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    Win one of ten double passes to see breakneck speed crime thriller Safe.

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    Julian Assange, of WikiLeaks fame, premiered his talk show on RT this past Tuesday.

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    Brisbane’s Underground Bike Polo Scene

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    Ice Cream Truck Supports Marriage Equality

    The Ice Cream Truck of Love will hand out free scoops in support of marriage equality.

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    Lingerie Football League to Visit Sydney and Brisbane

    Allphones Arena has announced a partnership with the American LFL: Lingerie Football League, LLC.

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    IKEA Plans to Construct an Entire London Neighbourhood

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    Bioluminescent Creatures Put on a Glow-in-the-Dark Spectacle

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    Price of Chocolate: One Good Deed

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    Rent a Village or Country for Your Next Holiday

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    Australia’s Boutique Cider Revolution

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    Concrete Playground meets Goodbye First Love’s Mia Hansen-Love

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    Spend Your Lunch Break Clubbing

    Lunch Beat events have inspired Stockholm to get up and dance during lunch hour.

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    Win a Double Pass to See This Must Be The Place

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    The Nerdy Girl Gets the Jock and Other Love Stories from the Voices Project

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    Bucking The Trend, Sydney Gets a New Superclub

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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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    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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    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    Thursday, May 23 - Wednesday, June 19, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Enlisting Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth on a prequel to 'Fury Road', George Miller has made another 'Mad Max' franchise marvel.

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    IF

    Thursday, May 16 - Wednesday, June 5, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Instead of aliens in 'A Quiet Place' and its sequel, John Krasinski ponders a world where imaginary friends are real in this warmly whimsical family-friendly fantasy.

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    Spanish Film Festival

    Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    Say hola to the Brisbane's annual showcase of Spanish and Latin American movies — including a celebration of Salvador Dalí in cinema.

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    The Made Local Market — Winter

    Saturday, June 15 - Sunday, June 16, 2024

    Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills

    This market is like Etsy IRL, complete with over 120 local makers, designers, artists and creators selling their wares.

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    Lifeline Bookfest — Winter

    Saturday, June 29 - Sunday, July 7, 2024

    Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

    Your twice-yearly excuse to boost your reading list is back, this time with more than 10,000 comics — and the usual million-plus books.

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    Grease

    Saturday, January 4 - Sunday, January 26, 2025

    QPAC Lyric Theatre, South Brisbane

    It's electrifying: the 50s-set, five-decade-old show has scored a brand-new stage production, and it's rolling into Brisbane from January 2024.

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    Seasonal Fruit Festival — Winter Edition

    Sunday, June 16, 2024

    Felons Barrel Hall, Brisbane City

    Catch Tirzah, Glass Beams, Bonny Doon and more at this riverside festival curated by Jet Black Cat Music at Felons Brewing Co.

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    West End Solstice Market

    Friday, June 14, 2024

    Davies Park, West End

    The longest night of the year is on its way — and you can celebrate with 120-plus stalls, pop-up bars, glühwein, bonfires, live music and fire twirlers.

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    Monster

    Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    Hirokazu Kore-eda's first Japanese film since 'Shoplifters' is yet another of the great director's deeply empathetic masterpieces.

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    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

    Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    More than half a century after the first film, Hollywood's paws are still on this sci-fi franchise — and this is a thoughtful and engaging new instalment.

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    Ten YouTube Channels You Should be Watching

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    The Seven Best TED Talks So Far This Year

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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.

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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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