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Cover Your iPhone with an Archibald Prize Winner’s Artwork
Cover your iPhone in a gorgeous piece of Australian contemporary art.
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Win a Double Pass to ACO Underground
Australia's most talented classical musicians will be swapping the concert hall for the beer-stained stage of New York loft-style venue, The Standard.
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This Winter’s Handiest Bike Accessory
Irene Posch invents a handy Early Night Biking Glove, sure to raise visibility to any urban bike rider cycling around this winter.
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Ten YouTube Channels You Should be Watching
Instead of wasting your time searching through homemade videos, check out this list of ten channels actually worth watching.
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The Seven Best TED Talks So Far This Year
With a new TED Talk posted every weekday, there is certainly no shortage of brilliance shared on the TED site.
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The Five Best Karaoke Bars in Sydney
Check out our pick of the best places for belting out drunken renditions of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in the wee hours of the morning.
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The Color Run Leaves Participants Paint Splattered
Touring throughout 18 US cities, The Color Run offers runners a unique and colourful 5k race.
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Claude’s Collaborations
Pre-renovation, Claude's will be hosting a series of unlikely creative collaborations (cheekily) titled the Mighty Bouche.
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Win a Double Pass to see A Dangerous Method
Dark and seductively unsettling, A Dangerous Method will take you into recesses of the psyche that you may not have been ready to face.
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The Top Five Non-Stuffy Operas of 2012
Lately there's more than a bit of buzz about opera in Sydney, and it's all on the creative, experimental and accessible side of things.
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Theatres To Usher In Live Tweeting
The last bastion of the phone-free two hours, the theatre, might be about to crumble.
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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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Vivid Live 2012 Line-Up is Here
Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Florence & the Machine, The Temper Trap, Janelle Monae and Amon Tobin added to an already stellar line-up.
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The Ten Best Markets in Brisbane
With the weather getting milder every day now, there is no better time to discover some of the best markets around without the fear of being baked alive in the process.
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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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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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Win a Double Pass to see Headhunters
Headhunters tells the story of Roger Brown, a charming villain whose life is turned upside down through greed.
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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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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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The Ten Best Things to See and Do at Art Month Sydney 2012
As Art Month turns three, Concrete Playground helps you decode its tours, talks, trails and exhibitions.
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Win a Double Pass to See The Rum Diary
Based on a novel by Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary follows the wild adventures of a journalist as he takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico in the 1950s.
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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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Vivid Live Announces Plans For 2012
Vivid Live has ditched the curator position and commissioned new work from Sufjan Stevens for its 2012 installment.
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Moss Poetry Appears in Sydney’s Paddington Reservoir Gardens
The walls of Sydney's historic reservoir are currently playing host to obscurely profound pieces of moss poetry.
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Feast of Thrones
This Game Of Thrones-inspired menu is not for the faint of heart (vegetarians beware).
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Take Your Dog to the Pub this March
What really wins it for me is the idea of a dog sitting beside me at my favourite bar (on a stool, of course).
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Win a Double Pass to see the Academy Award-Winning ‘A Separation’
Critics have praised the film for its fast pace, weaving complexity and bravery for commenting on themes which have been kept hidden to much of the Western world.
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Bondi Farmers’ Markets: Where The Farm Meets The Ocean
The farmers' markets at Bondi may be a fashionable place to shop, but its popularity isn't a superficial evolution.
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Win a VIP Experience for You and Five Friends at the Bondi Openair Cinema
Become the most popular person you can be.
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Concrete Playground Meets Photographer Dean Sewell
Dean recently sat down with Concrete Playground to talk about the Lonely Station, photography and the usefulness of good rope skills.
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Win a Double Pass to see Like Crazy
Enter to win tickets to see the winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
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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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The Ten Best Vintage Homewares Stores In Sydney
We have compiled a list of the places we believe to be some of the most interesting and inspirational purveyors of vintage homewares, antiques and recycled cool stuff in Sydney.
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Concrete Playground on the iPad
Sydney: The Summer Guide is now available for the iPad in the Apple Store.
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Win a Double Pass to see The Grey
John Ottoway (Liam Neeson) is forced to lead a group of roughneck men in their fight for survival when the men come under attack by a pack of vicous, aggressive wolves.
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Concrete Playground Meets Two of Sydney’s New Food Trucks
Are Sydney's new food trucks prepared to cope with the frenzy of a city of people who really, really like their food and booze?
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Concrete Playground Meets Wok+Wine
We catch up with the team behind Wok+Wine ahead of their visit to Sydney, where they're teaming up with us to host an event.
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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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Michael Cera Takes the Stage at the Sydney Opera House
Theatrical masterpiece 'This Is Our Youth' will undergo another celebrity makeover when the play hits the Sydney Opera House this March.
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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.