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# Where to go and what to read
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/where-to-go-and-what-to-read-46/
- Published: 2026-08-28T08:03:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-28T08:09:12.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: Diary, maintag-Diary, Week-33-2026

[Naadha gama](https://naadhagama.lk/?ref=examiner.media) remembers us before they scoot off on their world tour and Cream soda pops open a culture festival. Have no rhythm but got the blues? Bring it to Cocobar’s R&B [singalong](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcdNB1eCQMk/?ref=examiner.media). Alternatively, also on this evening, a non-fiction book [club](https://www.instagram.com/p/Db0ju8njzaj/?ref=examiner.media) and a [lecture](https://www.youtube.com/live/f%5FGcDouY%5FnQ?ref=examiner.media) on narrow gauge railways — they’re to thank for our bendy hill country trains. 

On Saturday, the history cabal laments Lankan jewelry in foreign museums. They don’t stop until Sunday in this two day [seminar](https://www.instagram.com/p/DbxdaVviDfp/?img%5Findex=1&ref=examiner.media). Meanwhile, their Johann Pieris takes to his other love where he accompanies Amar Muchhala in a [tribute concert](https://www.instagram.com/p/Db48y7WPQH%5F/?ref=examiner.media). Lakmahal hosts their Tamil [jam](https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbh4OGkDcWj/?ref=examiner.media) as well as a sci-fi and fantasy book [club](https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbh4OGkDcWj/?ref=examiner.media). The kids aren’t forgotten. Brace yourself for who-who jokes at an educational [programme](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1044274041749870&set=a.129740429869907) on nature’s feathery eccentrics: owls.

A [garage sale](https://www.instagram.com/p/Db9yhQqE1o0/?ref=examiner.media) in support of animal sterilisation wants you to donate the gifts you never use. Or rummage through their books and jewelry — discounts for young fashionistas and homemakers. Follow your Eurydice to an Underworld Collective [concert](https://www.instagram.com/p/DbtbM4oIIyD/?ref=examiner.media). With pre-registrations, this Hades makes sure there’s no turning back. 

On Sunday, the history cabal [stalks](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcK258coz%5Ft/?ref=examiner.media) women through the city. And design dweebs, submit your work for the Bawa Trust’s ecological [design award](https://geoffreybawa.com/moonamal-award?ref=examiner.media) opening on Monday.

Next weekend Vivimarie van der Poorten, Ramya Jeerasinghe, and others chat at the Streets of Stories [festival](https://web.facebook.com/sarasavibooks/posts/pfbid0gJGhHiVdeEbEYn57NNPNw7Dr7dAyceeBpeerW7i8Wk94rz8BfRyXJrLttuYn9rdul?rdid=efHJAJjMaYPbR4SS&ref=examiner.media). 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/56/2b/562b4f8e-9dd1-43bb-a213-bc1615650661/content/images/2026/08/data-src-image-28eb645f-bce7-4b52-9e1a-1e12f7845693.jpeg)

*What to read*

Rediscover Ondaatje again in a New Yorker [review](https://archive.is/20260819151502/https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-glorious-disorder-of-michael-ondaatjes-early-work?ref=examiner.media) of his early works — a proper kotthu of prose, poetry, and photographs. Lionel Bopage writes a [tribute](https://groundviews.org/2026/08/21/a-tribute-to-nanda-malini-the-voice-of-the-people/?ref=examiner.media) to Nanda Malini: her banned songs and close calls with the CID. 

Chabad houses have been the centre of many scandals these years. Tisaranee Gunasekara [writes](https://groundviews.org/2026/08/23/hiriketiya-and-the-chabad-lubavitch-sinhala-ravaya-alliance/?ref=examiner.media) on the growing nexus with Sinahala Ravaya. The Hindu, meanwhile, [covers](https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/amid-sri-lankas-green-energy-push-communities-in-mannar-fearenvironmental-fallout/article71383788.ece?ref=examiner.media) Mannar’s green energy push, and the people’s push-back. Sanjana Hatthotuwa [dissects](https://sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/a-perfect-storm-digitalisation-new-laws-draft-bills-and-threats-to-civic-space-in-sri-lanka/?ref=examiner.media) new laws and Sujit Sivasundaram [reflects](https://polity.lk/breaking-the-spell-of-an-imperial-photo-album-the-unlikely-beginnings-of-colombo-histories-sujit-sivasundaram/?ref=examiner.media) on his primary sources. 

For a throwback, [watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UBH4iNSznk&ref=examiner.media) a documentary on how to be a filmmaker with ten dollars.