Abinayadarpana

Vimalothaya Classical Bharatha Natya Kendra will present a Classical Bharatha Natya recital Abinayadarpana on January 21 at 6 p.m. at the Ramakrishna Mission Hall, Wellawatte to mark the centenary celebration of the great Bharatha Natya Maestro, the late Padmashree Vazhuvoor Ramiahpillai. Abinayadarpana features Subashini Pathmanathan and her disciples. The Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Prof. Kshanika Hirimburegama will be the chief guest.

Galaxy of literati in Galle

Nayantara Sahgal	Romesh Gunasekera	Richard Dawkins

The HSBC Galle Literary Festival 2012 will be held from January 18 -22 in the historic city of Galle.

The 2012 festival features a wide array of literati including award winning writers, historians, poets and biographers from Palestine, Ireland, Sierra Leone, Singapore, India, Canada, England, the United States, Germany and Sri Lanka.

Among the writers attending are Joanna Trollope, Richard Dawkins, Tom Stoppard, D.B.C Pierre, Meera Syal, John Boyne, Aminatta Forna, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sir Alistair Horne, Nayantara Sahgal, Hari Kunzru, and Sri Lankan local and diasporic writers Romesh Gunasekera, Randy Boyagoda, Roshi Fernando.

The highlights of the festival include a debate on issues dealing with Post-war Sri Lanka and there will be panels on Dr. Martin Wickramasinghe, the Tamil Diaspora and a documentary and discussion on the Burgher community.

German writer Ingo Schlze at GLF 2012

Also in 2012 the Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka is contributing to the Galle Literary Festival with the invitation of a wellknown German author.

Ingo Schulze will represent in the program with three events on January 19, 20 and 21.

Ingo Schulze, born in Dresden in 1962, studied classics and German language and literature in Jena before working as dramatic arts advisor to the State Theatre in Altenburg.

LankaFaces

LankaFaces, an exclusive artists' website will be launched on January 25 at 7.00p.m. at Cinnamon Grand Hotel. LankFaces will be the first ever website to be launched in Sri Lanka about the artists.

SAA

Victor Ratnayake's SAA will be held on January 22 at BMICH at 6.00 p.m to raise funds for Kosala Dullewa Foundation for Children with Special Needs (KDF).