Mirror Magazine
A healing movement
Having lost their parents in the 2004 tsunami, Rob and Paul Forkan’s flip-flop range ‘Gandy’s’ is a way for them to honour the memory of their parents and fund their personal mission to support orphaned and underprivileged children. Rob and Paul Forkan are selling much more than mere flip flops. Wrapped up in a pair of [...]
Art
Await all kinds of music
Music lovers can experience an eclectic array of music including, folk, contemporary, classical, and fusion performed by local and international bands when the Galle Music Festival 2014 concert is held on March 15 from 4 p.m. until 11.30 p.m. at the Moon Bastion, in Galle Fort followed by the Colombo Concert on March 17 at [...]
Mirror Magazine
Catch the wanderlust bug
Ashan Seneviratne thinks it’s a little ridiculous that his fellow countrymen have such trouble with their overseas holiday budgets. “There’s so much to do, so much to see in Sri Lanka,” he enthuses. “I’ve been travelling around the country for god knows how long and there’s still so much that I have on my destination [...]
All talk on morning radio
Marking its first year on-air, hosts Danu and Jovi recap the ups, downs and in-betweens of ‘Lite Morning’ The Lite FM morning slot ‘Lite Morning’ is just a year old but has already had its fair share of ups, downs and in-betweens. However, the duo behind it will tell you that they’re just two regular [...]
TV Times
A great opportunity
Students from more than 13 schools gathered at Olcott Maha Vidyalaya at the Galle Children’s Festival held recently. All the students who attended the festival were divided into several groups after the opening ceremony. The colourful dances and songs made us interested and aroused our curiosity to explore the festival. Serendipity Trust, Galle, did a great [...]
Mirror Magazine
Time to create, innovate and challenge imaginations
With the aim of enabling students to explore and celebrate their creativity, another Galle Children’s Festival concluded successfully with the participation of 480 students from 13 schools. The Galle Children’s Festival, also known as the Galle Children’s Mini Fest 2014, organised by the Serendipity Trust (Guarantee) Ltd and the Department of Education (Southern Province) took [...]
TV Times
‘Night out with a Cause’
The Annix Group partners with The Kingsbury to present the third in the series of Ladies VIP events. The Ladies VIP Night –Video Music Box Party will continue the focus of bringing together women for a full ‘Night out with a Cause’. The event will take place on Saturday 22nd March at the Balmoral, the Kingsbury. ‘These Sell [...]
Evening of Classical Music with Chiho Akaishi and Eshantha Peiris
Alliance Française de Colombo will present an evening of Classical music by Japanese Pianist Chiho Akaishi and Rioo Kuratou (Soprano) on Friday 14th March at the Alliance Française DE COLOMBO Air conditioned Auditorium at No 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7. Eshantha Peiris, One of the best Pianists in Sri Lanka will perform as the Guest Artist [...]
ATTIRE – A Creative Cause in battling Cancer
“ATTIRE – Walk for a Cause”, a glamorous evening of fashion, design and vibrancy co-organized by the Interact Clubs of Kingswood College and Colombo International School, Kandy, caused warm applause when it unfolded last week, at the picturesque Kandy City Center Penthouse Terrace. The event was a community responsibility fundraising project on behalf of the [...]
Pompeii A gladiator’s love amidst woes of Vesuvius
Revolving around the disaster of the doomed city of Pompeii, American adventure film ‘Popmeii’, a story of a slave-turned-gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love is now being screened at Liberty Lite, Kollupitiya.Produced and directed Paul W. S. Anderson the film is set in 79 A.D., POMPEII and [...]
‘Rena’ opens a new horizon for young people
‘Rena’ latest tele serial on a father who started a journey to heal his own son but expands for the entire society, will be telecast on Sirasa TV at 7.30 pm on every weekday starting from Monday March 10. To a screenplay of Sanath Karunaratne, the teledrama is directed by Ranjan Prasanna and is produced [...]
Latest play in the town
Three talented actors in theatre and teledrama and cinema W. Jayasiri, Sarath Kothalawala, Dharmapriya come together in ‘Gutikaamata Niyamithai’, the latest hilarious play which will be staged at 3.30 p.m and 6.45 p.m on March 9 at the Namel Malini Punchi theatre, Borella. Witten and directed by Thilak Nandana Hettiaarachchi of “Gabsaawa” fame, the play [...]
Mano’s 15,000 days in theatre
‘Dawas Pahalos Daha’ (fifteen thousand days) is the title of veteran playwright cum actor Dr. Jayalath Manoratne’s theatre festival that will be held from March 17 to 23. The festival will showcase a collection of eight plays representing different periods and issues and produced by Dr. Manoratne himself. Starting with ‘Lokaya Thani Yayak’ on March [...]
French cinema at AF Colombo
French biopic romantic film ‘Vatel’ will be screened at 3 pm on Tuesday March 11 and at 6.30 pm on March 12 at Alliance Française de Colombo auditorium, Colombo. This French, British and Belgian co-production is directed by Roland Joffé. In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days [...]
Deauville tribute to Malani
Internationally acclaimed film star Malani Fonseka is felicitated at the 16th Asian Film Festival of Deauville in France for her contribution to cinema for the last 50 years. Malani will be honoured along with Japanese director Hideo Nakata and Taiwan’s director Tsai Ming-Liang and their works were being highlighted throughout the festival that started on [...]
Golden Rose Leader in banquets
Golden Rose is the latest addition to city’s banquet facilities. Located on the outskirts of Colombo city, the Golden Rose Hotel, is an ideal location for a range of functions, from large weddings, to conferences and even, cocktail parties. The grandiose, modern building offers the full range of facilities and amenities required to host any [...]
The Kingsbury Culinary Challenge 2014
One of the best things about The Kingsbury is the opportunities the hotel provides its staff to identify their biggest strengths, portray their talents and exceed in their abilities with the support of professional guidance. This year, The Kingsbury provided both its Kitchen and Food & Beverage staff an opportunity to compete in a distinctive [...]
