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# Where to go and what to read
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/where-to-go-and-what-to-read-35/
- Published: 2026-06-12T08:14:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-12T08:16:13.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: Week-22-2026, Diary, maintag-Diary

This afternoon, “To Whom Does the Buddha Belong?” a children’s book [launch](https://x.com/sasmester/status/2064926027365879929/photo/1?ref=examiner.media) at the National Library. Or, speaking of Indian imports, a few hours later, Colombo uni hosts a [webinar](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/senior-professor-premaratne-s-p-81713522%5Fshare-7470686456903147521-lNJK/?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop&rcm=ACoAAAEMqXABFhuz-5NijOvl6xsnH0Zkp0-uRAk) on the Indo-Lanka FTA. 

Classical music this weekend: Saturday, the Mahler Society [opens](https://gmsc.lk/concerts/upcoming/f809752c-b104-4075-9e6c-04242661ed48?ref=examiner.media) their season at the Wendt. Pride [quiz](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZEmcxbnW57/?ref=examiner.media) at Lakmahal. [Monsoon Music’s](https://themonsoonparty.agastra.lk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSXxJxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIRU52b2xWblAzMEF0ZFpCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtxsq%5FBiaM6NR9MigKECW-ObGPTxX3RCuwf3BLTOQr8O3vah7gfz5T3TRVfG%5Faem%5FKktT8PoCXLfwIKsrizP-1w&ref=examiner.media) line-up is torrential. 

On Sunday, [table music](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZPI8TioI5-/?ref=examiner.media) and tears from the Chamber Music Society. One hopes the victuals aren’t only auditory. [*Lokka Ledawela*](https://myseat.lk/%5F%5Fview-event.php?hall-name=Namel%20Malini%20Punchi%20Theatre&event-name=Lokka%20Leda%20Wela&event-date=2026-06-14&event-time=15:30&ref=examiner.media), a Sinhala political satire at the Punchi Theater. And this year’s Sri Lanka Expo [launches](https://srilankaexpo.lk/?ref=examiner.media). BrownSugar’s pop-up [market](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZcYUfZCXLy/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fweb%5Fcopy%5Flink&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==). [Sithakaash Dance company](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZRazdujTm1/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fweb%5Fcopy%5Flink&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==) at the British Council. Also on this weekend and throughout the week is an [exhibition](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZZoOWhuzY7/?igsh=MTdzbDN4b3F5aTlvaA%3D%3D&ref=examiner.media) juxtaposing two islands, Sardinia and Lanka, at Radicle. 

Wednesday, Music Matters students’ jazz [show](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZU0KHYvW6G/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fweb%5Fcopy%5Flink&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). And then on Friday, The Bawa Trust’s Youth Collective [screens](https://geoffreybawa.com/events?ref=examiner.media) [Realms of the Reel](https://geoffreybawa.com/events?ref=examiner.media), a film exploring how artists from around the globe incorporate culture into their art.

Turns out, letters aren’t just for words, and words just for sentences. Later in the month [Arkurugraphy](https://geoffreybawa.com/akurugraphy?ref=examiner.media) [examines](https://geoffreybawa.com/events/kids-event-your-mark-on-the-wallexhibition-design-craft-room-display?ref=examiner.media) the history and aesthetics of vernacular and Latin typography in Sri Lanka. Debate whether “misogyny is being coded into the very fabric of our future” at Lakmahal’s[ non-fiction book club](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZEmcxbnW57/?ref=examiner.media). Music Matters presents a [fusion performance](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZaCW4Jvjzc/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fweb%5Fcopy%5Flink&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) of Jazz, Latin, Indian, and low-country music. Or no doubt just as eclectic, Muvindu’s sound listening [party](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZWzQp9M3YP/?igsh=ZXBsOWljeDZiY2Nx&ref=examiner.media). The Central Bank economic research director’s [masterclass](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ibsl-banking-finance-share-7470369500140519427-V6iS/?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop&rcm=ACoAAAEMqXABFhuz-5NijOvl6xsnH0Zkp0-uRAk). 

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*What to read*

The Central Bank’s governor briefed MPs on the economy, here’s his [powerpoint](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7470543614142685185/?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop&rcm=ACoAAAEMqXABFhuz-5NijOvl6xsnH0Zkp0-uRAk). Other than offering a comprehensive overview of the economy, he says inflation is his problem, growth is the politicians problem. On that question, Dhananath Fernando argues the politicos don’t have a [plan](https://www.themorning.lk/articles/Qe19jCOKpIEXJ7kd2M1m?ref=examiner.media), and the IMF can’t help much on that front either. 

Verité Research takes a ciggie break, [taxes](https://publicfinance.lk/en/topics/cigarette-got-a-tax-break-while-everything-else-got-taxed-more-1780451787?ref=examiner.media) are their hit. So is the [EPF’s transparency](https://www.veriteresearch.org/publication/the-employment-provident-fund-in-sri-lanka-a-comparative-assessment-of-the-adequacy-of-information-disclosure/?ref=examiner.media) and disclosure. 

Our former man in Saudi, P.K. Amza, [traces](https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-forgotten-story-of-ceylon-house-in-makkah/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSXkMJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe55LSdxsmZv5yUm5G5t6041jx-H0v12ScOEW0ewNMsbC1GgMo9CUfwJJanMI%5Faem%5FcQNg6CmuAzcXvvm5quw2PQ&ref=examiner.media) the history of Ceylon House in Mecca. A group of archaeologists dig further back in time. Ancient kingdoms on the island [didn’t collapse](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00438243.2026.2664414?ref=examiner.media), they say, they “de-urbanized.” Finally, Asanga Welikala on the pope’s AI encyclical, [*Magnifica Humanita*](https://thenewdigest.substack.com/p/artificial-intelligence-and-the-common?r=pg8x9&utm%5Fmedium=ios&triedRedirect=true)*.* Is AI the new Tower of Babel?