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# Where to go and what to read
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/where-to-go-and-what-to-do/
- Published: 2026-05-08T06:27:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-08T08:33:21.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: Diary, maintag-Diary, Week-17-2026

Whether you’re in awe over the Met Gala costumes or in a rage over Jeff Bezos’ money, [Take a Chill Pill ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXuAK3TEvfg/?ref=examiner.media)at Radicle to get the edge off. If that’s not enough, [Love, Lies, and Wildlife ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX9Up0GIRI6/?ref=examiner.media)abounds Friday through Sunday at the Wendt. 

Sometimes, history is closer to us than we think. The Aragalaya is already in the past. [Memories ](https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BpGC7nJZW/)of it at JDA Perera this weekend. 

Rage against the work week with this weekend’s cornucopia of events. Saturday morning, [write](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXliahviBk-/?ref=examiner.media) on paper, or [fold](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXlddUUAqqH/?img%5Findex=2&ref=examiner.media) it. If neither appeals, a [marine chat](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXV%5FVPCkUmp/?ref=examiner.media). In the evening, a Celtic-Lankan [artist talk](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-talk-with-padrig-morin-cultural-and-political-resistance-in-art-tickets-1988823646063?ref=examiner.media) at Barefoot. Ditch their bookshop in favour of a [bargain book sale](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX8biUcvY3o/?ref=examiner.media) and then a [quiz night](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXwVaNbgNZZ/?ref=examiner.media). 

On Sunday, remember to wish your mums their best. Colombo is [teeming ](https://www.happeningcolombo.com/?ref=examiner.media)with Mother’s Day brunches, lunches, and high teas. Or get adventurous and take mother to make a [bou-clay](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXmDNcSjdMs/?img%5Findex=3&ref=examiner.media) (bouquet, but clay), a [painting](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXqrV9NkQG9/?ref=examiner.media), or work some [wood](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXlddUUAqqH/?img%5Findex=3&ref=examiner.media). Mommy issues? Count on a feminist [reading praxis](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXuB-hlCCFX/?ref=examiner.media) to salvage – or destroy – your relationship. Lakmahal’s [creative writer’s group](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX-xtnQCY7o/?ref=examiner.media) meets in the evening. End the weekend with some tasteful music at [Manthrayaana](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX0c8oJjHrw/?ref=examiner.media).

Did you know Sri Lanka, in an apparent fit of lunacy, adopted a lunar calendar for a while in the 1960s? PVR [screens](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX7QLj5E40g/?ref=examiner.media) a documentary on it on Friday. 

The following week, connect with traditions at the [*dewol maduwa*](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXzXWShGeSq/?img%5Findex=1&ref=examiner.media) at the Chitrasena. For the girlies cosplaying as aunties, a new ~~run~~ [walk club](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX3ntJTiEqp?ref=examiner.media). 

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*What to read* 

*Examination* looks at AI in garments; Vishmila Fernando [says](https://lirneasia.net/2026/05/are-monsters-real/?ref=examiner.media) the problem isn’t the machines, it’s the people holding the controls. 

The legacy of the Bawas’ gardens continues to grow. Brief creeps [into](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/t-magazine/favorite-garden-visit-artists.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.glA.Ewc1.1YddwL3LMSHn&ref=examiner.media) the New York Times. 

The feminist economic collective [argues](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAblVgJmY6Z0OHqJaTvEZpsgNLA9tqlO/view?usp=sharing&ref=examiner.media) that Sri Lanka’s economic crisis sparked the spontaneous emergence of feminist spaces and policies. Hardly surprising though, given they typically face the worst of it. Vindhya Buthpitiya writes more [photo anthropology](https://newbooksnetwork.com/a-volatile-picture?ref=examiner.media), where photographs emerge as “incendiary agents.”

Also, the [life](https://groundviews.org/2026/05/01/suriya-wickremasinghe-a-life-in-service-of-justice-rights-and-human-dignity/?ref=examiner.media) of “a fearless fighter against the excesses of emergency rule” Suriya Wickremasinghe.