PDUB Productions MOBILE HI FI JEEPNEY TOURS + VIDEO SCREENING

By manok on July 26th, 2010. This post has No Comments »

PDUB Productions Double bill flyer

Date: Friday, August 13th, 2010

MOBILE HI FI JEEPNEY TOURS: 6:00 and 7:00 pm
Suggested donation $10. Seating is limited.
To rsvp please contact smayo@pwcsc.org.

VIDEO SCREENING: 8:00pm FREE!

Venue: Pilipino Workers’ Center (PWC)
153 Glendale Blvd. (at corner of Rockwood)
Los Angeles, CA 90026
http://www.pwcsc.org
213.250.4353
The Pilipino Workers’ Center (PWC) and Public Matters present media-based works from their CCH-funded project, MOBILE HI FI. Tour Los Angeles Historic Filipinotown in the world’s only mobile media jeepney, PWC’s own original 1944 Sarao Motors Jeep Willy. Travel through time and experience the neighborhood via a combination jeepney ride + walking tour that features stories of residents and immigrants from 1898 to the present from our Mobile HI FI Immigrants’ Guides. Cap off the evening with a twilight screening of the latest PDUB videos. The program features The PDUB Harana Project, a musical collaboration with elders from the Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center about the art of the serenade; the instructional comedy How to Survive a Filipino House Party; the over-the-top cross-cultural mash-up HI FI Telenovela; and a contemporary Harana Music Video shot around Historic Filipinotown.

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PDUB HARANA PROJECT ON EXPERIENCE TALKS

By manok on May 3rd, 2010. This post has No Comments »

Today, KPFK’s radio show, Experience Talks, hosted by Connie Corley, aired an interview about the PDUB Harana Project. Public Matters Creative Director, Reanne Estrada, PDUB student, Xochilt Sanchez, Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center Program Director, Mila Anguluan-Coger, and Harana Mentor, Pedro Estrada, discussed how community members are working to reshape the way people experience the constant differentiation of the space and time they share.

LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE!

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IT’S SHOWTIME: THE PDUB HARANA PERFORMANCE

By manok on March 27th, 2010. This post has No Comments »

On Saturday, March 27th, 2010, the Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center on Temple Street was filled with the romantic melodies of the traditional Filipino haranas or serenades. PDUB Youth and Elders from The Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center, dressed in traditional Filipino finery, put on a spirited performance for “Celebrating Our Ancestral Tree,” a benefit for the Center for Babaylan Studies organized by Mila Anguluan-Coger.

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Smile! It’s PDUB Harana Portrait Day!

By manok on March 23rd, 2010. This post has No Comments »

Public Matters intern + photographer extraordinaire Ingrid Cruz dropped by to shoot our haranistas during the dress rehearsal for the March 27th performance.

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PDUB Harana Workshops

By manok on March 18th, 2010. This post has No Comments »

Every Tuesday and Thursday, our haranistas (experienced and budding) met at the Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center. Here they are hard at work, learning and rehearsing haranas and exchanging stories.

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JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY: THE SWEET SOUND OF HARANAS

By manok on February 11th, 2010. This post has No Comments »

Check out these snaps of our SLADHCC haranistas from our resident PDUB paparazzi, John ”Jolo” Gonzalez + Nancy Hernandez:

left to right: Ronald Tulabut, Greg Albarillo, Thena Borgonia.

(left to right) top left: Nestor Agudo; top right ((left to right): Annie Cabrera, Rosalina Gatila, Erlinda Arcebal; bottom left: Erlinda Arcebal; bottom right: Annie Cabrera + Ted Atento.

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PDUB HARANA PROJECT LAUNCHES

By manok on February 2nd, 2010. This post has No Comments »

PDUB Youth travel back to a simpler time, courtesy of the stories and musical expertise of elders from the Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center (SLADHCC). With generous funding from The Alliance of California Traditional Arts (ACTA), the PDUB Harana Project engages local youth and elders in the process of cultural transmission, using music as a vehicle for intergenerational cultural and narrative exchange. Participating Elders, many of whom are long-time haranistas, teach PDUB Youth the art of the harana, or serenade: its melodic guitar music, sweet harmonies and cultural significance.

Participating Elders include: Melinda Abrenica, Nestor Agudo, Greg Albarillo, Erlinda Arcebal, Ted Atento, Cleotilde Bisnar, Thena Borgonia, Annie Cabrera, Pete Estrada, Rosalina Gatila, Ronald Tulabut. With invaluable project facilitation from Mila Anguluan-Coger and rehearsal space courtesy of Lisa Chung, owner, Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center.

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PDUB: INTERVIEWS 101

By manok on January 14th, 2010. This post has No Comments »

PDUB Youth prep to interview each other.

PDUB Youth interviews, behind + in front of the camera.

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PDUB TELENOVELA: EL DINERO HABLA MAS QUE LOVE

By manok on December 17th, 2009. This post has No Comments »

Historic Filipinotown’s Filipino and Latino cultures collide in this over-the-top take on the telenovela genre, presented in Spanglish (Spanish + English). Conceived, performed and produced by PDUB Youth. Check out these cast photos. Video forthcoming.


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PDUB: HOW TO SURVIVE A FILIPINO HOUSE PART

By manok on December 3rd, 2009. This post has No Comments »

PDUB’s Xochilt Sanchez (left) gets way more cultural education than she bargained for when she accepts Mika’s  (right) invitation to her Lolo’s (grandfather) birthday party.

Check out the cast of characters!

top left: Jerico and Jolo fresh from make-up; top right: Manok (“Lola”) and Jolo (“Lolo”) settle their differences; bottom: Setting up Xochilt’s entrance.

The 4 simple Rules:

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