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It was a weeklong celebration of design and creativity at Arcade Independence Square when ‘Sri Lanka Design Week’ unfolded with talks, workshops, live studio activity spaces, a design exhibition and a design forum including the Design Research Conference 2018.The exhibition launched on August 7 ends today. ‘Sri Lanka Design Week’ aimed at identifying the broader [...]
Get a taste of Megan’s Poison Apple
The British Council is hosting a book launch and reading of Megan Dakshini’s first-ever book of poetry titled Poison Apple on Wednesday, August 29 at the Orion City British Council library from 5 p.m. onwards. With an unapologetic belief in magic, madness and Santa Claus, and a slightly unhealthy obsession with coffee and the moon, [...]
Taste of chocolate from the days of her grandfather
Zeba Kohli clasps a piece of chocolate between her fingers, palm reached out, looking at it. She feels its appeal, noticing whether it is reddish, dark brown, light brown, black or white. She rubs the piece with her fingers, coaxing the texture, feeling the coco butter melting. It is the way to identify real coco [...]
The bridegroom has his day
It’s usually the bride who is the cynosure of all eyes on her wedding day but grooms too will take centre stage with a little help from Hameedia. Sri Lanka’s leading menswear specialist recently introduced ‘The Grooming Studio’ – a total range of grooming solutions under one roof for grooms-to-be. Available at Hameedia showrooms island-wide, [...]
Beyond the Water Margin returns with well known artists and newcomers
Contemporary Sri Lankan watercolour art is what viewers can look forward to at the ‘Beyond the Water Margin-Season 2’ exhibition. The exhibition sees the return of well known artists Gunasiri Kolombage, Basil Cooray, Sanjeewee Senevirathna and Nilusha Weerakkody, this time sharing the limelight with newcomers Lalith Ranjan, Asanka Wijerathna and Sandatharaka Abeysinghe. Gunasiri Kolombage with [...]
Mirror
Saying thank you and goodnight
MM: Twenty-five years later how has life changed and evolved for the group that started out as boys and why a final split now? BZ: When we started out we were five young lads from the north side of Dublin that just wanted to be in a pop group. We had big dreams but never [...]
Of everyday people
When AnandaDrama performed “Grease Yaka” four years ago, not even the cast and directors realised the full potential of the production until the literal last minute. “Everybody changed during that process,” remembers Dinoo Wickramage. The devised production based on a timely phenomenon went on to mark the beginning of AnandaDrama’s journey into devised theatre. Next [...]
M.A.D night at the Wendt
Promising young playwright Dhisal Kapuge brought his dark comedy M.A.D: Murder at Dharmarama Road to the seasoned stage of the Lionel Wendt in Colombo recently. Presented by Gateway College Kandy and its students, the play had its maiden production in the hill city, and owing to the overwhelming positive response by the audience, bagged its [...]
Fleeting moments
This little story is touching in its simplicity, speaking about the love of a little child and her father in a rule filled world. Please send in your works of Flash Fiction to Madhubashini Dissanayake-Ratnayake, C/o The Sunday Times, No. 8, Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo 2. N.B. Work sent to this page may be edited. [...]
Portuguese music an insipiration for Madonna’s latest album
As pop icon Madonna is just days from turning 60 on 16th August, it has been revealed she is using Portuguese music as inspiration for her next album. The “queen of pop” settled in Lisbon since last summer with her Malawi born children. The song ‘Beautiful Game’ is likely to be the lead single to [...]
More than a shy gal
Lakshika Fernando’s question -Having come out in 2012 – what is the message you have for the LGBT community in Sri Lanka Being true to yourself and living an authentic life is the best decision a person could ever make. I did not know what would happen when I came out. I actually expected the [...]
Music festival chic:The do’s and don’ts of dressing up for the outdoors
Scheduled to get underway on August 18 at the Havelock Sports Club grounds, Cinnamon Life’s Colombo Music Festival will feature four of the world’s most renowned and celebrated reggae-fusion and dancehall legends – Shaggy, Diana King, Maxi Priest and Big Mountain. With the excitement building up among reggae and dancehall lovers eager to attend the [...]
TV Times
Power of Plants
4Ever Skin Naturals, a well reputed brand not only in Sri Lanka, but also in a cluster of foreign countries, continues to earn accolades as a top brand in the beauty industry, bagging much coveted milestones identical to the industry itself. Founder of 4Ever, Chandani Bandara dreamt something big, not mere success of her business [...]
Dineth’s talent echoes through the hills
Dineth Nilmina Bandara is a highly talented seventeen year old grade 12 student from Sri Pada College, Hatton. Dineth is very much a preferred performer at every musical and entertainment activity at his Alma Mater and is quite at ease on both the guitar and keyboards. Being a bright and studious young teenager, in order [...]
Family Nite and Sing-Along
‘Ivents’ with Tusita and Friends recently presented ‘Family Nite and Sing-Along with Annesley’ and Ronnie Leitch at Royal Garden Ballroom, Berjaya Hotel, Mount Lavinia. Tusita de Alwis from Mount Laviania is a veteran event organiser of this calibre. He was involved in organising event for OTSC for the last 12 years and this washis first [...]
Hospital Street comes alive with Fairway Colombo Cultural Show
The Cultural Show and the traditional performances organised by the Fairway Colombo recently turned out to be yet another whopper as it attracted many locals and foreigners alike who were entertained by a series of vibrant and colourful cultural dances and traditional performances. The Cultural Show is one of many events covering most of the [...]
Elvis Week: Commemorates the 41st death anniversary of the King
Graceland has declared August 9 to 18 as ‘Elvis Week’ when thousands of Elvis fans gathered at Graceland to commemorate the 41st death anniversary of the King. In addition to various concerts, this year’s special guest speakers happen to be Rex Mansfield and his wife Elizabeth. Rex was included to the US Army on the [...]
Locarno’s ‘Open Doors Hub’ explores new South Asian talents
Sri Lankan filmmaker Sanjeewa Pushpakumara bagged the ‘Open Doors’ Grant for his next film project ‘Amma’ (Mother) at the prestigious Locarno Film Festival 2018, last Tuesday in Locarno, Switzerland. The 71st edition of Locarno International Film Festival’s ‘Open Doors Hub’, a grant supporting a co-production platform focused for three years, was awarded to Sanjeewa. He [...]
A race against the time
The much awaited thriller, latest instalment of Mission Impossible series three- ‘MI- Fall Out’ is now being screened in theatres in and around Colombo. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise is back in the shoes of Ethan Hunt and the film shows how the super star and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies [...]
A Tribute to Tony
A book containing the screenplay of “Pavuru Walalu” (Walls Within) was launched on July 31, in commemoration of its writer and veteran actor Tony Ranasinghe’s 81st birth anniversary. It won Tony Ranasinghe the Critique’s Award and OCIC Award for The Best screenplay and his performance earned him the Best Actor Award. Directed by Prasanna Vithanage, [...]
Kandy Esala Perahera
Held annually in the full-moon month of ‘Esala’, the Kandy Esala Perahera is the ultimate celebration and showcase of Sri Lanka’s rich heritage and vibrant culture. The significance of the month of ‘Esala’ (which falls on July or August) is that it is believed to commemorate the very first teaching imparted by the Buddha, following [...]