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It’s an amazing feat, a life changing moment when you become champions at the World Choir Games. Ten years after, the Revelations in a sell-out reunion concert on July 23 at the Bishop’s College auditorium showed their audience just why that quality and authenticity in their music had made them famous. Performing with their original [...]
Head out for guilt-free fare
Tucked away at the end of a small walkway on Sulaiman Terrace, off Jawatta Road, Colombo 5, it’s easy to miss the Good Life Cafe (GLC). Opened in late 2016, the small cafe with white and light green decor, wooden furniture, chalk board menus and subtle murals, the GLC exudes a bright and fresh ambiance. [...]
Versatile and entertaining: Clifford is back
Clifford Richards needs no introduction. If you aren’t familiar with the name (a nod to England’s crooning “Bachelor Boy”), you would have seen the face or heard the rich baritone voice over the radio or on television reading news or on countless advertisements, compering or singing at numerous concerts and shows. The multi-faceted Clifford can [...]
Mirror
Travelling in a different light
When Subramaniam Sudakaran (32) and Jehan de Silva (26) decided to cycle from Kandy to Meemure one fateful Saturday, the two never thought they’d be in for the ride of their life, let alone start a company together. Soaked in heavy rain, cycling late into the night on lonely roads, first time ‘adventurer’ Jehan didn’t [...]
Giving their regards to Broadway
‘To Broadway with love’ will be presented by the Colombo Tea Traders Association at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel on August 13. This week we spoke to Soundarie David, who will be a part of the show. “We are fortunate to have with us as the main artists, Adam Jon and Karen Usha Grey, both of [...]
Bold moves ahead with Danceworld Sri Lanka
It’s a sweltering Saturday afternoon when Sureka Buell and her young dancers wrap up rehearsals for their upcoming show “Jazzin-Dare, Dream, and Dance”. The last installment of the sold-out show was back in 2015. But as always, the choreographer and founder of Danceworld Sri Lanka- Sureka, is always looking for ways to take her shows [...]
Fun and entertainment at ‘Funvention 2017’
Funfairs or carnivals (as one would call them), have always been a wonderful source of entertainment for both adults and children. We’ve seen the different school carnivals and of course the church fairs, all of them filled with lights, music and games etc. However you would’ve probably not come across something that adds education to [...]
Lady Gaga faces a legal tangle
Lady Gaga is not pleased at being dragged into the legal battle between Kesha and Dr. Luke. Lady Gaga has backed Kesha all along in her legal battle has been subpoenaed by Luke to testify which the ‘Born This Way hitmaker refers to an attempt “to manipulate the truth”. Gaga who opened her Joanne World [...]
TV Times
Stars of Seventies
The much awaited Stars of 70s Show will go on board on 12th August 2017 at the BMICH starting at 7.00pm. The very first Stars of 70s Show was held 20years ago at the St. Joseph’s College Auditorium to a packed audience of over 3000 people. Annesley Malawana whose brain child is this wonderful concept [...]
Saturday Night Fever at
Saturday Night Fever will hit ‘Le Garage’, the most popular night Club in Kandy on 12th August from 9.00 pm onwards. Remember the past? Legend 96.6 brings the retro to the hill capital on Saturday at Le Garage, Amaya Hills. Amaya Hills is a hotel which always entertains the audience and takes them into different [...]
Swiss effort to boost South Asian cinema
The ongoing Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in its initiatives to promote cinema in South Asia-with special focus on Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka this year–is to support new filmmaking projects in the region. In its second year, the Open Doors Lab has found new collaborations with Initiative Film and Torino Film Lab, to grant [...]
Sarathchandra’s for children
Prof. Ediriweera Sarathchandra’s children and short drama festival which is presented once a year during the school vacation will be held on August 18 to 20 at the Lionel Wendt theatre Colombo. The plays at 3.30 pm and 7 pm included “Wellawahum” on August 18, “Kandha Walalu” and “Elowa Gihin Melowa Aawa” on August 19 [...]
‘Wamana Yamaya’ woven around a stranger
‘Wamana Yamaya’, a noval story set in the historical city of Polonnaruwa is now being telecast on Rupavahini at 8.30 pm every Sunday. Written and directed by Senaka Edirisinghe, the teledrama stars Jehan Aloysius, Dilini Lakmali, Umayangana Wickremasinghe, Chinthaka Kulatunga, Vishaka Jayaweera and Dimuthu Chinthaka. Produced by Suraj Jayawickrema, the teledrama revolves around three undergraduates [...]
CITY TOURS IN KANDY
Ebert Silva Holidays together with Central Province Tourism, Department of Tourism and Regional Economic Development Agency launched the ‘Kandy City Tour’, the open deck city sightseeing experience in the UNESCO declared World Heritage City, Kandy recently Open deck city tours are a distinct feature in every leading tourist destination around the world and will undoubtedly [...]
BreadTalk Sri Lanka launches new range
BreadTalk honours the art of bread making by imparting life to their novel creations since its inception. The evolution and growth as an internationally recognised bakery brand for over 12 years, has been encapsulated through three distinctive generations. Single Handedly, BreadTalk has succeeded in revitalising the once stale bread business, with a creative new approach [...]