Bringing a song to your heart as the season begins
The holiday season is fast approaching — signalling both the end of a year as well as the start of something new and the hope for a better future to come. Here to usher in the Christmas feeling in style and song are eight of Sri Lanka’s leading musicians who will join forces at ‘Christmas [...]
It was yoga that helped them pick up their lives
Rekha Krishnamoorthy and Nilangi Kulasinghe firmly believe that mental wellness is the key to a joyful and stress-free life. After being a Strategic Consultant for 10 years, working internationally, Rekha stepped into mental wellness and is now a full-time Hatha Yoga Instructor. Born in Malaysia, she had her primary and secondary education in Europe and [...]
Embrace your colour, says Lankan beauty blogger
Known as Sri Lanka’s first beauty blogger, Roshani Kumarasinghe, the face behind ‘Beauty by Rosh’ wrapped up her Masterclass World Series session in Sri Lanka earlier this month leaving Colombo’s fashionistas with tips and tricks of the trade to pull off that perfectly glammed look — be it subtle or as extravagant as one wishes. [...]
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Wearable art with ‘Claws’
Small businesses and creative talents are popping up everywhere. In such a situation, everyone needs something to make them stand out. One such brand is ‘Claws Customization’, and they specialize in handmade drawings for your shoes. Sometimes there’s also a matching t-shirt as well. And of course, it can be fully customized. ‘Claws’ is the [...]
A taste of Japan at ‘Beautiful Harmony’ exhibition
The Japanese Embassy recently organised a cultural event ‘Beautiful Harmony’ at the Colombo City Centre. This event was organized to commemorate the enthronement of the Emperor and the dawning of a new Japanese era ‘Reiwa’ translated to mean ‘a beautiful harmony’ which was also the main theme of this year’s cultural event. Visitors had the [...]
Culture, history and more at the Korean film festival
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Sri Lanka and the Korea Foundation held its 6th edition of the Korean Film Festival at the National Film Corporation (NFC) Theatre last week, in partnership with the National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. The films were shown free of charge and included English subtitles. Speaking to [...]
Why the Asus VA24EHE should be your next monitor
Monitors are an often overlooked component when purchasing a PC. People are usually just satisfied with a screen that is big enough to watch movies and pay little to no attention to anything else. In reality, though, there are a number of elements that you should pay attention to when purchasing a monitor. Ticking off [...]
In pictures : West Side Story
Students of Elizabeth Moir International recently staged West Side Story. Captured here are images from the performance. Pix by Sameera Weerasekera
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Tone & I secures sixth week at the helm Australian artist Tone & I has secured a sixth week at the pinnacle of the UK singles chart with ‘Dance Monkey’. The song was helped by 11,450 downloads, 9.33 streams with a combined sale of 84,500. The [...]
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Russian Classical music at Taj
Two world renowned Classical music artistes, Dmitrii Miachin and Nelia Gafiiatullina performed at the Taj Samudra Colombo on 3rd and 4th November in association with Russian Cultural Centre. Dmitrii, who is one of the greatest pianists, is a graduate of the Piano faculty of the N. A. Rimsky Korsakov at the ‘Saint Petersburg State Conservatory’. [...]
Jazz Christmas with Gananath
Gananath Dasanayaka, Colombo’s popular jazz vocalist and saxophonist will come alive at the Lionel Wendt Theatre this Christmas with ‘Christmas with Gananath for a Night of Song and Holiday Cheer’ on 20th December starting at 7.30pm. Gananath will be dishing out some classics of Englebert, Tom Jones, Neil Diamond and of course a few Sinatra [...]
Movie based on three real tales
Filmmaker Priyantha Colambage who is wellknown for his earlier directions like ‘Arumosam Wehi’, ‘Aadaraneeya Kathavak’ and ‘Dedunu Aakase’ will start filming his latest direction ‘Mandara’ on November 21. A story revolving around a newly wedded young couple whose dreams are shattered unexpectedly, ‘Mandara’ is based on three true stories that took place in recent past [...]
Servicemen honoured at “Midway” premiere
‘Midway’, a newest war film based on Pearl Harbour attack and subsequent Battle of Midway during World War II was recently screened with the participation of large number of Navy and Air Force personnel. Movie Works Private Limited invited over 80 Air force and Navy servicemen and women for ‘Midway’, which was internationally released on [...]
‘Dada Ima’ wins Debut film award in Kolkata
Dr. Neomal Perera’s maiden film direction “Dada Ima’’ (End of the hunt) won the Best maiden film at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2019 recently. Dr. Perera, an oncologist was the winner of Debut Filmmaker award at the festival. The film continues from the end of the story of ‘Dadayama’ directed by the late [...]
A teleplay for those awaiting wedding bells
With the aim of educating the young couples awaiting to get married, teleplay ‘Awasan Husma Thek’, a teledrama series will be telecast on every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7.30 pm on ITN channel from November 18. Produced by Soduru Pawula National Project of Cultural Ministry, the teleserial is a concept of Cultural [...]
Dayananda’s plays in town
Dayananda Gunawardena’s ever-popular plays “Nari Bena with Jasaya and Lenchina” will go on the boards at 3.30 pm and 7.00 pm on December 1, at Lionel Wendt Theatre, Colombo. The play stars Rodney Warnakula, Bandula Wijeweera, Rathnashila Perera, Indika Jayasinghe, Nilmini Kottegoda, Sanjeewani Wijekoon and Sunil Thilakarathna. Music composition is by Lional Algama and Rohana [...]
Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya Acclaimed Culinary and Service excellence
Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya bagged record 45 medals at the recently concluded Culinary Art and Food Expo 2019 held at the BMICH, emerging 4th overall and as the top team in the central province. The medallists included many apprentices from the Culinary and F and B service teams, who were at the BMICH in Colombo [...]
204 medals for Cinnamon at Food Expo 2019
The team of Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts were in full sway at the Culinary Art Food Expo 2019 resulting in a monumental win of 204 medals in an event that took place from 21-23 October 2019. The hospitality arm of John Keells Group won 41 Golds, 77 Silvers and 86 bronze medals among seven of [...]