Posted on December 19, 2017 by Gil

Frankford Library Winter Programming

Winter Programming at Frankford Library from January 2018-March 2018

Teen Third Thursdays – Crafts, games and fun for Teens Only. – 3rd Thursday of the month | 4:30 p.m. -January 18, February 15, March 15

Adult/Teen Laptop Lounge – Brush up on your computer skills using our in-house laptops with our Digital Resource Specialist. Space may be limited. – Mondays 5:30p-6:30p – January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26

Resume Open Lab – Need help with your resume. Come to our resume open lab with extended laptop time. – Thursdays 11a-1p – January 4, 11, 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22

Wii Wednesdays with Vince – Come play your favorite Wii games with Mr. Vince. For Teens and school-aged kids. – 4th Wednesday of the month | 4:30 p.m. – January 24, February 28, March 28

Frankford Library Minecraft Club – Come build and play Minecraft with other kids, ages 8 to 12. Your host will be librarian Mr. Pagán. We’ll be playing in peaceful mode only! Call or stop by to sign up. – Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. – January 13, February 10, March 10

Preschool Storytime with Mr. Pagán – Preschoolers and their caregivers are welcome to come to listen to stories, do finger plays and sing songs with children’s librarian Mr. Pagán. – First and third Tuesdays of every month at 11:00 AM – January 2 and 16, February 6 and 20, March 6 and 20

Frankford’s Wednesday Movie of the Month – Come the second Wednesday of every month and watch a fun family movie hosted by librarian Mr. Pagán. Come one time, or all the time! – Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m., January 10, February 14, March 14

Frankford’s Lego Playtime – Come to build with our Lego collection along other kids ages 6 to 12. Your host will be children’s librarian Mr. Pagán. Call or stop by to sign up. – Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. – January 27, February 24, March 24

Block Building Parties – Block Party!? Wooden Block Party in the library. – On the first Wednesday of the month, join librarian Mr. Pagán to build whatever you want with our collection of over 2,000 blocks, signs and figures! Children ages 4 and up are encouraged to build, create, and play! Come one time, or all the time. – Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m , January 3, February 7, March 7

Lectura bilingüe de cuentos infantiles – Spanish/English Bilingual Storytime

For children and their parents. Read by librarian Mr. Pagán. The third Wednesday of every month. Come one time, or all the time. – Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. – January 17, February 21, March 21

Para niños y sus padres. Leido por el bibliotecario Sr. Pagán. El tercer miercoles de cada mes. Vengan una vez o todas la veces que quieran. – Miercoles a las 6:00 p.m., 17 de enero, 21 de febrero, 21 de marzo

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Gil

Frankford High Shows Off Expanded Arts Curriculum

Thursday night was the big one for a lot of the students at Frankford High School as family, friends, alumni and the public streamed into the main entrance to take in the presentations. The Program was well organized and used all of the first floor of the main building for every kind of display and performance starting at 5 PM.

This was the first of what is to be an annual event for the school. I took a walk about for a half hour and recorded the videos below. Alums who have not been to the school for a while might enjoy a walk down memory lane. The video does not show everything that would have taken the full 2 hours and I had to be at another meeting but I think I got a feel for it and recorded the Frankford Voices doing 2 songs, Shekynah Martin, Bre Reyes and Lalla Weems doing their songs.

There were video productions in the auditorium, more Frankford Voices, and other solos that I missed. There should be other videos recorded by others out on social media.

Congratulations to Doctor Michael Calderone on a great job and to all those who worked so hard to put this together.

Looking forward to next year.

Part 1

Part 2

Posted on December 7, 2017December 6, 2017 by Gil

Kitty Foyle was a Nice Girl from Frankford

Ginger Rogers won the Oscar for her performance in the title role of the 1940 Movie “Kitty Foyle” about the star crossed love between a girl from Frankford and the son of an aristocratic Main Line Family. The book upon which the movie is based, written by Christopher Morley, contained much coverage of her early years in Frankford but that part of the story line did not make it to the screen.

Ginger Rogers as Kitty Foyle

Although it would not have had much meaning to a nationwide movie audience, that omitted part is very interesting to Frankford residents and will be presented by Jim Young, President of the Society. He has some new previously unknown details along with a display of artifacts associated with the missing information.

Come to the Historical Society of Frankford meeting on December 12th at 7:30 PM for the presentation and the Annual Holiday Tea- Please bring sandwiches or desserts to share. Admission Free – Donations Accepted

1507 Orthodox St. Philadelphia, Pa 19124

www.frankfordhistoricalsociety.org

215-743-6030