Features Diary

‘Encore For a Cause’ – a one-night show sees leading theatre group The Workshop Players coming together in aid of the Indira’ Cancer Trust’s Suwa Arana Paediatric Palliative Care Centre.

The show on March 18 at 7.30 p.m. at the Lionel Wendt Theatre is produced by Jerome L. de Silva and features a host of famous names from the Workshop Players and guest artistes joining them on stage to perform for this worthy cause.

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Winged mammals, nocturnal mysteries: Their beauty & our responsibility’ is the topic of this month’s Nations Trust Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) lecture by Dr. Tharaka Kusuminda on Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m. at Jasmine Hall, BMICH.

According to the National Redlist published in 2012, 18 (58%) Sri Lankan bat species are “nationally threatened” (five Critically Endangered, five Endangered, and eight Vulnerable). Protecting existing bat roosts, introducing artificial bat roosts, reducing pesticide usage in agriculture, growing fruiting and insect- attracting plants, converting your home garden into a bat-friendly home garden, raising public awareness, and minimizing sound and light pollution are some important steps toward bat conservation.

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Geoffrey Bawa is known as a master architect but not so well known is that he also designed furniture and other pieces in collaboration with many other artisans. Pieces from the architect’s practice at the Geoffrey Bawa Space, located at 42/1 Horton Place, Colombo 7 are currently on show in the exhibition Design in the Moment: Showcasing Furniture by the Geoffrey Bawa Practice.

The exhibition is open Wednesday through Sunday between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. except for major holidays. A series of curatorial tours and public programming will take place throughout the duration of the exhibition. More information is available on geoffreybawa.com and phantomhands.in.