Mirror
For the love of animals
British Vet Janey Lowes shares her story with the Mirror Magazine of shifting her focus from life in the UK to caring for street dogs in Sri Lanka By Joshua Surendraraj We see them wandering the streets, some desperate for food, and others in dire need of medical attention. Quite often one would pass these [...]
Ladies’ College gear up for ‘Ravana Rajyam’
By Kaveesha Fernando As Sri Lankans, we all know the story of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana where Prince Rama travels to Sri Lanka to defeat the evil King Ravana and rescue his beloved wife Sita. However, this is not the only version of the story. odern researchers feel that evidence supports a theory where [...]
Hollywood Buzz
‘Wonder Woman’ is queen of the box office with $103.1 million weekend Wonder Woman” displayed some girl power this weekend with an estimated $103.1 million opening — the biggest for a female-directed feature and $15 million more than the previous record-holder, “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Warner Bros. on Monday revised its earlier estimate of [...]
Primary choir of De Mazenod College present their first concert
By Joshua Surendraraj The primary choir of De Mazenod College (DMC), Kandana, will be presenting their first concert ‘Thank you for the music” on June 17 at the school’s De La Salle Hall, starting at 6.00 pm. A year ago these young students who are now between the ages of 7 and 10, did not have a [...]
Explosion of intellect and innovation
From banana yarn to handloom creations the students of the Department of Integrated Design (DID), University of Moratuwa presented carefully conceptualised collections at the grand finale of Design Code 2017 By Tarini Pilapitiya ‘A garment isn’t just a material or piece of cloth that is put on to spaces of a human body -it is [...]
Enjoy art in a Walawwa setting
Well known artist and sculptor Manoranjana Herath had the distinction of having his work be the first to be exhibited at Colombo’s newest art venue, ‘The Walawwa – Gallery’, housed in a historic old walawwa (mansion) at No 630, Kotte Road in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. ‘(In)visible Dialogues’ which opened last Sunday will be on till [...]
Arpeggio Dance Academy to present “Seven Disasters”Nilan
By Tarini Pilapitiya he Arpeggio Creative Dance Academy is returning to stage once again for their annual dance and drama production! This year the students of Arpeggio Creative Dance Academy will be performing a culmination of modern and classical dance on June 24 at the Lionel Wendt Theatre. Founded 23 years goby chief choreographer Nilan [...]
Weeknd donates funds towards Ugandan health system
Canadian pop star Weeknd has donated $100,000 to Uganda’s health system. The 27 year old whose real name is Abel Tesfaye from Canada made the donation after visiting the African nation in March to shoot his video ‘Unforgettable’. During that trip Weeknd visited the Suubi Health Centre in Budondo where he decided to make his [...]
TV Times
The Great American Song Book Vol. 2 with ‘En Route’
The evening of 27th May at the British School Auditorium was a night to remember. An old, hacked cliché but so true. Here I was, with my wife and my family, arriving early, looking forward to a performance which we had missed many times before for one reason or another. There was no rush to [...]
‘Subavitha’ to celebrate golden jubilee of DSSC
By Susitha R. Fernando ‘Subavitha’, an evening of music is organised to celebrate the golden jubilee of D. S. Senanayake College Colombo on June 17 at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre. Organised by the D. S. Senanayake Old boys Association, the musical concert features three veteran artistes T. M. Jayaratne, Sunil Edirisinghe and Deepika Priyadarshani Peiris. [...]
Ancient princess who returns with horror
‘The Mummy’, return of an ancient princess who is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension, is now being screened at leading theatres in Colombo and outstation. Directed by Alex Kurtzman and written by David Koepp, Christopher McQuarrie, and Dylan Kussman, the [...]
Amaranath goes solo
Renowned musician and lecturer in guitar The maiden solo live in concert by Classical and Flamenco guitarist, univercity lecturer and writer Amaranath Ranatunga will be performed at 6.30 pm on June 17 at the Russian Cultural Centre, 10, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7. Sri Lanka’s first lecturer on the Classical and Flamenco Guitar Amaranth designed a [...]
‘Burning Birds’ flies to Munich
Internationally awarded feature film of Sanjeewa Pushpakumara ‘Davena Vihagun’– ‘Burning Birds’ has been selected for the 35th Munich Film Festival scheduled to be held from June 22 to July 1. The film has been nominated for the renowned Fritz Gerlich Prize. The Fritz Gerlich Prize is given to a feature film or documentary that courageously [...]
‘Dhikthala and Kaalagola’ returns to town
Punyasena Gunasinghe’s theatrical production, ‘Dhikthala Kaalagola’, a prescribed text for the Ordinary Level Theatre and Drama syllabus, will go on the boards at 8.15 am and 10.30 am at YMBA Borella on June 13. The play with a number of popular songs written by Charles Silva Gunasinghe has a cast comprised of Richard Maanamudali, [...]
DC Comic super heroine on silver screen
Wonder Woman By Susitha R. Fernando “Wonder Woman”, a movie woven around super heroine character made based on the DC Comics, is now being screened at theatres in Colombo and suburbs. Patty Jenkins who was famed for his debut direction ‘Monster’ a movie based on the life of convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos, has directed [...]
Theatrical tribute for late playwright
Dayananda Gunawardena Theatre Festival Three evergreen plays will be performed in memory of renowned playwright Dayananda Gunawardena from June 16 to 18 at the Lionel Went theatre in Colombo. Dayananda Felicitation Theatre festival will have two performances daily at 3.30 pm and 7 pm and it will start with two short plays “Nari Bena” and [...]
Villa Mount Royal Haven in ‘Little England’
By Sanath Weerasuriya Slowly getting back to its traditional cold climate, after an unexpected April heat wave, Nuwara Eliya, is attracting large number of guests, who love to savour the taste of European climate. Embarked on the burgeoning hospitality industry in Sri Lanka, the latest venture ‘Villa Mount Royal’ was opened in Mahagastota off Baker [...]