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# Where to go and what to read
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/where-to-go-and-what-to-read-36/
- Published: 2026-06-19T07:36:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-19T07:36:14.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: Diary, maintag-Diary, Week-23-2026

Colombo is alive and kicking this evening. The marvelously named HearHere grooves out [SanSun](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZaCW4Jvjzc/?ref=examiner.media) at MusicMatters. Then gander over to what used to be the hood, the Rio, for [HoodPolitics](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYWKDPnDLE2/?img%5Findex=1&ref=examiner.media) and its curtain call of hiphop DJs. For more whitebread fare, [Where is House?](https://www.instagram.com/p/DY7Niwusgbq/?ref=examiner.media) at Coco Bar. Or a more colourful palette at Vault’s [House of Pride](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZnAT7Bk5QU/?ref=examiner.media). 

German research teaches us about [violence and erasure,](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZeP5MHo%5FFM/?ref=examiner.media) courtesy the history collective. While the Bawa Trust screens a [film](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZJrZ9vFwGO/?img%5Findex=6&ref=examiner.media) on how *kultur* becomes *kunst*. 

Learn your history this Saturday, on [stamps](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZmBq%5FtCGPo/?img%5Findex=1&ref=examiner.media) and on [walks](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZemrnWIu2m/?ref=examiner.media). All you probably want for father’s day is a beer and some time off from the kids. Unfortunately for you [Havelock City](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZr2bBAj-Mt/?ref=examiner.media) and the [Bawa Trust](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kids-event-mark-the-wallexhibition-design-craft-room-display-tickets-1990943751355?aff=ebdssbcitybrowse&ref=examiner.media) have other ideas. But hey, at least you’ll get a card out of it.

Love the catholic aesthetic? Sun Catcher is hosting a [glass painting](https://www.instagram.com/p/DY4X5M3DRfq/?img%5Findex=5&ref=examiner.media) workshop you’ll want to slot in. Or if you prefer to wing it, there’s Sinhala comedy [improv](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZKRqrWoiCD/?ref=examiner.media). Colombo’s latest party start-up is appropriately [hosted](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYhN6NLyHWn/?ref=examiner.media) at Hatch. 

A predictably wider spread from the mother’s day high teas, hotels are offering ribs, drinks, and dinners for [father’s day](https://www.happeningcolombo.com/?ref=examiner.media). There’s also [scenic flights](https://www.facebook.com/events/1029321306277737/?acontext=%7B%22event%5Faction%5Fhistory%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery%5Flocal%5Ftab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref%5Fnotif%5Ftype%22%3Anull%7D), [race car simulators](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZHUUzbkxvu/?ref=examiner.media), and [tea mixology](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZpSgnHDlTX/?ref=examiner.media). 

On Sunday, the French sponsor [live music](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZmpcMWgB6Q/?igsh=ZTF5cXJwY3pkMXVi&ref=examiner.media), and get their money back at a [market](https://web.facebook.com/events/1446000027336363/?acontext=%7B%22event%5Faction%5Fhistory%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery%5Flocal%5Ftab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref%5Fnotif%5Ftype%22%3Anull%7D&%5Frdc=1&%5Frdr&ref=examiner.media). The Punchi gives us the [play](https://www.facebook.com/events/1909954829722235/?acontext=%7B%22event%5Faction%5Fhistory%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery%5Flocal%5Ftab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref%5Fnotif%5Ftype%22%3Anull%7D) most widely awarded at the state drama festival. [Queer storytellers](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZSGtl1H0Gj/?img%5Findex=1&ref=examiner.media) discuss literature, as do we. On Wednesday Bawa Trust opens [Akurugraphy](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZJrZ9vFwGO/?img%5Findex=5&ref=examiner.media). Take your unsupportive parents to watch [Just a Phase.](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZj5exQEWzi/?ref=examiner.media) 

Investors, head to a [seminar](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1345991831002875&set=gm.1561103528778406) by the stock exchange on how to make money, and then on [tax changes](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1345991831002875&set=gm.1561103528778406) to know if you’ll lose it. 

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*What to read*

Edison no longer likes electricity, Thiruni Kelegama [reviews](https://polity.lk/motherland-amita-arudpragasam-harvest-moon/?ref=examiner.media) Amita Arudpragasam’s magisterial “Motherland”. The self-reflexive haunting of photojournalist Shyam Thekwani’s wartime [snaps](https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/the-afterlife-of-wars-images/?ref=examiner.media) .

Devanesan Nesiah is dead. [Read](https://groundviews.org/2026/06/15/dr-devanesan-nesiah-a-civil-servant-who-told-the-truth/?ref=examiner.media) about the life and works of a mighty civil servant, and his enduring [legacy](https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-sri-lankan-family-we-can-become/?ref=examiner.media). Polity has also [compiled](https://polity.lk/devanesan-nesiah/?utm%5Fsource=ig&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcontent=link%5Fin%5Fbio&fbclid=PAZnRzaAShxq1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAaeSQk3kWTut-8iCLESFQXjen4xKDVo5iH65fk8cuGwzHWIgXtMAcSXfYoA0VA%5Faem%5FlmE-7rI9mzQD6ZJ0Rg33Ng) his works. Visakesa refuses to stick to films. Groundviews [interviews](https://groundviews.org/2026/06/12/the-story-of-a-queer-buddhist-monk-challenges-social-structures/?ref=examiner.media) him on his new Gratiaen award winning book. As supplementary material, a spotlight from the [Himal archive](https://www.himalmag.com/sri-lanka-lgbt-article-365/?ref=examiner.media) on decriminalising same sex relationships in Sri Lanka.

Read about the [fuel price](https://www.ft.lk/ft%5Fview%5F%5Feditorial/The-price-is-wrong-twice-Sri-Lanka-s-fuel-is-both-overpriced-and-underpriced/58-793292?ref=examiner.media) in the FT, and to understand better those to blame for our woes, a breakdown of the [US-Iran agreement](http://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/politics/us-iran-agreement-deal-text.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.rFA.sE-3.IoE8rhXX8ibl&smid=nytcore-android-share&ref=examiner.media). LSE publishes on [building business](https://www.lse.ac.uk/south-asia-centre/assets/documents/WorkingPapers/SriLanka-FINAL-Resilient-Entrepreneurship.pdf?ref=examiner.media) in Sri Lanka and the government releases its [national export strategy](https://www.srilankabusiness.com/ebooks/national-export-strategy-of-sri-lanka.pdf?ref=examiner.media).