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NewsVertigo-Inducing Views From One World Trade Center
Tour Manhattan from the 103rd floor of 1 WTC.
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NewsCovert Cocktails: A Perrier Tea Break
Presenting Concrete Playground's first covert cocktail, brought to you from Wendy's Secret Garden.
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NewsTen Helpful Hangover Cures
Rather than just waiting out the torture of the self-inflicted pain you have forced upon yourself, try some natural hangover cures...
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NewsThe Best Photos From Bilbao’s Annual ‘Ugly Face Contest’
Stuffing fingers into eye sockets proves an effective distraction from the Basque County's economic woes.
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NewsA Bluffer’s Guide to Hosting the Perfect Dinner Party
Let us present to you our tips for the time poor and culinary challenged.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideAll the Big Exhibitions, Installations and Art Festivals Around Brisbane That'll Dazzle Your 2023 Diary
Fill your year with Warhol pop art, glowing gardens, Monet's water lilies and street art everywhere.
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GuideDay to Night Guide: Ten Standout Brisbane Events No Matter What Time You Want to Visit
Would you call yourself a day-tripper or a night owl? Either way, we've got you sorted.
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GuideTen Must-See Art Exhibitions and Installations to Check Out Around Brisbane Before Winter Ends
Fill the rest of winter with woolly labyrinths, Disney delights, a giant kaleidoscope you can wander through and all the Lego.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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GuideHow to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix in Tropical North Queensland
Explore beachfront markets, local art galleries and a tropical gin distillery.
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GuideTen Sensational Exhibitions to See in and Around Brisbane This Summer
Spend your summer wandering through masterpieces, bouncing around a multi-sensory installation, and embracing the surreal and sublime.
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NewsThe Five Best Mexican Restaurants in Brisbane
Concrete Playground's handpicked guide to Brisbane’s top Mexican joints.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Beasts of the Southern Wild
Win a double pass to see one of the most talked about films of the year.
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NewsPsychedelic Photographs From Burning Man 2012
Radical, revolutionary and just downright ridiculous, this is the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
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NewsYou+1 Floating Festival with Steve Aoki, Rudimental and Flight Facilities
Sound waves meet ocean waves at Sydney's brand new floating festival.
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NewsThe Best Places in Brisbane to Take Your Dad this Father’s Day
Here at Concrete Playground we want to make sure that if nothing else, your dad’s stomach is satisfied on his special day.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Hit & Run
Win a double pass to see Dax Shepard's new movie starring Bradley Cooper.
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NewsAmazing Aerial Images of Earth
The contours, shapes and colours that the topography the Earth's surface forms are breathtaking marvels.
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NewsDan and Andy’s Hawthorne Garage Opens
Local brothers Dan and Andy have opened a one-stop shop in Hawthorne for all of your grocery needs (and more).
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NewsCamouflaged Bodyscape Photography
Jean-Paul Bourdier's breathtaking photos seamlessly integrate painted bodies into the background of wondrous natural topography.
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NewsCelebrities Photographed by their Famous Friends
Ten brilliant photographs of celebrities taken by their superstar friends.
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NewsWords of Wisdom from Famous Authors
Take a look at these invaluable words of wisdom from the mouths of some of history's best writers and poets.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Holy Motors
Holy Motors follows the life of Monsieur Oscar, a roving assassin who meanders between varying identities and lives.
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EventDendy Powerhouse Outdoor Cinema Christmas Classics
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 and Fri, 20 Dec 2024
Dendy Powerhouse Outdoor Cinema, New Farm
Get festive with 'Die Hard', 'Love Actually' and 'Elf' under the stars at Brisbane's only permanent year-round outdoor cinema.
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EventChristmas Actually — The Little Red Company
Tue, 10 Dec - Sun, 15 Dec 2024
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
An end-of-year favourite, this supremely festive cabaret show sings through all the hits from 'Love Actually'.
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EventLifeline Bookfest — Summer
Sat, 18 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
It's time to stock up on soap opera-themed cookbooks and other treasures you didn't know you needed — again.
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EventFestive High Tea
Fri, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Living Room Bar, Brisbane City
'Tis the season to build your own gingerbread house over festive-themed cocktails at Brisbane's W Hotel's Christmas high tea.
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EventSouth Bank Openair Christmas Cinema
Sat, 14 Dec - Sun, 22 Dec 2024
South Bank Cultural Forecourt, South Brisbane
Pack a picnic and enjoy Christmas movies from your childhood — and other favourite flicks — under the stars.
