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# Where to go and what to read
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/where-to-go-and-what-to-read-38/
- Published: 2026-07-03T06:59:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-03T10:01:28.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: Diary, maintag-Diary, Week-25-2026

This evening, the Barefoot Gallery reopens to a [show](https://www.instagram.com/p/DaAZP-tGBbd/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fweb%5Fcopy%5Flink&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) from Alex Stewart. Kiku’s DJs take us [back to the 90s.](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZrFzZxu0zJ/?ref=examiner.media) Or [solve a murder mystery ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZrfpnqsZOf/?ref=examiner.media)at the Shangri-La's Tiki Bar — presumably the skeletons unearthed during its construction. 

Come Saturday, the Bar Association’s [forum](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R-tPjxkDRKOLVq9BAMOIrFYyrEV%5F-OE4/view?usp=sharing&ref=examiner.media) on extending judges retirement age at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. CCC hosts an [exhibition](https://www.instagram.com/p/DaNXB-vpd7j/?igsh=MXY3aWhhZ2J3OWJrZQ%3D%3D&ref=examiner.media) of Chinese and Lankan artifacts. The small-business great and good set out their stalls at the[ Good Market](https://www.happeningcolombo.com/?ref=examiner.media). That evening, staid gentility gives way to comedic chaos – Jehan Aloysius’ anniversary edition of[ Bengal Bungalow](https://mytickets.lk/events/6a27a6992ed4eb576e143c10?ref=examiner.media) at the Wendt. 

On Sunday, and any other time for that matter, see how Sri Lanka [remembers](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ4PwgSyKvG/?ref=examiner.media) that it’s surrounded by sea, at Radicle. [Jagath Weerasinghe](https://www.saskiafernandogallery.com/exhibitions/169-trapped-in-a-broken-dream-i-still-think-jagath-weerasinghe/?ref=examiner.media)’s trapped in a broken dream and [Thisath Thoradeniya](https://www.saskiafernandogallery.com/exhibitions/?ref=examiner.media) giving it to you the way you like it at Saskia’s. 

Mid-week [ "How to Lead Gen Z"](https://allevents.in/colombo/july?ref=examiner.media) seminar at the Hilton on the 15th, for managers still puzzling over why nobody answers emails after six.

The week after, Umaria headlines[ HER](https://mytickets.lk/events/69fdc82e194f0f3f1b9909a0?ref=examiner.media)at the Havelock Grounds, the Menaka Singers bring[ opera to the Alliance Française](https://www.instagram.com/p/DaNVpRgDzay/?ref=examiner.media), and Galle Face Hotel lays on[ Butter & Bass](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZRZcpIMRrk/?ref=examiner.media)*,* a brunch that outstays its welcome in the best way, running till eleven at night. El Barrio pairs[ five wines with five plates of tapas](https://www.instagram.com/p/DaPzmVeoHnv/?ref=examiner.media) — a sound ratio — while Music Matters throws open its[ open mic](https://www.instagram.com/p/DaFV1K-RlhO/?ref=examiner.media) to the brave and the tone-deaf alike. [Verses & Voids](https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ9OaMICM%5Fp/?img%5Findex=1&ref=examiner.media)*,* an open mic at the Bawa Space — and by evening, Soul Sounds’[ The Pop Era](https://web.facebook.com/HiOnlineSL/posts/-soul-sounds-returns-to-the-lionel-wendt-with-the-pop-erasri-lankas-premier-fema/1654280336703827/?%5Frdc=1&%5Frdr&ref=examiner.media). Sri Lanka and [RCEP](https://event.chamber.lk/Details/Event/479?ref=examiner.media) at the Ceylon Chamber, and a [forum](https://web.facebook.com/share/p/1LyorSgE1U/?ref=examiner.media) on tax-optimisation. 

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*What to read*

The visiting IMF team urged the government [unscrew](https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/06/30/pr26229-sri-lanka-imf-staff-concludes-visit?ref=examiner.media) the capex spending taps. Sunil Bastian argues we’re [still](https://groundviews.org/2026/07/01/the-post-war-sri-lankan-state-some-reflections-part-1/?ref=examiner.media) a post-war state. Vidura Rajapaksa praises [confrontation](https://vidurabr.com/essays/in-praise-of-confrontation?ref=examiner.media), but *Diary* being a good islander joins Bertrand Russel in praising [idleness](https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/?ref=examiner.media). 

Tisaranee Gunasekara on [how](https://www.himalmag.com/sri-lanka-sinhala-buddhism-history-hemarathana/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSzSGZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFkUWVGN0JUZlVkNFcybHpxc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiUcZS6NHFxdHf7Io1lRkcy4MjG5%5F3otIxO2sR9RcOHRKlfBDtkQ1d6BZ2ho%5Faem%5FsQofSPMlo%5FMP1wT5j72-mg&ref=examiner.media) power, caste and politics perverted Sri Lankan Buddhism. Thilaganathan Segaran [traces](https://web.facebook.com/100063501853076/posts/today-the-galle-trilingual-inscription-has-been-relegated-to-a-quiet-corner-of-t/1662461302547249/?%5Frdc=1&%5Frdr&ref=examiner.media) the medieval trilingual (Chinese, Tamil, Persian) inscription in Galle.

The Human Rights Commission [finds](https://www.hrcsl.lk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/HRC-SUO-MOTU-02-2024.pdf?ref=examiner.media) that you can’t withhold exam results because of how you’re dressed. International IDEA [looks](https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/2025-10/financing-the-costs-of-embs-and-electoral-cycle-activity-in-sri-lanka.pdf?ref=examiner.media) at the Election Commission’s finances to check if they’re really independent. 

Mongabay counts the flamingos[ electrocuted](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/power-lines-threaten-sri-lankas-iconic-migrant-flamingos/?ref=examiner.media) on Mannar's power lines (three), finds Asia's shark and ray hotspots[ poorly protected](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/asias-shark-and-ray-hotspots-remain-poorly-protected-study-finds/?ref=examiner.media), and embeds with the[ war on dengue](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/sri-lanka-intensifies-fight-against-dengue-and-the-mosquitos-that-cause-the-infection/?ref=examiner.media) — the only conflict where everyone cheers on the drones. Meanwhile across the Strait, our man in Madras says [*vannakam*](https://web.facebook.com/share/p/1bmDRsM9c8/?ref=examiner.media)to Vijay.