PDUB Productions

[youtube EUCZ9ydGjdU] A contemporary spin on the Filipino tradition of harana, or seranade. Passport to My Heart is a collaboration between elders from the Silver Lake Adult Day Health Center and youth from PDUB Productions in L.A.’s Historic Filipinotown. Featuring a traditional harana and a contemporary harana written by the PDUB Band. Video scripted and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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.

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 + […]

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 […]