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Dmitri returns to the stage with songs of hope
This Easter Sunday, soprano Dmitri Gunatilake has some good news to share. Come Friday, April 29, she will be performing in public after three years, this time presenting a soulful evening of Gospel songs. “Music, I think, is a universal language which somehow brings joy to everyone at any given time – if anyone’s sad, [...]
Stay connected: Workspace options during power cuts
With the endless heat and continuous stress of deadlines piling up, the work-from-home routine has been worsened by the extended power cuts the country is subject to. Students facing exams and online study, as well as professionals whose job roles are dependent on technology and WiFi, are badly affected. This week we take a look [...]
TV Times
Hiran’s journey from Playhouse Kotte to coveted Olivier award
Sri Lankan theatre actor Hiran Abeysekera last week won the 2022 Olivier Awards for the Best Actor for his performance in the stage adaptation of ‘Life of Pi’ made based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Yann Martel. A Sri Lankan from heart and soul, having received his award at the Royal Albert Hall in [...]
Goethe Institute airs the movie ‘The Guardian’
Goethe Institute of Colombo will screen the award winning film ‘The Guardian’ by Martina Priessner as part of the Docu-Forum Online on April 20 from 6.30 pm. Germany, Kurdish and Turkish co-production with English subtitles is a story set in Turkey. For 18 years, the Syrian Orthodox nun Dayrayto lives on the grounds of a [...]
Magellan Champlain (MC) launches ‘Little Free Library’
Magellan Champlain has launched a book donation exchange stations for children – MC’s Little Free Library, which aims to promote reading and literacy in children. MC Little Free Library was inspired by MC Founder Sarrah Sammoon’s who said her company. Magellan Champlain’s purpose was to celebrate freedom. Freedom means different things to each individual. For [...]
Jason Aldean and Bryan Adams take 2022 CMT Awards to ‘Heaven’
Back in 2008, Jason Aldean and Bryan Adams teamed up for an episode of CMT Crossroads, for the ultimate country/rock crossover. And on Monday night (April 11), they reunited to perform Adams’ 1985 hit “Heaven” at the 2022 CMT Music Awards. They took the rainy outdoor stage on Nashville’s Broadway for the duet, trading lines of the opening verse before joining together [...]