The current face of the Colombo Jewellery Stores advertising campaign for the ‘Quite Simply Stunning’ collection, former beauty queen, top model and Bollywood star, Jacqueline Fernandesz sported a stunning necklace, earrings and bracelet from the "Otara" Jewellery Collection – Sri Lanka's first 'celebrity' jewellery collection crafted by Colombo Jewellery Stores on her recent visit to Sri Lanka.
The "Kaleidoscope" collection worn by Jacqueline featuring precious gems in signature ‘O’ styling was designed by Otara Gunawardena, CEO of Odel.
Otara partnered with Colombo Jewellery Stores to draw from her life and tastes, to design a distinct range of jewellery that is fun to wear and enduring in style.
Something new, something old
The Bride and Groom wedding fair held last month at the BMICH saw a range of bridal styles on the catwalk from the traditional to the contemporary. Veteran designer Chrissy Aloysius unveiled her latest collection for the bride and her retinue in a special showing presenting the different brides in their distinct styles.
A fun-filled holiday workshop for youngsters
MILK, the mother and kids store and café, is running an exciting holiday programme from August 8 - 20 at 12, Barnes Place, Colombo 7 with arts and crafts including fabric and t-shirt painting, modelling insects using plaster of paris, painting on canvas, making wind chimes, fridge magnets, card making and other creative crafts using recycling materials all geared for children from 4-10 years of age.
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New additions to the programme, which proved popular last year, will be a special jewellery making workshop run by EMERGE where children can learn to make their own jewellery. EMERGE is a charitable organisation that provides life skills and a financial foundation to secure the future of girls 10 – 18 yrs who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or risk of abuse. Also new, will be a puppetry show and workshop based on the traditional stories of "Mahadena Muththa" who thinks he knows everything. Sulochana, brings to life characters of Mahadanamuththa and his newest 'Golayas' in a form of puppetry, novel to Sri Lanka - the Wayang Golek puppets of Indonesia - in a highly interactive fashion which allows kids to influence the decisions of the Mahadanamuththa and his advisory committee!
MILK will also be running extra Book Club Events every Saturday in August as part of this programme. These are fun literary activities designed to entertain young minds and encourage an interest in reading and books. On Saturday August 20, “Mr Moon Throws a Party”, a fun short story, introduces the concepts of the planets, gravity, earth and relationships between them through characterization that kids can identify with.
The story will be told by its author Ramya Jirasinghe, Deputy Director of the US-SL Fulbright Commission, followed by a creative activity that will enable kids to better understand these concepts. On August 28, Lakmini Wijemanne, will read the well-loved Julia Donaldson story “ Room on the Broom”.The holiday workshops run from August 8- 19 from Monday - Friday from 9. 30- 11.30.
For further information or to register please call MILK on 2696286, check Facebook: milk@12 barnes place or email to milk4kids@gmail.com.
Moving Platform gives us ‘Dinner with Friends’
The AIDS Foundation of Sri Lanka will hold a Dinner Theatre in aid of UNAIDS and to support children living with HIVAIDS.
The highly sought after dramatic group “Moving Platform” who have done many international tours will be performing in Sri Lanka for the first time. They will present the play ‘Dinner with Friends’ on August 18 and 19.
The dinner theatre performance will be held at Park Street Mews on August 18 followed by another show at the Bishop’s College auditorium on August 19. Dinner with Friends”, a Pulitzer Award winning play by American playwright Donald Margulies is directed by Feroz Khan, known for his critically acclaimed “Gandhi My Father” and shows such as “Tumhari Amrita”, “Mahatma v/s Gandhi” and “Salesman Ramlal”. The play, ‘Dinner with Friends’ is the apparently simple story of one couple’s breakup and its effect on their closest friends, but it evolves into an examination of the nature of friendship itself. How much should a friend confide? What are the consequences of withholding some of the truth? Can we ever really trust another person? Are our friends seen clearly as the people they are or through the prism of our own expectations?
Anyone who has ever loved and/or been disappointed in a friend will be at home at this play. For those who have been married for some time, or divorced, Dinner with Friends will resonate even more deeply. The play's serious themes, though, do not stop it from being funny.
For more information and reservations, call Nuwanthi on 0776748628.
AIDS Foundation
The AIDS Foundation of Lanka, was established as the logical follow-up organisation to the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (8th ICAAP), held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in August 2007. The Foundation was inaugurated in November 2008, with a Board of Management consisting of several eminent persons and is currently working to initiate and lend a helping hand HIV/AIDS programmes. |
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