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Vivid Ideas 2012 Program Announced
Vivid Ideas is the creative part of the extravaganza that is Vivid Sydney, and this year it's bigger than ever before.
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News
The World’s 11 Most Colourful Cities
Many charming little towns throughout the world have put this idea into practice, painting their buildings in bold and bright colours.
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News
A Bookmark Which Follows Your Reading
For the inner bookworm in all of us, French designer and inventor Oscar Lhermitte has come up with a way to make torn, dog-eared pages a thing of the past.
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News
Kony 2012 Campaign Goes Viral
Kony 2012 is a viral campaign spearheaded by the humanitarian group Invisible Children to raise awareness about atrocities in Uganda.
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365 Charming Everyday Things
I really love things like this. Interesting art installations that make you stop momentarily and take note of stuff you'd probably never give much thought to. And I don't use the word 'stuff' for any other reason than that is exactly what is on display.
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Jon Rafman’s ‘The Nine Eyes of Google Street View’ Photo Project
Canadian artist Jon Rafman has presented viewers with a collection of the most bizzare, quirky and often disturbing images that are captured on Google's Street View.
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News
Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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Guide
Must-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024 standout shows that you need to see.
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News
Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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News
Hop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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News
Nine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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Say Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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Predicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards
Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
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Here's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now
From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.
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News
Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in February
Spend your couch time watching the new 'Mr & Mrs Smith', one of this year's Oscar Best Picture nominees and a stellar new space thriller.
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News
Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in January
Spend your couch time watching an Oscar-nominated true tale, the 'Boy Swallows Universe' TV series and the stunning return of 'True Detective'.
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News
Concrete Playground Meets Charlie Murphy
Charlie Murphy deserves some serious credit. Trying to forge a career as a professional comedian is pretty tough at the best of times, let alone when your brother is none other than Eddie Murphy.
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News
Review /// NYC – Three Short Ballets from the Big Apple
rtistic director Ethan Stiefel wanted to bring a taste of the Big Apple to New Zealand audiences for his programme debut at the Royal New Zealand Ballet and I'm so glad he did.
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News
Ten Must See Auckland Events for March 2012
Concrete Playground picks ten must see events for March 2012.
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News
Win a Double Pass to Playground Weekender 2012
A four-day extravaganza in arguably the most gorgeous festival location near Sydney, Del Rio's Riverside Resort on the Hawkesbury.
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News
A Progressive Valentine’s
Righty ho fellas, this one’s for you. You can thank Hollywood for us girls’ heightened expectations of roses, chocolates and affectionate confessions.
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Hotel Offers Champagne Baths for Valentine’s Day
In what resembles a scene from a high-end gangster rap video, guests at London's Cadogan Hotel will be able to bathe in 122 hand-poured bottles of Dom Pérignon.
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Restaurant
This That
57 Lorne St , Auckland City
A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
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Bar
Scarlett Slimms & Lucky
476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland
Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
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Bar
Cassette Nine
Vulcan Lane, Auckland
Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
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Restaurant
Miss Clawdy
12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland
There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.
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News
The Best Ads From Super Bowl 2012
It's usually the off field antics and advertising that captures the imaginations of those outside of the 50 US states.
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International Brands That Should Open Shop in New Zealand
After the recent explosion pop-up stores cropping up in the Auckland 'burbs, we decided to compile a list of businesses and brands that New Zealand not only wants, but needs.
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The Global Mail: Not-For-Profit News Site Launches
Launched today, the not-for-profit news and features website will offer its readers public interest stories both locally and from around the globe.
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News
Stuart Ringholt’s Naked Art Tours Come to Sydney
An art tour where all participants must turn up in the flesh, literally.
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News
Design Your Very Own Pumped up Kicks
Converse will offer it's fans the opportunity of designing their own pair of Converse's, and then enabling them to sell these shoes to their own friends, via their own storefront.
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Online Community Rallies Against the SOPA & PIPA Proposals
Here are some of our favourite online reactions to the world's most controversial bills.
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The Fall Guy
Wednesday, April 24 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Ryan Gosling is at his most charming — including while batting around screwball banter with Emily Blunt — in this dynamic action/rom-com ode to stunt performers.
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Food Truck Round Up at MOTAT
Thursday, May 2 - Saturday, May 4, 2024
MOTAT, Western Springs
Three nights of delicious eats, live entertainment and top-notch vibes at the beloved transport museum.
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Challengers
Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
For 'Call Me By Your Name' director Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in a smash of a tennis- and love triangle-fuelled drama.
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Back to Black
Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.
