The 1st Italian film festival in Sri Lanka will commence on 19 October, lasting for 3 days the festival will screen Itallian & Sri Lankan short & feature films. No self respecting film buff can claim a love of cinema & not have seen (or heard of, wink) Fellini’s 8 1/2 or Leone’s Once Upon A Time In The West. Italian classics induce a sensory haze similar ...
Avirate is a high-end clothing store on Maitland Crescent which now has it’s own café, just next to the shop. It’s a tiny little place, but very nice and the staff are lovely. They serve food (sandwiches, short eats, etc) and coffee – and now frozen yoghurt. You don’t often come across froyo in Colombo, which is surprising because it’s ...
Colombo Fashion Week’s inaugural resort wear show will kick off at Jetwing Lagoon in Negombo. Local designers will present their collections to the public alongside international favourites such as Bibi Russell. The concept of resort wear as an independent collection is novel in Sri Lanka & it will be interesting to see our established designers’ take. The line up can be viewed on CFW’s Facebook page ...
Here’s a quick rundown of 10 things you can do during a power cut. This is relevant because Sri Lanka is going to be seeing daily power cuts for the first time in years. This has happened because coal and thermal power plants have broken down and there isn’t enough rain to power hydro power plants. The end result ...
HoF (pronounced hoff) as it’s popularly known gets a bit of a bad rap. By a certain class of Colombar it used to be called the House of BO. An ugly and uppity reference to the fact that the bulk of its clientele aren’t quite as privileged as regular patrons of ODEL, Colombo’s high-end clothing flagship. It must be admitted ...
(Review by Khema) Smoke filled and dimly lit the Sopranos karaoke bar lives up to its mob-drama namesake. Well – almost. Sopranos isn’t a seedy dive – and the crowd tended more towards trendy young Colombo-ites, than to middle aged mobsters. This was my first venture into the world of karaoke- and expecting a cacophony of off key, and over enthusiastic vocals – I settled ...
Royal Thai is one of only three upmarket Thai restaurants (Jack Tree and Siam House) in Colombo. Located at Cinnamon Lakeside next to Long Feng, this is the best place to get authentic Thai in the city. It’s expensive, yes, but the food is delicious and their service is flawless. We’ve never once had a poor experience over the course ...
Being a foreigner in Sri Lanka – or white at any rate – is pretty easy most of the time. It can be a bit annoying being tall and white on days when you want to get a fair price on an un-metered tuk-tuk or at the market, but most of the attention I get is friendly – people ...
If Srina Palace is the king of Fancy Gift Items (see Borella Underpass and The Souq as well), the Lover is the queen – ie. prettier and better presented. The Lover is a hugely popular local shop, selling an abundance of plastic and shiny jewelled goods. Earrings, bracelets, rings, phone bling, handbags, shoes…you name it. And they have over 50 ...
Not so long ago we wrote a rather negative review of Roots, lamenting the poor service we’d experienced. But as mentioned in the review, Roots occasionally managed to pour us a decent drink despite their disappointing service. So it was with cautious expectations that we visited the Kohuwela Roots. But here, we’re happy to say, the service is good and ...
There’s a lot of events happening today, most notably the T20 World Cup. Today Australia is playing the West Indies at 3:30 PM (in Hambantota) and New Zealand is playing Pakistan at 7:30 PM (in Colombo). If you don’t have tickets, we’ve listed 6 Places You Can Watch The Match. Here are some other events: All Day Colombo International Book ...
More a peninsula than an island, Ruskin Island is scattered with private holiday homes & boutique hotels, but every once in a while this private stretch of land is the home of a somewhat special rave. This 28th Zonik Entertainment have organised Wicked Wonderland – which promises to ’fulfil your deepest darkest desires; …. introduce you to a new element of satisfaction as you sway ...
The Colombo National Museum is a beautiful building, and it should be a pleasure to see its halls filled with music. This concert of Oriental Music features artists from Sri Lanka and South Asia in general. Ustad Naseeruddin Saami (Vocals) Riyaz Ahmad Muhammad Uroog Khan Muhammad Rauf Saami Khalil Ghadri Dr. Eugene Draw (Violin) Moon Baziz (Violin) Saman Lenin Karunarathna ...
If you’ve got a drum, an open heart & a wish to change the world - head to Buba on the 22nd to join some new wave hippies for 10 Billion Beats (Sri Lanka). 10 billion beats is a global percussion wave that courses the earth over a period of 24 hours.Originating in Kansas, with brainchild Carlisle Bergquist tapping out the firsts few rhythms at 7 ...
The brand new and slightly under-utilized Nelum Pokuna theatre is hosting ‘Living Legends In Popular Music’. No Nanda Malini, so we wouldn’t say legendary per se, but there is an array of popular Sri Lankan artists, in a new and posh space. Mirage Noeline Hunter Geoffrey Fernando Judy de Silva Clifford Richards Rajitha The Rebels Rukshan Perera Ricky Bahar Dalreen ...
This is part of our Flower Drum trilogy – the canonical Flower Drum review, Flower Drum Revisited, and now this, Flower Drum Meh. There was also the spin-off, Flower Drum Chili Paste. Wanting to demonstrate to a foreign visitor the excellence of Sri Lankan Chinese food the other day I stepped into Flower Drum. I’ve long believed that in ...
The Electric Peacock Festival is back. Last year they brought us one half of Basement Jaxx and Chicane, and for 2013 they’ve snagged British rapper Tinie Tempah and the amazing electro duo AlunaGeorge. This should be a great, great gig. Tickets can be purchased from Anything.lk: Rs.2800 standard and Rs.4500 VIP. See you thee.
