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Paradox revisited
Rock music frenzy swept the sprawling Floor By O! venue where Sri Lankan heavy metal band Stigmata gave its final performance for the year, revisiting their 4th album ‘The Ascetic Paradox’. The band performed for a stretch of 2 hours with a set list of 15 songs from all their previously released albums. The venue [...]
‘Guitar Fest 2017’:Festival of Guitar music
The seventh annual festival of Guitar music ‘Guitar Fest 2017’ will commence on 20th January and will continue till 27th January 2017. The concerts will be held in Colombo, Kandy, Badulla, Batticaloa and conclude with a final festival in Jaffna. Concerts will also be performed at University of Sri Jayawardenepura, University of Peradeniya, and at [...]
‘Ayaskanthaya’: ‘Thru Daru with Neela’
‘Ayaskanthaya’, ‘Thru Daru with Neela’, an explosive musical extravaganza will come alive at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre on December 10 at 6.30 pm. The third edition of ‘Ayaskanthaya’ will feature veteran singer Visharadha Neela Wickremasinghe along with the popular singing children of the veteran singing sensations Rookantha- Chandralekha, Amal Perera, Priyankara Perera and Sangeeth Wickremasinghe. [...]
A musical gift for the season of peace and joy
Veteran Visharadha Fr. Edmund Tillekaratne has released his latest compact disc, ‘Bethleheme Donkaraya’ a musical gift for the season of Christmas. The CD includes 12 Christmas songs sung by a group of popular singers and youngsters. Among the popular singers who rendered their voices are Chandana Liyanarachchi, Nirosha Virajini, Nalin Perera, Nelu Adhikari and Prasanna [...]
Japanese cinema with love
Sharing the cinematic tales, Japan one of Asia’s leading filmmaking countries, will showcase its recently made films, at the ongoing Japanese Film Festival in Colombo. Presented by the Embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation in collaboration with the National Youth Services Council National Film Corporation Ship for World Youth Alumni Association, the festival will [...]
French film fiesta at AF Colombo
French romantic drama film ‘Gabrielle’ directed by Louise Archambault will be screened at 3 pm on Tuesday December 6 and at 6.30 pm on Wednesday December 7 at Alliance Francaise de Colombo auditorium in Colombo 7. The film revolves around a young woman who has Williams syndrome and possesses amazing musical talents but struggles continually [...]
Rupavahini leads state TV awards
Winning 27 awards, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) led the recently held 2016 Television State Award Festival, leading TV talent recognition event. The award ceremony was graced by veteran script writer Somaweera Senanayake and veteran actress Iranganie Serasinghe. Pioneering artiste who once a teledrama and programme producer at Rupavahini, Lucian Bulathsinghala was honoured with the [...]
Theatre course by Shakespeare Centre Sri Lanka
Shakespeare Centre Sri Lanka, which promotes theatre and theatre artistes is calling for new applications to groom its 9th batch of trainees in theatre and arts. The Centre has made an immense contribution to the theatre arts and it has been introducing new artistes. “This course will be done as a diploma with areas covering [...]
Retelling stories through animation
Story telling has been an interesting and entertaining past time throughout the history of mankind. It may be the Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Muhammad. Teachers of religions and gurus have used stories to enlighten and unravel mysteries of life and its realities. Cinema itself is storytelling and many films have been made based on [...]
‘Burning Birds’ flies high in Tokyo
Young filmmaker Sanjeewa Pushpakumara’s second feature film ‘Davena Vihagun’ or ‘Burning Birds’ won the Special Jury Prize at the 17th Tokyo FILMeX International Film Festival which concluded last week. Along with the award, the film was given a cash prize of USD 5000. The Grand Prize (1st prize) won by Chinese film ‘Life After Life’ [...]
New ‘Wine & Tea Room’ at The Bayleaf
The Bayleaf restaurant opens its newest exclusive ‘Wine & Tea room’ set in the tradition of famous wine and tea room concepts world over and well in time for the forthcoming season. It’s a unique experience for wine and tea lovers offering exclusive range of tea and winery-style tasting or enjoys gourmet cuisine at the [...]
Chefs at Hikka Tranz emerge Culinary Olympic Champions
Sri Lanka was internationally recognised in the culinary field, when executive chef Julinda Pushpakumara and chef Lasitha Kaviratne, won five medals for Sri Lanka at the recently concluded Culinary Olympics 2016. Nominated by the Chefs Guild of Sri Lanka, the chefs from Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon were part of a six member team representing Sri [...]