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Robot Dreams
Thursday, April 25 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
This Oscar-nominated animated gem explores love, loneliness, finding a connection and facing fate's chaos through the friendship of a dog and a robot.
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Lovers and Castaways
Wednesday, March 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2024
The Pah Homestead, Auckland
This exhibition allows visitors to experience 1980s Aotearoa through the eyes of some of New Zealand's most treasured artists.
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The Effect — Auckland Theatre Company
Tuesday, April 16 - Saturday, May 11, 2024
ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland
This ethically ambiguous, toxic love story is the work of Lucy Prebble, one of the brains behind HBO’s ‘Succession’.
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Aotearoa High Tea in The Libraries at The Hotel Britomart
Saturday, March 16, 2024, Saturday, April 13, 2024 and Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Hotel Britomart, Auckland
Enjoy some of Aotearoa's best food in the elegant, heritage spaces of The Libraries.
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Life after The Bloggers 2011
People have asked, what ever happened to the winners of The Bloggers 2011, so we decided to check in on our winners and see how life is treating them after what was a fascinating 2011.
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Giveaways /// Win tickets to Killer Elite and Weekend
From a boy meets boy, cinematic love story through to 'may the best man live' action thriller, Concrete Playground has five double passes to giveaway.
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Peats Ridge Festival 2011 Review
It’s one-seventh the travel time to Woodford, one-fifth the number of Southern Cross tats at Field Day, as picturesque as Falls, and the local line up is without parallel.
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Six Degrees of Separation? Try Five.
Here’s a wee information nugget for you that’s fresh for the new year.
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Make Food Not War
Stage a war in the kitchen and attempt to replicate these deliciously evil masterpieces.
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of New York
Before he was a filmmaker, Kubrick was a photojournalist for Look Magazine, for whom he captured the street life and subjects of New York City.
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How Happy is Your City?
A giant emoticon erected above this Bavarian city is set to measure the general mood of the people below.
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Fireworks by Day
A Chinese artist takes modern art to the sky with his daytime fireworks exhibition.
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A-List Actors Become Evil Villains
Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling and others appear in vignettes as nefarious villains in this online video exhibition by Alex Prager.
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Cultural Disappearing Acts
UNESCO has added 'intangible' cultural traditions to the list of the world's endangered phenomena.
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Please, Steal Our Banksy
A Melbourne hotel issues an open invitation to steal their artwork straight off the walls.
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Concrete Playground Pool Party
If you are heading to Gisborne this New Years to celebrate at Rhythm and Vines, you probably don't want to miss this.
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Sydney: The Summer Guide
Welcome to the inaugural Concrete Playground Summer Guide, a comprehensive shortlist of the best this city has to offer over the next three months
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Turtle Beach: Mission Iraq
When I saw that Fiveight were sending a regular Kiwi gaming nerd (24 year-old Phil aka StatiC) to a real warzone as part of Turtle Beach: Mission ‘Iraq’, I got a little excited.
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Win a Book of Italy’s Most Beautiful Hotels
Italy is not just about the food, as the folks at Mr & Mrs Smith know.
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Giveaways /// Win a $600 Penny Stotter Limited Edition Print
To celebrate the launch of the Stoneleigh Summer Art Series at Wynyard Quarter, Concrete Playground has one very cool prize pack to give away to a lucky reader.
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From Barley to the Bottle in the Heart of the City
Watch your beer 'grow' from start to finish at this temporary inner city brewery.
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A Guide to this Summer’s Best Beach Reads
In attempt to help out those with a literary whim, Concrete Playground presents the ten best books to read this summer.
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Concrete Playground’s Summer Road Trip Essentials
Road trips can be an idealised summertime activity, so Concrete Playground has come up with some tips to make sure you never have a bad one again.
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Benetton Receives Hate for its ‘Unhate’ Campaign
The United Colors of Benetton are the centre of controversy after their new 'Unhate' campaign showed some of the world's leading figures locking lips.
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It’s Just a Plant: The Children’s Book on Marijuana
The story of a young girl's educational journey as she comes to understand cannabis, explained to her by her parents, a doctor and a kind gang of Rastafarians.
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Auckland Daze
Auckland Daze has proven to be a smash hit success, hinting to the growth of digital television.
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The Bloggers 2011 Finalists
After three weeks of nominations, we have our shortlisted finalists for The Bloggers 2011.
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The New Seven Natural Wonders of the World
With so many fantastic places to visit around the world, it's often hard to decide where to possibly go. The New7Wonders makes it a little easier for you.
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