November 14, 7pm – 8pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow St.
  • Cookology Class – Fri, November 15, 10am – 11am, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for our cookology class. A certified Dietitian will be whipping up some delicious, nutritious treats for all to sample! A very popular, free of charge event.
  • Fall Festival – Sat, November 16, 12pm – 3pm, By Grace Alone, on Oxford Ave. Griscom to Penn Sts.
  • Precious Metals/Appraisal Clinic – Mon, November 18, 9:30am – 3:00pm, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Join us for our Precious Metals money making event/Appraisal Clinic/Free watch repair. Bring in your unwanted jewelry, cell phones, x-rays, or silverware to sell and make some quick cash! No cost to attend.
  • Frankford Business and Professional Association Meeting – Tue, November 19, 12pm – 2pm, Aria Hospital’s second floor conference room
  • Northwood Civic Association Meeting – Tue, November 19, 7pm – 8pm, St. James Lutheran Church, at Castor Avenue and Pratt Street.
  • Dance Movement Therapy Class – Wed, November 20, 10am – 11am, Peter Bressi Northeast Senior Center, 4744 Frankford Ave. – Please join us for our Dance Movement Therapy Class. Come join this hot new program! $2.00 donation requested
  • Northeast Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders Group – Thu, November 21, 5:30pm – 7:30pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow Street
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Fall is a great time to plant a tree!

Register now for a giveaway event to get FREE Yard Trees from TreePhilly. Just 2 weeks remain before registration closes on 10/31. Pre-registered participants will be able to select from between 8 and 10 trees at each giveaway location, including fruit trees! Walk-in participants will not be able to get fruit trees.  Register at this link.

GIVEAWAY LOCATIONS:
Sat. November 9th
Pennypack Environmental Center (8600 Verree Rd. 19115)
10am-12pm, 12-2pm, 2-4pm time slots

Sun. November 10th
Columbus Square Playground (1200 Wharton St. 19147)
11am-1pm

Sat. November 16th
Overington Park (4600 Leiper St. 19124)
11am-1pm

Sun. November 17th
West Oak Lane Library (2000 Washington Lane 19138)
12-2pm

Please tell your friends and family in Philadelphia about this great opportunity.