Colombo is alive and kicking this evening. The marvelously named HearHere grooves out SanSun at MusicMatters. Then gander over to what used to be the hood, the Rio, for HoodPolitics and its curtain call of hiphop DJs. For more whitebread fare, Where is House? at Coco Bar. Or a more colourful palette at Vault’s House of Pride.
German research teaches us about violence and erasure, courtesy the history collective. While the Bawa Trust screens a film on how kultur becomes kunst.
Learn your history this Saturday, on stamps and on walks. All you probably want for father’s day is a beer and some time off from the kids. Unfortunately for you Havelock City and the Bawa Trust 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 workshop you’ll want to slot in. Or if you prefer to wing it, there’s Sinhala comedy improv. Colombo’s latest party start-up is appropriately hosted at Hatch.
A predictably wider spread from the mother’s day high teas, hotels are offering ribs, drinks, and dinners for father’s day. There’s also scenic flights, race car simulators, and tea mixology.
On Sunday, the French sponsor live music, and get their money back at a market. The Punchi gives us the play most widely awarded at the state drama festival. Queer storytellers discuss literature, as do we. On Wednesday Bawa Trust opens Akurugraphy. Take your unsupportive parents to watch Just a Phase.
Investors, head to a seminar by the stock exchange on how to make money, and then on tax changes to know if you’ll lose it.
What to read
Edison no longer likes electricity, Thiruni Kelegama reviews Amita Arudpragasam’s magisterial “Motherland”. The self-reflexive haunting of photojournalist Shyam Thekwani’s wartime snaps .
Devanesan Nesiah is dead. Read about the life and works of a mighty civil servant, and his enduring legacy. Polity has also compiled his works. Visakesa refuses to stick to films. Groundviews interviews him on his new Gratiaen award winning book. As supplementary material, a spotlight from the Himal archive on decriminalising same sex relationships in Sri Lanka.
Read about the fuel price in the FT, and to understand better those to blame for our woes, a breakdown of the US-Iran agreement. LSE publishes on building business in Sri Lanka and the government releases its national export strategy.
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