Hope keeps foodie passion alive
Three hundred oil lamps illuminated the Dutch Hospital Colombo, on the evenning of Tuesday, May 21, remembering the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks. Just like the many hotels around the country, restaurants and small culinary ventures have been badly affected by the lack of customers. Nevertheless, the lamps which were lit by the staff [...]
Bringing ‘Aladdin the ballet’ to life
If Rishika Seneviratne had been handed a magic lamp when she was a little girl, her wish would’ve simply been to pick up ballet. Genie or not, her wish did come true when she was two years old. Rishika was among the several ‘Aladdin the ballet’ cast members who shared their story with us this [...]
Mirror
Gayanjali Amarawansa: Driving force through the centre court
This is the fourth article in our series profiling the National Netball Team as they prepare for the World Netball Championship in England in July 2019. This week we feature Gayanjali Amarawansa, who is the driving force through the centre court Approaching her netball at maximum speed, and as a relative youngster in the team, [...]
‘Heal the World’ an exhibition of paintings at the Wendt
Having taught art at Lyceum International School since 1999, it is quite surprising to find that Saumya Jayasekera was also a lawyer by profession. She found that art was her true passion that was calling out for her. Due to commitments she stopped teaching in 2007 however was persuaded by a few friends to begin [...]
A look at Google I/O 2019
Google managed to cram all the expectations we were having about Google I/O 2019 into a 2-hour long keynote. Needless to say, this put all our wandering minds to rest. Here are some of the biggest announcements from the Google IO 2019 Keynote. A New Pixel is Confirmed Say Hello to the Pixel 3a and [...]
TV Times
Post 21/4: The art of disagreeing and keeping the peace
I am a Sri Lankan, and this Easter, our country was rocked by multiple bombings in Churches and hotels. The lives of hundreds were lost in an instant, and all this was committed by men – who also, like me – called themselves Muslims. Since that fateful Easter Sunday, Sri Lanka has dived into conversation. [...]
‘Rocket Man’ Brings Elton back to life
Rocket Man’ is a 2019 biographical musical film based on the life of the popular musician Elton John. Directed by Dexter Fletcherand written by Lee Hall, it stars Taron Egerton as John, with Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, and Bryce Dallas Howard. The film follows John’s early days as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of [...]
125th AGM OF WNPS SRI LANKA
The 125th Annual General Meeting of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) is scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 26th, 2019 at the Sri Lanka Foundation, commencing at 5.00 pm. The WNPS has, for 125 years, been an active proponent of wildlife conservation in Sri Lanka. The 3rd oldest non-governmental wildlife conservation organization [...]
Nita wins international acclaims once again
Renowned actress Nita Fernando won her second international award at the recently ended Nice International Film Festival in France. Nita won the Best Actress award in the Foreign films category for her role in Visakesa Chandrasekaram’s latest film ‘Paangshu’. In addition to Nita, costume designer of the film, Kumara Karawdeniya won the Best Costume Designer [...]
‘Isolation’ wins a director’s debut award in London
Ranjan Prasanna’s debut directorial venture ‘Visangamanaya’- ‘Isolation’ won the second place at director’s maiden film category at London’s Lift off Film festival recently. Initially ‘Isolation’, produced by Mahesh Wijeratne was among the first 38 films selected for the semi-final round. It was later selected for the five final films in the said category. Polish film [...]
Vimukthi to deliver NFC Film discussion
Internationally awarded filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara will speak on the theme ‘Cinema and the vision of life’ at the film discussion organised by the Education Promotion and the Cultural unit of the National Film Corporation on May 29. Organised with the aim of promoting the culture of cinema, the film discussion has been organised on a [...]
CTF organises a discussion on documentary film
Colombo Theatre Forum has organised a screening of documentary film “Die Abteilung Schauspiel“ (Department for Acting) and the discussion at 5.00 pm on May 28 at the Goethe-Institut Hall, Colombo 7. “Die Abteilung Schauspiel“ (Department for Acting) gives a rough introduction to the study of acting at the ‘Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch Berlin’ and [...]
Young Happenings captured in German cinema
German film ‘4 Kings’, a part of the film series “Young Happenings” which is screened every Friday in the Goethe Hall, will be shown at 7 pm on May 31. “Young Happenings“ portrays young people on how they build up their own life against resistance in the current time. They are doubting and despairing social [...]
‘Purana Gama’: Recreated ancient village for future generations
Anuradhapura is one of the biggest conventional tourist destinations in the country and is the most adored living heritage city of Sinhala Buddhists of Sri Lanka. It has become a central hub for both Sri Lankan religious travellers and foreign travellers to explore the surrounding area. It is the home to preserved ruins, renovated great [...]