Art
Slightly Chilled fast becoming hottest hangout in Kandy
As you walk up the narrow flight of wooden stairs, possibly stumbling over a four-footed family member, the first thing you see is a little chalk board with “today’s special” written on it. This leans against a set of turn-tables, behind which, along the wall, are stacked vinyl records and books by the rack-full. The [...]
A learning experience for both local and visiting students
What happens when you bring some of this country’s most brilliant young minds together with some of New York’s own? Debate, discussion and new friendships- if a recent session conducted by the Colombo Law Faculty along with New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, was any indication. The week-long co-teaching programme was organised jointly [...]
Mirror Magazine
A season for colour
Those split-second, frantic searches for wallets and keys before leaving home aren’t unfamiliar to most of us. For Nivendra Uduman this checklist includes a stack of hand-written letters. Generally, he returns home after a long day minus a few letters, having left them where ever he felt compelled to. Either in an envelope stamped with [...]
More than games
What do you do for Avurudu these days? Our schedule includes munching on Avurudu delicacies, catching up on sleep and hanging out with the family; all excellent ways to occupy your time with, but as every seasonal commercial on television will tell you-this is not how our forefathers envisioned it for us. Gone are the [...]
Education and equality
Just like how a see saw needs both sides to be equally balanced to maintain a position of equilibrium our society needs both men and women to contribute to it equally in order to prosper. It is extremely common to still see that there are women who live the stereotypical life we sometimes read about – [...]
What is our economy lacking?
The world is in a constant state of change and economies are growing faster than ever. If Sri Lanka falls off of this rapid wagon, we would never be able to get backup again. Let us take a moment to think about what we are missing. We have one of the highest literacy rates in South [...]
TV Times
Hiru TV/FM bags key awards
Popualr ‘Hiru TV’ and Hiru FM reiterated their dominance in the electronic media field when they bagged five key awards at the recent SLIM People’s Award ceremony. Hiru TV and Hiru Radio clinched the SLIM-Nielsen People’s Award for the ‘TV channel of the year’ and ‘radio channel of the year’ while wrapping up the awards [...]
Visually impaired Prasanna sees future with ‘Vision’
‘Gee Neth Sathsara Vindanaya’ a musical extravaganza featuring visually impaired Prasanna Wickramasingha and his band ‘Vision’, will come alive at the Namel Malani Punchi Theatre, Borella at 6.00 pm on the 26th of April. Vision music band is a group of five young members, led by Prasanna Wickramasingha, who founded it. All five members of [...]
Mahesh makes ‘Avurudu Kumariya’ theme song for fifth year
For the fifth consecutive year Mahesh Jayawardena, a talented young musician has been selected to compose and sing the theme song of National Rupavahini’s Sinhala Avurudu Kumariya (Beauty Queen Pageant) competition. A student of Asoka College and Ananda College Colombo, Mahesh has been interested in music at young age and has won many awards at [...]
Maiden Passion play in Madampella
“Mama Pipasa Wemi’ (I Thurst) a passion play– a theatrical performance highlighting the Jesus Christ’s life, suffering and death–was staged for the first time in Madampella, Negombo on the Good Friday. Under the guidance of Parish priest Rev. Fr. Laknath Coorey, the Passion play was organised by the parishioners of St. Santhiago Church, Madampella and [...]
Insurgent;Power struggle in post-apocalyptic Chicago
‘Insurgent’ Hollywood sci-fi film based on Insurgent, the second book in the Divergent trilogy, written by Veronica Roth is now being screened at Majestic Gold cinema, Bambalapitiya. Directed by Robert Schwentke, the film stars Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Theo James in the stellar cast. Along with the first film’s returning cast, the sequel features [...]
Dragon Blade; East-West in an unlikely alliance for common cause
Historical action epic film ‘Dragon Blade’, a story of an exiled Chinese general (Jackie Chan) who offers shelter to a renegade Roman (John Cusack) during the Han dynasty between 206-220 AD is now being screened at Majestic Ultra, Bambalapitiya and Empire Deluxe, Independence Square. Directed by Daniel Lee Screenplay, the film stars Jackie Chan, Huo [...]
Jayasiri’s madness to go on the boards
Well-known actor Sarath Kothalawala’s latest comedy play “Jayasirita Pissu” (Jayasiri is Mad) started its rehearsal recently. Written and directed by Sarath Kothalawala who was famed for his maiden direction “Nari Burathi” has hired a cast comprising some of the well-known theatre, television and cinema artistes including Kumara Thirimadura, Pubudu Chathuranga, Dharmapriya Dias, Saman Hemarathne (Leelasena), [...]
New Imperial Cinema, Kurunegala goes 3D
New Imperial Cinema in Kurunegala has transformed from its traditional film exhibition system to 3D and 2D Digital Cinema Projection System (2K) and is the first movie theatre to install Digital Projection System in the North Western Province. At present the Hollywood film makers have suspended the 35mm transfer format into Digital (DCP) format of [...]
Ceylon Theatre Cinemas celebrates Earth hour
Earth hour was celebrated at Ceylon Theatres cinemas on March 28 from 8.30pm to 9.30pm. The cinema teams came together to celebrate the earth hour at Majestic Cineplex Colombo, Majestic Cineplex Cargills Square Jaffna and Empire Cineplex located at arcade independence square.
‘Harpo’s Pizza’ expands to Nugegoda
‘Harpo’s Pizza’, popular home grown trade mark owned by veteran hospitality personality Harpo Goonaratne, opened its latest outlet in Nugegoda last week. After eight years of operation at ‘Bay Leaf’ and other Harpo’s restaurants, this will be the very first Harpo’s stand alone Pizza and Pasta Parlour outside Colombo. Conveniently located on Stanley Tillekeratne Mawatha [...]
Authentic Chinese / Sri Lankan fusion at ‘The Kingsbury’
‘Yue Chuan’ (pronounced U A Chuan) – the newly opened Chinese restaurant at ‘The Kingsbury’ has just introduced two very extravagant menus; authentic ‘Cantonese and Szechuan’ and ‘Sri Lankan/Chinese Fusion’. Yue Chuan is the only such restaurant in Sri Lanka, where guests can get an authentic taste of China and the Sri Lankanized Chinese to [...]