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The Galle Literary Festival’s colours flew high in Kandy last week. At the city’s heart, Queen’s Hotel was cocooned in fluttering blue flags, marking the Festival’s presence in the hills for the first time in 10 years on Saturday, January 9. Several authors including Sebastian Faulks, Olivia Yu and Hugh Thomson arrived in Sri Lanka [...]
Telling other people’s stories is important—Shani Mootoo
Shani Mootoo began her career as a visual artist and video maker in Canada. Her literary career was launched with a collection of short fiction, entitled Out on Main Street, followed by work such as ‘The Predicament of Or’, ‘He Drown She in the Sea’ and ‘Valmiki’s Daughter’. ‘Cereus Blooms at Night’ was shortlisted for [...]
Finding liberation and relief in writing—Omar Musa
There was a time when Omar Musa seriously doubted the validity of his work. He had been told rather kindly by a producer that no one would want to hear an Australian rapper, and it did seem as if no one was listening. Musa wrote ‘Play On’ to deal with this-very much in the same [...]
Mirror
Shehan’s debut studio effort
Shehan Somaratna wrote his first song for a lady love – as one does. It didn’t work out but he doesn’t mind because it set him off on a musical journey that continues to the day. Shehan has just released his music on several platforms including iTunes and Spotify and awaits the response to his [...]
100 Words Since 1997
Happy New Year to all our readersand writers. Thank you for your contributions on the 100 word page on “Joy” it is interesting to see how many writers had connected joy with sadness, perhaps understanding we cannot exist without the other. The theme for February is “Short” please send in your contributions before Feb. 2, [...]
‘The Revenant’ and ‘The Martian’ take top awards at Golden Globes
Revenge drama “The Revenant” and space adventure “The Martian” took the top film awards at Sunday’s Golden Globes, setting them up as formidable Oscar contenders after a night of surprises and stinging barbs from return host Ricky Gervais. Pioneer-era tale “The Revenant” won three awards including best drama film, beating out front-runners “Carol,” and investigative [...]
Tributes pour in for David Bowie
David Bowie the music legend died aged 69 on 10th January of cancer in New York. The British artist was always ahead of his time whenever his music came out as they all had a different sound. He was the first known pop star to publicly identify his own sexual orientation back in 1972 when [...]
Carving out a niche in personal development
Let me try out a cliché on you: a new year is for new beginnings, and if you’ve been thinking it’s time for a change now is as good a time as any to do it. Brandon Ingram, well known theatre advertising personality and author, is resolved to help people do exactly this with ‘Brand [...]
TV Times
Nittaya: Bilingual music journey
Nittaya Chookaew Abhayawickrama, a Thai born singer, released her maiden DVD ‘Maage Desa Maane’ comprising four video tracks. Two of the songs –‘Meedum Sihina’ and ‘Maage Desa Maane’ are originals and ‘Roameeroa’ is a popular Thai song. ‘Meedum Sihina’ and ‘Maage Desa Maane’ were penned by Veruna Liyanage and Priyantha Attygalle respectively. The melody and [...]
CAKE LABS ends year with vibrant talent show finale
CAKE LABS (formerly known as Leapset Engineering), bid farewell to 2015 in style with a grand year-end bash at the Kingsbury. In keeping with the new brand name, the celebrations centred around a laboratory theme which included a giant branded pyramid and a ‘Lab’ style bar. The event was also a celebration of the talent [...]
‘Kala Pola 2016’ back in action
Kala Pola 2016, Sri Lanka’s annual open-air art fair will take place on Sunday 31 January, 2016 along Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07. Free of charge and open to the public, it will open at 8.00 am and continue until 9.00 pm the same night. Presented by The George Keyt Foundation and the John Keells Group over the past 23 years, Kala Pola has [...]
Birth of a cinema
Celebrating the 69th anniversary of Sri Lankan cinema and 44th anniversary of the National Film Corporation which falls on January 21, a series of events including a film festival have been organised. This year also marks the 60th annisersary of the revolution created by pioneer filmmaker Lester James Peries by making ‘Rekhawa’, which was released [...]
Kaushalya captures a corrupt country
The latest drama production by Kaushalya Fernando, ‘Dutu Thena Allanu’ (Wanted) is on the boards again on January 24 at the Lionel Wendt Theatre. The play was premiered on December 12 and 13 and was well received by the audiences. An adaptation of Opera Wonyosi by Nobel Prize-winning dramatist and poet Wole Soyinka, ‘Dutu Thena [...]
The Best of Hollywood for 2016
Movie lovers specially those Hollywood fans will be able to see some of the much awaited series of cinematic productions. Produced by Sony and 20th Century Fox movies, they will be released in leading theatres in Colombo and the outstations. A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a roguish experiment that leaves [...]
‘Rabi Chaya’ A unique Cultural Festival by Shantiniketan Friends
The Indian High Commission of Sri Lanka is supporting organisation of a unique Cultural Festival “Rabi Chaya” by Shantiniketan Friends on January 17 at 6.30 pm at Bishop College, Auditorium and also an International Art exhibition will be held on February 2 and 3 from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm at J. D. A.Perera Gallery. [...]
Chapter One Restaurant : New experiences in taste
Whether you’re in the mood for a wholesome healthy breakfast, an exotic lunch or a deliciously decadent dessert, Chapter One Restaurant and Café has your food cravings covered. The newest addition to the city’s vibrant dining scene is located in Etul Kotte and has the dual presence of both a café and a restaurant, bringing [...]
Marco Pierre White to conduct ultimate Master Class
Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts will be hosting Celebrity three Michelin star chef and Judge of MasterChef Australia – Marco Pierre White on a tour of Sri Lanka from the 18th – 30th January 2016. One of the many sub events that Cinnamon has conceptualised and will be executing is the ultimate ‘Master Class’ for Executive [...]
