Tim Frakes Productions

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  • Will you still need me, when I’m sixty-four?

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    Will you still need me, when I’m sixty-four? If the first half of 2025 is any indication, the answer is yes. On June 1 I celebrate my 64th trip around the sun and give thanks for great opportunities, interesting stories and meaningful video production work in the faith-based, non-profit business space. My colleague Stacey Adams…

  • Secrets of Hidden Lake

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    Secrets of Hidden Lake, the story of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s Hidden Lake. A documentary by Tim Frakes with the Lombard Historical Society. 53 minutes. For 30 years, my family and I have lived across the road from the DuPage County Forest Preserve’s Hidden Lake. I’ve trekked nearly every square inch. And…

  • Tim Frakes Productions 2024 Year in Review

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    Greetings fellow travelers. 2024 is about in the books with no shortage of meaningful work jammed with adventure, faithful clients and new friends along the way. Lutheran Social Services of Illinois took us to Peoria, Illinois to record a lovely story about Intact Family Services.  We also told the story of Marni Jamison, a woman…

  • Premier Promo Secrets of Hidden Lake

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    Premier Promo Secrets of Hidden Lake from Tim Frakes on Vimeo.Hi, I’m Tim Frakes. For 30 years, my family and I have lived across the road from the DuPage County Forest Preserve’s Hidden Lake. I’ve trekked nearly every square inch. And on my walks, I became curious about the people who lived here in the…

  • I’ve been everywhere, man!

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    Happy December! Travel, I’ve had my share, man. 2023 was perhaps our busiest. I’m thinking the post-pandemic reality prompted our non-profit, faith-based, broadcast and corporate clients to make up for lost ground. 22 different clients and more individual videos than I can count.   Here’s a brief rundown. The Rural Community Assistance Partnership led the…

  • The Secrets of Hidden Lake

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    Recently I treated myself to a present. It’s a framed map by Albert F. Scarf titled Indian Trails and Villages of Chicago and of Cook Counties (1804). It’s part of a new documentary we are producing with the Lombard Historical Society on the history of the DuPage County Forest Preserve Hidden Lake. This beautiful piece…

  • Common Good Does Elmhurst!

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    This Wednesday evening we will show a portion of our documentary, Common Good, followed by Q&A. Elmhurst Art Museum 150 Cottage Hill Ave. Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 Wednesday, September 22, 2021 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Free. No registration required In partnership with the Backyard Caucus, video producer Tim Frakes presents his newest documentary about the…

  • Lombard Cycling Classic

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    Lombard Cycling Classic 2021 from Tim Frakes on Vimeo. Tuesday, July 20, 2021, we were out recording as the DuPage Sports Commission brought competitive cycling to Lombard with the Lombard Cycling Classic. As part of the Intelligentsia Cup Series, the Lombard Cycling Classic was a one-day, all-day, event that welcomed amateur and professional cyclists, and…

  • Goodbye Mr. Z’s, Hello New Helen Plum Library

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    The Helen Plum Library in Lombard, Illinois (my home town) has asked me to tell stories during construction of their new library. Yesterday they began demolition of the vacant Mr. Zee grocery store. It’s hard for the town because the family owned grocery was an important part of the fabric of Lombard. The Library Board…

  • Goodbye Mr Z’s

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    Here is a new video I produced for Lombard’s Helen Plum Library. The new, planned library location at 411 S. Main Street, Lombard (get it, 411… information… library) will be built on the site of the former Mr. Z’s Grocery story. The Helen Plum Library worked out an agreement with the Lombard Fire Department and…