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Event$2 Summer Dips
Sun, 1 Dec 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
You can enjoy a swim in Brisbane City Council's 22 public pools for just $2 all summer long.
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EventBrisbane Comedy Festival
Wed, 23 Apr - Sun, 25 May 2025
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
Get ready to laugh: Rhys Darby, Ross Noble and Boozy Shakespeare are on the lineup when Brisbane's annual comedy festival returns for 2025.
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EventChristmas in Brisbane
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane
From a festive maze to a free light and sound experience, here's how Brisbane's CBD and South Bank is celebrating Christmas in 2024.
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EventThe Enchanted Garden
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane
See one of Brisbane's most-popular spaces in a completely new light when this pre-Christmas favourite lights up Roma Street Parkland — and festive season.
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EventMoonlight Cinema Brisbane
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane
Catch 'The Fall Guy', 'Gladiator II', 'Challengers' and a heap of Christmas movies under the stars in Roma Street Parklands.
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NewsThe World’s Greatest Train Journeys
For people who know that the journey is always greater than the destination.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Guide to Eating at the Ekka
We take you through all of the food experiences that the Ekka has to offer.
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NewsBec Dean’s Top Five Artists to Watch in 2012
If you've ever marvelled at one of Carriageworks' stranger corners, you'll dig these five emerging artists.
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NewsWeird and Wonderful Celebrity Transformations
Musicians are notorious for their reason-defying epiphanies that are usually indicative of either groundbreaking creativity or mid-career slumps.
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NewsTen Cool Artists From Across the Ditch
New Zealand artists have been making big waves recently in musical fields that have nothing to do with dubstep or flying anything.
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NewsHow to Make the Perfect Dumpling
This recipe is based on the traditional jiao-zi dumpling originating in northern China.
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NewsThe Five Best Cheap and Cheerful BYO Restaurants in Brisbane
When you’re trying to please everyone, often your best option is to go for the easiest and most fail-safe option.
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News14 Brilliant Business Card Designs
With designs that range from a balloon to a fortune cookie to a lego piece, here are some of our favourite creative business cards.
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NewsPhilip Johnson Launches New Restaurant, One Eleven
One Eleven will be multi-faceted with an espresso bar for casual dining and a bistro for more formal dining.
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NewsWin a Copy of This Must Be The Place on DVD
Writer/director Paolo Sorrentino itched to create a character based on The Cure's Robert Smith, and this is the result.
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NewsA Virgin Experience of Splendour in the Grass
Concrete Playground New Zealand head off on their Virgin experience of Splendour in the Grass.
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NewsThe Color Run is Coming to Australia
The Color Run offers runners a unique and colourful 5k race.
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NewsPositive Posters Use Design to Highlight Global issues
This creative initiative is a competition and exhibition asking designers worldwide what they think the most pressing global issues are.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Bernie
Bernie Tierde is a kind-hearted assistant funeral director who wouldn't hurt a fly. So how would he be able to murder a woman?
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NewsThe Five Best First Date Spots in Brisbane
Concrete Playground's favourite places to take your newly beloved.
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News12 Spectacular Photos of Places You Need to Visit
Experience some of the most incredible and awe-inspiring sights, people and moments this Earth has to offer.
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NewsWin Tickets to see The Sapphires
The Sapphires is a feel-good, sparkle-spangled film uncovering the journey of four Aboriginal girls.
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NewsVirgin Mobile to Live Stream Splendour in the Grass
Australia's favourite mid-winter music festival kicks off this Friday, with some amazing acts gracing Belongil Fields in Byron Bay.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to See Electric Guest
Los Angeles duo Electric Guest are heading to Australia for Splendour in the Grass, fresh from touring around the world.
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NewsA Short Film Made Using Musical Bicycle Parts
Brooklyn artist Stephen Meierding has pulled bicycles apart in order to make his short film 'Bicycle Sounds'.
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NewsWeezer Announce Australian Tour
Despite a career spanning twenty years, the band has only been been to Australia once.
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NewsThe xx Release New Song ‘Angels’
With their second album, Coexist, set to be released in September, The xx have given us a taste of what's to come with this new track.
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NewsGiant LEGO Structures Around the World
To celebrate LEGO's 50th Anniversary in Australia, take a look at the most spectacular giant LEGO structures from around the world.
