A tropical fashion wave
Designer Gihan Ediriweera first made waves when he was declared “Designer of the Year” at two different competitions in 2009. The young fashion designer has since begun designing under his label ‘G by Gihan Ediriweera’ and was featured this year at the Colombo Fashion Week and the subsequent Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) Resort Show as [...]
Needy mission for books
“Each and every individual should have a right and desire to read. There can be many difficulties, but non-availability of books shouldn’t be one of them”, says Upul Senanayaka, President of the International Movement for Community Development (IMCD). “This is the fundamental belief of our organization”, he says speaking to the Mirror Mgazine about their [...]
Thespians battle it out at the
The annual Interschool Shakespeare Competition organised by the YMCA came to a heady finale this month at the Bishop’s College Auditorium. Girls’ High School Kandy retained their championship from last year and D.S. Senanayake College walked away with the boys’ category trophy. Judges Neluka Silva, Seneka Abeyratne and Dr. Sharvika Damunupola-Amarasekara said they were “very [...]
True to life tales from the wild
Jan Latta decided to switch careers the day she looked a wild mountain gorilla in the eye. “The experience changed my life,” says the Australian author of her trip to Rwanda in 1994. It’s when she learned that there were only 600 of those majestic apes left in the world. Though she felt desperately sad [...]
Reaching the highest note
The young and old choristers of the Cantabilé School of Singing have got plenty to be excited about. Come October 27 and 28, Cantabilé will stage their third concert ‘Reach-In A Singing Style’ at the British School Auditorium, bringing together the three choirs (Juniors, Intermediates and Seniors) of the school. A staggering 90 students will [...]