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Scaling a height as challenging as Everest
On a life’s mission to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents, Johann Peries talks of his most recent expedition to Denali in North America By Shannon Salgado Back in Sri Lanka after one of his mountaineering adventures, Johann Peries sat down with Kumar de Silva in Hilton Colombo’s Moonstone/Amethyst Room to [...]
Bishopians have a Holi-inspired day of fun and frolic
Everyone was asked to come in white and be prepared to wallow in colour as the Past Pupils’ Association and the Oriental Dance Society of Bishop’s College held their Holi-inspired ‘Festival of Colours’ at the school on the morning of Saturday, June 24. Widely celebrated in India, Holi is a joyful tradition dating back centuries [...]
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Centre Stage Musicals by Jehan Aloysius
Jehan Aloysius and his team are hard at work rehearsing for an exciting musical theatre event for the whole family. The show, titled ‘CentreStage Musicals’ is a one-night-only musical celebration to mark the 22nd Anniversary of Jehan’s amateur drama group, CentreStage Productions. It will be staged on Friday, 14th of July at the Lionel Wendt [...]
Comedy play in Kotte
‘Balloth Ekka Bae – 2’ Playwright Ravindra Ariyarathne’s political satire ‘Balloth Ekka Bae-2’ will be staged at 3.30 pm to 6.45 pm on July 16 at St. Thomas College auditorium in Kotte. Organised by YCS of St Thomas’ Church of Kotte, the comedy play is staged to raise funds for the YCS projects. Popular stars [...]
India’s renowned musician Joydeep Ghosh here
India’s leading Sarod, Surshringar and Mohanveena artiste, Joydeep Ghosh will be in Sri Lanka for a series of performances around the country. He started learning Sarod from the tender age of five under the able guidance of the great masters late Sangeetacharya Anil Roychoudhury , late Sangeetacharya Radhika Mohan Moitra and Padmabhusan Acharya Buddhadev Dasgupta [...]
‘The Grand Walawwa’ Historic retreat in Kegalle
By Sanath Weerasuriya Kegalle is not a popular tourist destination. But enhancing the much needed up market hospitality touch to the city of Kegalle, ‘The Grand Walawwa’, a colonial Bungalow converted to a luxury hotel was opened last week. Set in a private five acre natural habitat in Kegalle, just five minutes’ drive from the [...]