Art
Bringing out the soul of those ‘80s songs
They begin with Sweet Child of Mine; the unanimous favourite of pretty much everyone here and clearly for good reason. When these girls sing you just have to drop whatever you’re doing and listen…the soaring notes, the effortlessly controlled voices, and the perfectly in-sync harmonies are testament to their strong bond and familiarity. It may [...]
Stevie’s spirit of life, love and giving live on
Stevie Graham was fondly nicknamed ‘Funkle’ by his nieces and nephews for his ability to create excitement and joy wherever he went and for his childlike sense of fun. Stevie found his life’s passion in photography and food. He was a self- taught chef who went on to work in leading restaurants in Europe. During [...]
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Brothers Grimm spectaculathon
Over their lifetime the Brothers Grimm penned 209 fantastical fairy tales, each with their own grisly murders, magic and happy-or not so happy-endings. Today, of course, these stories have been spun with sugar and transformed into tales of love and talking bunnies a la Disney. Which version do you prefer? Perhaps the Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, [...]
TV Times
And the winner is…
Popular singer Ruwan Hettiarachchi won the Most Popular Video (Gold) Award for his hit ‘Rawatunu Tharam’ at the recently concluded Derana Music Video Awards 2013 ceremony. Lahiru Perera’s La Signore song ‘Mottu’ won the Silver Award for Most Popular Video, while Chamika Sirimanna’s song ‘Hitha Hadaganna Ba’ bagged the Bronze Award for Most Popular Video. The [...]
Poson Gee by MAF
Moratuwa Arts Forum (MAF) together with the Mayor of Moratuwa Municipal Council, Samanlal Fernando will present ‘Poson Bekthi Gee Saraniya’ on June 12th, Poson Poya day. The event will be staged at the Weera Puran Appu Sqaure which is directly opposite the Moratuwa MC headquarters, at 6.00pm. onwards. Moratuwa Arts Forum will present nearly 12 songs, out of which 5 [...]
Royal Talent Search 2014
The Interact Club of Royal College will present ‘Talent Search 2014’ a talent based competition for the youth community of Colombo starting from 13th and 14th June. This project is a unique platform where the youth of Colombo get the opportunity to showcase their talent through various categories to a large audience while at the same time [...]
A love that began at a desperate point
Nihal Bandara’s film ‘Seema Nehe Akase’ which has completed its production and is ready for release is a story about two lovers who met at a most unexpected point of their lives; when they decided to take their own lives. It revolves around two young people, a salesman who leads a playboy life and a [...]
Lucky becomes ‘Aritta- Kee’
Lucky Dias who has played significant roles both on the mini-screen and cinema over the last several decades comes with another remarkable role in Sugath Samarakone’s latest film ‘Ehelepola Kumarihamy’ which is now being shot on several locations around the country. Lucky plays the role of Tamilian Nilame ‘Aritta- Kee’ a complete change to all his previous [...]
‘Acid Wessa’ falls on Borella
“Acid Wessa” written and directed by Dhananjaya Karunarathne, a unique conception based on the thesis of cruelty against cruelty, destruction against destruction, love against love will stage two special shows on Saturday June 21 at 3.30 pm and 6.45 pm at the Borella Namel Malini Punchi Theatre. Rated as suitable for adult audience by the [...]
‘Oba Nathuwa oba Ekka’ to hit theatres in India
First Sri Lankan feature film to get a commercial release in India, Prasanna Vithanage’s latest film “Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka” (With You, Without You – Piragu) which is still running on the international festival circuit to universal acclaim, will hit theatres in India on June 13. “Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka” features national award winning Indian [...]
French film show at Alliance Française de Colombo
Weekly French film screening at Alliance Française de Colombo will showcase a collection of comedy, drama and thriller stories on every Tuesday and Wednesday. French comedy ‘Un Air de Famille’ directed by Cédric Klapisch will be screened at 3 pm on June 10 and at 6.30 pm on June 11. An upper middle-class French family [...]
X Men : Days of Future Past A desperate attempt to change past
Based on the fictional X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics and on the 1981 Uncanny X-Men storyline “Days of Future Past” by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past ‘ is now being screened at Savoy 3D cinema Wellawatte. Directed by Singer after 2000’s X-Men and 2003’s X2, the film shows how [...]
AC film teaches the ‘Importance of education’
‘Importance of education’ is the theme for American Center weekly film screening for the month of June. ‘Coach Carter’ an inspiring true story of controversial high school basketball coach Ken Carter will be screened on June 10 at 6 pm as a part of weekly film screening. Making headlines for his emphasis on the importance [...]
Cinnamon Nature Trails with Land Rover ‘Explorations’
‘Explorations’ – launched by Land Rover in collaboration with Cinnamon Nature Trails, the award winning wildlife and adventure tourism division of Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts, held their first event at Yala National Park last weekend. Seven Land Rovers drove in convoy to Yala and based themselves at the Cinnamon Wild Resort, after which the guests [...]
Sunday Roast with Jazz at GFH
A Sunday luncheon with family and close friends is considered a treasured experience. Sunday Roast with Jazz is the latest attraction of the Gall Face Hotel. The Galle Face Hotels continues its pre-eminent position in the community by resurrecting the traditional’ Sunday Roast Luncheon’ ‘The elegant old world charm of the signature dining room of Galle [...]
Certificate of Excellence for Cantoloupe Aqua
Cantaloupe Aqua, a private Resort and Beach Club in Thalpe, Habaraduwa was awarded recently by the TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award. The accolade, which honours hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Approximately 10 per cent of accommodations listed on TripAdvisor [...]
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A thriller with a twist
For Javin Thomas the production ‘Blood Money’ was the first play he read with the intention of staging. Wanting a cast of predominantly female characters he finds it interesting to put on one stage, a star cast of women who not only look, but as he puts it “ are completely different people” from how [...]
Changing lanes
Almost half of the year has passed and this is an ideal time for us to take a look back and see if we are in line with the objectives we set out for ourselves at the beginning of the year. Like many years previously we would have encountered un-expected life events which would have [...]
A purrfect plot
Forget what you already know about the story ‘Puss in Boots’, because the students of Holy Family Convent (HFC) hope to reinvent the tale with a few twists in their latest production – “You’ve Got It Pussy Cat!!” Choosing songs that the children could relate to was important for musical director Rapti Fernando who felt music [...]
