This evening, the Barefoot Gallery reopens to a show from Alex Stewart. Kiku’s DJs take us back to the 90s. Or solve a murder mystery at the Shangri-La's Tiki Bar — presumably the skeletons unearthed during its construction.
Come Saturday, the Bar Association’s forum on extending judges retirement age at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. CCC hosts an exhibition of Chinese and Lankan artifacts. The small-business great and good set out their stalls at the Good Market. That evening, staid gentility gives way to comedic chaos – Jehan Aloysius’ anniversary edition of Bengal Bungalow at the Wendt.
On Sunday, and any other time for that matter, see how Sri Lanka remembers that it’s surrounded by sea, at Radicle. Jagath Weerasinghe’s trapped in a broken dream and Thisath Thoradeniya giving it to you the way you like it at Saskia’s.
Mid-week "How to Lead Gen Z" seminar at the Hilton on the 15th, for managers still puzzling over why nobody answers emails after six.
The week after, Umaria headlines HER at the Havelock Grounds, the Menaka Singers bring opera to the Alliance Française, and Galle Face Hotel lays on Butter & Bass, 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 — a sound ratio — while Music Matters throws open its open mic to the brave and the tone-deaf alike. Verses & Voids, an open mic at the Bawa Space — and by evening, Soul Sounds’ The Pop Era. Sri Lanka and RCEP at the Ceylon Chamber, and a forum on tax-optimisation.
What to read
The visiting IMF team urged the government unscrew the capex spending taps. Sunil Bastian argues we’re still a post-war state. Vidura Rajapaksa praises confrontation, but Diary being a good islander joins Bertrand Russel in praising idleness.
Tisaranee Gunasekara on how power, caste and politics perverted Sri Lankan Buddhism. Thilaganathan Segaran traces the medieval trilingual (Chinese, Tamil, Persian) inscription in Galle.
The Human Rights Commission finds that you can’t withhold exam results because of how you’re dressed. International IDEA looks at the Election Commission’s finances to check if they’re really independent.
Mongabay counts the flamingos electrocuted on Mannar's power lines (three), finds Asia's shark and ray hotspots poorly protected, and embeds with the war on dengue — the only conflict where everyone cheers on the drones. Meanwhile across the Strait, our man in Madras says vannakam to Vijay.
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