Sharing a bit of kindness with his 11.8 K followers
“Storytelling sets the right tone when delivering a message to capture the attention of an audience,” shares Sharan Velauthan, a Marketing Major at RMIT University, Australia. “I wanted people to resonate with my message and I wanted to leave them thinking.” On February 20, 26-year-old Sharan was called to the TEDx Stage in Melbourne, Australia. [...]
Play IMI games and win your own pizza
IMI Games, Sri Lanka’s premier online gaming platform by Arimac Digital has partnered with Sri Lanka’s homegrown pizza brand, Harpo’s Pizza and Pasta to launch ‘Harpo’s Pizza Rush’ on the IMI games platform. This allows ever connected smartphone users and passionate foodies, to play and win weekly prizes sponsored by Harpo’s Pizza. A game which [...]
Turning his passion for the outdoors into cooking
He’s known as the first Sri Lankan man to summit Mount Everest and for his hairdressing prowess. Now Johann Pieris’s latest foray is into the culinary world. “I think by being outdoors and making our food, that is where my passion for food came about. Food has been something that has been a part of [...]
Mirror
‘Artpreneurship’ : A new way to look at artistic contributions
The magical old woodcut from Bangladesh is in sepia- showing a mandala peopled thickly with a bestiary which includes flying two-headed tigers, long snouted fish and birds. This ancient monochrome print hangs in a room next to a series of frames in stark modern white, which feature cartoons making no sense till you hold up [...]
Bot Dylan: Singer-songwriter robot called Shimon can write its own lyrics and has an album out
Shimon the singing songwriting robot has been taught to write his own lyrics by studying tens of thousands of songs written by the musical greats. Developed by researchers from the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, the robot collaborates with human musicians and even has an album out in the spring. The robot was given [...]
Landscapes of emotions
Describing himself as a fine art conceptual and landscape photographer, Achintha Dahanayake 36 who was recently awarded the National award for Sri Lanka at the Sony World Photography awards, is a firm believer in the beauty of minimalism especially when it comes to landscape and conceptual photography. This week the Mirror Magazine got an introduction [...]
TV Times
‘Vijayaba Kollaya’ on DVD
The DVD version of the movie ‘Vijayaba Kollaya’ directed by Professor Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by H. D. Premasiri was launched at the New Sarasavi Bookshop at One Galle Face recently. ‘Vijayaba Kollaya’ was also voted as the most popular film at the 14th SLIM Nielson People’s awards ceremony. The first copy of the DVD [...]
Christopher Paul: Ever green living legend
Christopher Paul, ever green, veteran oldest Sri Lanka’s living vocalist in his twilight years, is now reported semi paralyzed status and is looked after by his daughter Harshini at her residence in Ja Ela. He was the number one and most sought-after one star during 60s and 70 era. ‘Ela dola ganga’, ‘Katuroda gammane’, ‘Wathura [...]
Fatal attraction and a policeman with deadly missions
Seasoned film artistes Chandana Edirisinghe and Pujitha Gunatillake’s maiden cinematic venture, ‘Sheleena’ has completed its production and ready for release soon. Produced by Pujitha himself for Sheleena Films, ‘Sheleena’ is to be released on MPI circuit cinemas islandwide. The thriller story revolves around a security officer who is on a mission to take revenge and [...]
Shakespeare Centre brings “Julius Caesar”
The newest theatrical production by the Shakespeare Centre of Sri Lanka, “Julius Caesar” is scheduled to be staged on May 17 at the Elphinstone Theatre Colombo 10. The play that was planned for March 15 was rescheduled following the closure of all public activities including plays and film screenings, due to the fear of Covid [...]
Colombo International Women’s Film Festival postponed
Colombo International Women’s Film Festival which was scheduled to be held from March 15 to 22 was cancelled due to prevailing health condition in the country. “Due to the current situation in the country, the organisers decided to postpone the second edition of Colombo International Women’s Film Festival,” Anomaa Rajakaruna, Artistic Director of ColomboIWFF told the [...]
Theatre course to create an all-round artiste
Shakespeare centre Sri Lanka is calling applications for the academic years 2020 – 2021. Started as a general course in 2014, study programme is collaborated with the Royal Shakespeare company and the western Australian academy of performing arts and now it is developed to a graduate study programme. The course is free of charge and [...]
Supreme Chef Returns
Off the back of its 2019 success, Supreme Chef with its judges’ Chef Ben Fernando and Wimal Wimalagoonaratna, is moving to a brand new kitchen which will accommodate a group of amateur cooks all hoping to be the next champion and Supreme Chef 2020. The show, featuring head-to-head cooking demonstrations and fun challenges, will hit [...]
Belgian Tour Operator BT Tours and Connaissance de Ceylan positive despite all set backs
A delegation representing ‘BT Tours’, a subsidiary of ‘Salaün Holidays’ is currently on an 8-day educational tour around Sri Lanka. Sponsored by Connaissance de Ceylan, the objective of this educational tour is promoting Sri Lanka as a tourist destination. One of the leading tour operators in France with 196 subsidiaries across the world, Salaün Holidays [...]