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If you love art or have an adventurous spirit, the Colombo Art Biennale is for you. Aiming to stretch traditional boundaries, this year’s Biennale is being exhibited in diverse locations around Colombo. Travelling around Colombo looking for the various exhibits is akin to a modern-day treasure hunt, with the distance, traffic and the heat making [...]
Delightful dolls
The Craftella stall at the Good Market is buzzing with activity. Nipuni Wijebandara is busy painting peg dolls in various bright colours while customers examine the finished dolls on sale. What started as a hobby for Nipuni when she was around 13 years old has remained a hobby for this 27-year-old finance professional who paints [...]
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Peter Pan takes flight
School maybe out for the holidays but the comfortably noisy soundtrack of boys doesn’t seems to have left the halls of St. Joseph’s College. Add to this some music, clashing swords and the random sound of a rooster crowing and you’ve got yourself something a bit more magical to investigate. Tomorrow night the cast of [...]
Festive cheer with handcrafted Christmas trees by Christmas Shine
Twirled and swirled, tweaked and nipped, the handcrafted Christmas trees produced by Christmas Shine are unique. In an array of colours designed to complement any colour theme in either traditional and contemporary décor, these trees ranging from 12 inches to 26 inches in height can be placed on a table top as a centre piece or as a filler for [...]
Head banging Christmas cheer with ‘Chaotic Carols’
Chaotic Carols is a Rock Concert that will be held on Dec 17. It intends to give music lovers a heavy pre-Christmas cheer of ecstatic moshing and head banging just for the rockers and metal heads. Chaotic Carols will be the second gig organized by the bands Sacrament & Sevexth The event is scheduled to commence at 4pm. The [...]
The spirit of the season
My favourite thing about the season is the Christmas spirit! It’s such an indescribably happy time of theyear. I begin to look forward to it from about mid-July! Some people think I’m mad, but honestly, how can one not look forward to Christmas? Christmas for me, starts when the Manchester Christmas lights go on in [...]
Ed Sheeran comes in for a close shave
Pop star Ed Sheeran has confirmed that he was injured in playful gesture that went wrong and required stitches recently. The ‘Thinking Out Loud’ hitmaker was attending a charity dinner for the East London Anglia Hospices at the National History Museum, London when Princess Beatrice (the Queen’s granddaughter) used a sword to knight singer James [...]
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‘Kurumba’ to rock Kandy on New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance ‘Grand Welcome 2017’ will come alive at the Royal Peacock Grand Ballroom of Grand Kandyan Hotel in Kandy with the popular band ‘Kurumba’ and singing sensation Clifford Richard . Popular singer Dushyamanth Weeraman will join the fun with the band Kurumba on this special New Year’s Night along with the [...]
Aye!‘Twas a real Scottish Fanfare
‘&Co Pub and Kitchen’ – The Steuart by Citrus recently welcomed the Dollar Academy Band from Scotland for the second consecutive year. The recent performance of the band of young pipers and drummers illuminated the pleasures of Scotland as the band performed signature Scottish tunes, giving the audience a unique chance to experience the true [...]
International salutation for Gurudevi Sunil Santha
Gurudevi Sunil Santha commermorative lecture 2016 under the title ‘Sunil Santha; The man who invented Sinahala music for a modern age’ will be deliverd by Prof. Tony Donaldson from Monash university Australia at 3 pm on December 14 at the Sri Lanka Foundation auditorium. The lecture will be presented in English and will be translated [...]
Cinematic capture of the ‘Father of the Nation’
‘Nidahase Piya- DS, a film on the Father of the Nation, D. S. Senanayake is planned to be made narrating around the true events that took place related to political and social spheres. The film is to capture youthful years of D. S. Senanayake, his upbringing and his struggle to win independence to Sri Lanka. [...]
Sarasaviya Film Awards to felicitate the best in cinema
Sarasaviya Film Award one of the rear recognitions that film personalities yearned to win specially during the time of golden era in cinema has made a comeback. The ceremony that returns breaking 8 years of silence will be held at 6 pm on December 15 at Nelum Pokuna. Organised by Sarasaviya arts and cinema tabloid, [...]
Cook in town
Comedy play written and directed by Mihira Sirithilaka, “Ko Kukko” will go on the boards at 3.30 pm and 6.45 pm on December 18 at the Namel Malani Punchi Theatre Borella. Kumara Thirimadura, Sarath Kothalawela, Mihira Sirithilaka, Sarath Chandrasiri Sanketh Wickramage, Chinthaka Peiris and Janaka Rathnayake playing in the cast, Chamika Sirimanne handles music and [...]
Bodhi; Children’s drama around an extraordinary child
Bodhi, a teleplay around an extraordinary child will be telecast at 5.30 daily on Sirasa TV. Directed by Sanjaya Nirmal, the play narrates around Bodhi, a fatherless child who lives with his grandparents. Usually Bodhi is weak in some activities. But, according to his horoscope he has been gifted with extraordinary talents. His friends are [...]
‘Japan in a Photo Frame’ by Sandun
Renowned photographer Sandun Gamage will hold his first photographic Exhibition on ‘Japan’, ‘Japan in a Photo Frame’ on December 16, 17 and 18 at the J. R. Jayawardene Centre, Colombo 7. The exhibition ‘Japan in a Photo Frame’, organized by Nicey International along with Japanese based Telka Extea and Nicely Travel, will feature some of [...]
‘Tanuja and Back UP Plan’ at Mews
Park Street Mews, the city’s most iconic street for food, retail and fashion, was recently lit up in grandeur and style to celebrate the start of the festive season. Frederick-James Koch, the Australian born Sri Lankan actor and entertainer, kicked off the celebrations with the lighting of the Mews’ traditional Christmas tree. The light-up was held [...]
Tasty brings authentic Thai Cuisine at La Rambla
Amidst a multitude of dining options that make Hotel Road in Mount Lavinia the culinary hub that it is, the brand new Thai Cuisine La Rambla stands out – not just as the only Thai restaurant in the area, but also for its impeccable offering. With a menu devised by the deft hands of Chef [...]
