Kandy’s trendy food setters on a blazing trail
What started off with a 10×10 tent, a table, a grill and a few chairs, now has the distinction of being rated the No. 1 restaurant in Kandy by TripAdvisor for three consecutive years. ‘Licensed to Grill’ who celebrated their sixth anniversary yesterday has indeed come a long way from being one of the first [...]
‘Getting to know children is a privilege’
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“When you look at a pack of jelly beans collectively you see the different colours and flavours and that makes you really happy. Children inspire the same feeling as they’re all different, unique and have their own abilities – Collectively they all bring joy.” For Samantha Van Eyck, her career as a Speech and Language [...]
A calendar inspired by the past and fashion-forward styling
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As part of its fifth anniversary celebrations, The Agency Sri Lanka has launched ‘Dynasty’, its digital calendar for 2021 with the 12 months depicting epic tales from the great Sri Lankan dynasties, dating as far back as the 5th century B.C. in an avant-garde setting and with fashion-forward styling. These epic tales trace their roots [...]
Mirror
A spicy combination
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Three students capitalise on the yearning for home-food when far from home In 2017, good friends, far from home, relished a food item prepared by the family of one of them. It was a tasty badhuma, prepared according to a Matara recipe passed down through the generations. Miles from home, despite the varied cuisine of [...]
TV Times
Abhisheka: Multi faceted personality
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Being able to control pitch to develop further is one of the prime fundamental aspects of singing. We know that a good singer like Abhisheka Wimalaweera typically should possess exceeding control over the pitch of her voice singing sans strain going through her range with relative ease. Since she was a toddler her parents Sunil [...]
A tribute to Nihal Nelson
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A road in Moratuwa has been named as ‘Nihal Nelson Mawatha’, a tribute to the popular singer Nihal Nelson on 9th January, 2021, the 75th birthday of the veteran vocalist. The ceremony of unveiling the name board ‘Nihal Nelson Mawatha’ was held in Rawathawatta, Moratuwa, the home town of Nihal Nelson, under the patronage of [...]
‘Eyes Only’ by Gayan Prageeth
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Gayan Prageeth’s latest exhibition, titled ‘Eyes Only’, revolves around the developments of the politics and corruption in Sri Lanka, will be held from 27 January to 19 February, 2021 at Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo 7. His thought provoking use of intricate illustrations of destruction and imagery illustrating these storiesmakes these art pieces distinct and interesting [...]
Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato and more stars set to perform at Joe Biden’s inauguration
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Joe Biden is getting ready to dance, dance, dance at his upcoming presidential inauguration. Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato, Jon Bon Jovi and R&B singer Ant Clemons will perform as part of the inauguration festivities for President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Wedfnesday, January 20, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) announced. The music superstars [...]
Cinema after pandemic will be more artistic than entertainment – Vimukthi
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Vimukthi Jayasundara – the winner of Camera d’Or award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 2003 for his debut ‘Sulanga Enu Pinisa’ or “Forsaken Land”– has come a long way as a filmmaker, critic, social activist and teacher in cinema. His Bengali language film ‘Chatrak’ (Mushroom) is now being screened in cinemas. By Susitha [...]
Colombo Film School opens
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Four Master Classes to promote cinema Filmmaker Sudath Mahadiulwewa is the new Head Sri Lanka’s first ever government certified film institute, Colombo Film School, affiliated to Sri Lanka Foundation Institute has been started with a completely new vision and format under the leadership of award winning filmmaker and teledrama director Sudath Mahadiulwewa. Functioning under the [...]
Master Film Festival on January 22
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A film festival representing films by four filmmakers who conduct the master classes will be held on January 22 at the Colombo Film School. Starting from 10 am, the back to back film screening will feature Chinthana Dharmadasa’s debut film ‘How I wonder what you are’, Boodee Keerthisena’s ‘Mille Soya’, Vimukthi Jayasundara’s ‘Sulanga Gini Aran’ [...]
‘Meti Kadulu’ on Rupavahini
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‘Meti Kadulu’, a new teledrama directed by Nimal Ratnayake and produced by Gaya Ekanayake is now being telecast at 9 pm from Monday to Thrusday on National Television. Started on January 11, the teledrama stars Anjana Premaratne, Jehan Appuhamy, Anuradha Edirisinghe, Udayanthi Kulatunga, Wasantha Ranwala, Michelle Dilhara, Ranil Prasad, Sisira Thadikara, Sunil Dissanayake, Pavithra Wickremasinghe, [...]