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Out of the box
Looking for something out of the box to gift to your friends and family this year? Try Su.ga.ma, a business run by graphic designer Sugama Manish. Here, you’ll find products that cleverly use graphic design as a basis to explore traditional objects with a new scope. While Sugama is Indian by birth she settled in [...]
Colombo’s craziest ice cream flavours
There are many places in Colombo to get your fix of different flavoured ice cream. However a few spots are pushing the boundaries by combining unusual ingredients or even using elements that would be best found in a Sri Lankan Lamprais. Take for example Park Street Mews which produce such a wide variety that you [...]
The Yawning Gap
As I happened to live in the city, many people, both known and unknown, used to visit my house for various purposes. I usually leave the gate unlocked very much against my wife’s wishes. As I usually read a book or newspaper in the living room, I could easily see the gate and anybody coming [...]
Gearing up for ‘Guitar Fest’
The Guitar Association of Sri Lanka returns once more with its annual ‘Guitar Fest’, a celebration of music centered around the instrument will be held in Colombo today (Jan 24) at the Royal College Nava Rangahala. The musicians will also travel to Kurunegala, Jaffna and the Rajarata University for more shows. Attendees can expect a [...]
Getting into that sound
Suresh Perera is at the tail end of a day-long lecture. “Do you see what I mean,” he checks among his roomful of students, after each slight tweak to a knob on the sound mixing console. Coming with only a basic grasp of the sound mixer, some in the room take down notes as the [...]
Vox one concludes festive season with lively sounds
A Festival of Nine lessons and Carols, by Vox One, was held last month at the Maris Stella College Chapel, Negombo, an eagerly awaited event in Negombo’s Christmas calendar. The service which featured carol singing by Vox One and Vox One junior. The music for the service was chosen by Harin Amirthanathan, director of the [...]
Canadian artistes
Two Canadian artists are battling for the singles crown on the UK chart. Justin Bieber is battling through his hit song ‘Love Yourself’ while Shawn Mendes is doing it with his song ‘Stitches. This week Bieber has won the battle taking the No:1 spot with lead of 13,000. Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself’ is now his longest [...]
