“No one cares” about opera and ballet anymore, pronounced Chalamet, that adonis of our time. In Colombo at least, the cosmos strikes back: writers, catch the Gratien Trust’s Creativity in Writing lecture this evening, and Lakmahal’s author talk with Savin Edirisighe on Saturday.
Thespians, The Woman in Black is back for three days. On Saturday, the stage is also set for a watch party of the National Theatre’s The Importance of Being Earnest. No need to indulge in bunburying: as art clerb in the park will see you though those tricky social situations. If your knickers are still in a twist, tie-dye them. Open House Colombo is also selling out fast, as we’re sure will the wares at this Ramadan toy pop-up.
Forsake the colonizer’s tongue on Sunday and let your subaltern speak: kavi liyamu, a Sinhalese poetry workshop. If not, on the ides of March; a Sinhala adaptation of Julius Caesar at Elphinstone is on the cards. Evening is for drinks and board games.
The babas aren’t forgotten! Saturday is a rain stick [no we don’t know what that means] workshop at the Bawa Trust, and the art competition at Havelock City spans the weekend.
Pop by Barefoot gallery for Alakhshya. Exhibitions continue at Saskia Fernando and Paradise Road.
Did you know ‘the Middle East’ is the colonizer coinage? On Wednesday, decolonize social sciences and humanities. Conclude with the last Ways of Knowing tour on Thursday, followed by Gini’s tour of the Galapagos.
What to read
Which law governs what, when it comes to the oceans, is murky waters for us laymen. Consider Just Security’s exceedingly helpful breakdown of the IRIS Dena incident, what it says for Sri Lanka, and a Stanford sages’ take on the war at large.
Meanwhile, closer to home, everything from the Domestic Violence Act to labour is covered in the latest Polity. Adding to the diversity is a literature review examining menopause specifically in the context of Sri Lankan women.
O Level examinations just finished. Aptly, a study on exam-oriented educational pressure, with a side serving of parental influence. From last month, Richard Simon’s review of a civil servant’s memoirs.
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