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    Splendour in the Grass 2011 lineup announced

    Headlining the 2011 edition of the festival, to be held at Woodfordia in South-East Queensland for the second time, are Kanye West, Coldplay, Jane's Addiction, Pulp and Regina Spektor.

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    Madrid’s Street Ad Takeover

    Street ad takeover in Madrid was short-lived but stressed the disruption of the monopoly of the advertising world.

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    Denis Smith’s Great Balls of Light

    Australian artist Denis Smith is a professional light painter whose Ball of Light project combines traditional long exposure photography with continuous movements of lights directed by the artist.

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    Crowd-Sourced Virtual Choir Unites on YouTube

    Thousands of voices unite in global virtual choir.

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    Finding the Future at New York Public Library

    Interactive game at the New York Public Library allows participants to explore the underground shelves and collaboratively write a book.

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    Underwater Art Hopes to Regenerate Coral Reefs

    Underwater artwork helps repair and preserve threatened coral reefs.

Latest Guides
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    Win 10 Nights On The Town With Concrete Playground

    Concrete Playground is taking the edge off the death of daylight saving by giving you the chance to experience Sydney's best cultural events for an entire month.

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    Donate Your Spare Room to Disaster Relief

    Offer your spare bed to people displaced by disaster via SparkRelief.

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    FBi Social Pops Up In Kings Cross

    FBi Social is shaking up King's Cross with live music from emerging talent.

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    US Open to Become a Foursquare Event

    Tennis not interesting enough? Play with your phone instead.

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    Win A Double Pass To Never Let Me Go

    We have 30 double passes on offer to a film which is equal parts science fiction and love triangle.

Latest Places
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    This That

    57 Lorne St , Auckland City

    A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.

  • 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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    Cassette Nine

    Vulcan Lane, Auckland

    Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.

  • 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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    Closed on Mondays: Eat for a Good Cause

    Closed on Mondays hosts fundraising dinners in closed restaurants.

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    The New Face of the Ken Doll

    Barbie's Ken turns 50, and gets a modern makeover.

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    Berlin’s U-Bahn Wrapped in Yarn

    Berlin trains get yarn bombed with knitting graffiti.

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    It’s OK to Photograph This Art

    Digital cameras compulsory to view this art.

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    Art With Heart: Artists Get Creative for Good Causes

    Artists and the internet combine to raise money for good causes.

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    Corpus Libris – A Mash-Up Art Project

    Readers and the books they love in photo mash-ups.

Latest Events
  • Event

    The Promised Land

    Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 3, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.

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    Inside Out 2

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 24, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    Amy Poehler still brings joy in this nine-years-later sequel to one of Pixar's best films, which proves as emotionally intelligent as its predecessor.

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    The Watchers

    Thursday, June 6 - Wednesday, June 26, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    With this intriguing gothic-tinged horror film, Ishana Night Shyamalan makes her feature directorial debut and lives up to her surname.

  • Event

    The Taste of Things

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    This Oscar-shortlisted, Cannes Best Director-winning French delight simmers up a 19th-century romance between a cook and a gourmand.

  • News

    JR Turns Tunisia “Inside Out”

    JR's Inside Out project hits Tunisia.

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    Submit Your Videos for Map My Summer

    Screen Australia and YouTube want your summer footage.

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    BMW Art Cars Head Home

    BMW Art Cars unite in Munich to celebrate the collection's 35th anniversary.

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    Maps Rescued and Repackaged as Art

    Artist Matthew Cusick rescues a dead medium from the landfill to create beautiful and intricate collages.

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    Argentinean Theatre Converted Into Beautiful Bookshop

    A repurposed theatre in Buenos Aires has been turned into possibly the world's prettiest bookshop.

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    Thom Yorke Makes Another Last Minute Announcement

    The Radiohead frontman just casually announced and premiered his newest collaboration with electro producers Burial & Four Tet on the radio.

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    Sylvester Stallone Stirs Up The Art World

    Sylvester Stallone releases a collection of artwork in Switzerland.

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    Bicycle Film Fest Calls For Entries

    Bicycle Film Festival 2011 wants your film! Get it in by April 1.

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    Silicone Speakers for Sharing Music Anywhere

    Foldable, stackable, washable and virtually indestructible, Tembo Trunks sustainable silicone speakers let you share your tunes wherever you are.

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    Wear Music of Artists You Heart on Your Sleeve

    Playbutton is an mp3 player embedded in a badge, each one storing pre-recorded content like an album or mix-tape.

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    Tweets Inspire a Book on the Egyptian Revolution

    Tweets from activists in the revolution in Egypt are compiled into a compelling timeline of the uprising.

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    Wake Up and Smell the Books at MoMA

    Pick up your favourite old classic or buy something new, curl up wherever you are with a cup of coffee, and nuzzle your nose between the pages.

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    Google’s Person Finder Helps Locate Tsunami Victims

    Person Finder is an online search tool to help people locate the whereabouts of family members, loved ones and friends that have been caught in the natural disaster.

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    Surreal Images Caused by Google Earth Glitches

    These dream-like pictures look as though they could be from the set of Inception, but they're actually screenshots from Google Earth

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    You’re the Spitting Image of Your Former Self

    Have you looked at your childhood photos lately?

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    Virtual Christchurch Cafe Raises Money for Earthquake Victims

    This philanthropic website seeks to aid New Zealand's earthquake victims with profits from virtual coffee products.

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    The new look Concrete Playground

    We've nipped, tucked and delivered Concrete Playground to you in a shiny new package, re-imagining everything from the ground up.

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    This City Speaks To Me: Photo Book of Melbourne Bohemia

    Melbourne's thriving bohemian culture captured in pictures and poems.

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    Participate in a Global Art Project and Help Turn The World Inside Out

    Semi-anonymous street artist JR has won the 2011 TED Award and is appealing to you, the public, to help him turn the world inside out.

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    Corinne Vionnet’s Photo Opportunities Capture the Tourist Experience

    Thousand's of observations from the tourist paparazzi come together in single, haunting images.

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    Art Installation Maps the Beauty of WiFi

    Immaterials acts as a reminder of what drives our society, what facilitates our social flings, and shows us the fragility of the foundation of our daily lives.

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    Labyrinth in Berlin Club Confuses Your Senses

    Imagine being drunk, in a maze, in the dark depths of an abandoned East Berlin club.

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    Artsicle: An Original Artwork Rental Scheme

    A new scheme running in New York let's you road test your art before you make a lifetime's commitment to it.

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    The Strokes’ New Album ‘Angles’ Leaked by iTunes UK

    Check out the 30 second clips of new Strokes' songs 'accidentally' uploaded by iTunes, conveniently compiled into one video.

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