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NewsThe Discerning Person’s Pub Crawl: Southside Passage
This is the beginning of a short series of treks taking in the finest drinking and dining experiences Brisbane has to offer from the comfort of a bar stool.
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NewsThe New App That Stops Breaking Bad Spoilers
Behind on Breaking Bad eps? Now you can check your news feed without fear.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Actor and Doku Rai Director Thomas M. Wright
The Top of the Lake actor worked with creatives in Timor-Leste for a thrilling new work.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2013
In the face of the increasing cynicism and self-self-self-referentialness of art, thank god for the Italians.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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NewsHop 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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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsStreet Art Blurred with Real Life in Charming Photos
A playful, whimsical photo series that blends art with reality.
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NewsReal Musical Instruments Crafted from Deadly Weapons
Who would have guessed a gun could sound so disarming?
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NewsBe Naked in the Sydney Biennale
Make the world take you in all your glory this Biennale of Sydney.
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NewsPicnic-Themed Cafe to Open Just in Time for Summer
A new cafe packs the picnic basket for you in preparation for a summer of fun in the sun.
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NewsThe Bluffer’s Guide to Oysters
Everything oyster is illuminated in conversation with chef Sean Connolly.
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NewsDevastating and Beautiful Animated Ad Will Turn You Off Factory Farming
An ad for a popular fast food chain that might just make you cry.
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NewsA Synesthete Maps the London Underground
Ever wondered what the names of stations taste like as they roll off the tongue?
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NewsIron & Wine to Tour in April
The "awesomely bearded" Sam Beam will headline at Sydney's Opera House and Melbourne's Forum Theatre.
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NewsWin Tickets to Psycho Beach Party at the Brisbane Festival
A tongue-in-cheek homage that lovingly mashes up surf and horror films.
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NewsHorror and Nostalgia Combine in Beautiful Doll Hospital Photographs
Can't sleep, doll will eat me.
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NewsYour 2013 National Young Writers’ Festival Planner
With the festival turning sweet sixteen, you better bring your best party dress.
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NewsWatch a Film Set Entirely on a Computer Screen on Your Computer Screen
Watch a movie about being online whilst online. META.
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EventSouthwave: Summer Electronic Series
Fri, 2 Jan - Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Rainforest Green, Brisbane
Brisbane is getting a huge new summer experience with Southwave, a free two-month electronic music series bringing Maribou State, Folamour, Rose Gray and more to South Bank.
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EventArmand Van Helden at The Tivoli
Fri, 10 Apr, 2026
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley
Groove to house music all night long, as one of the genre's pioneering stars makes a long-awaited return to Brisbane.
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EventNick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The 'Wild God' Tour
Tue, 27 Jan, 2026
Victoria Park / Barrambin, Herston
This iconic Australian band is bringing its latest tour Down Under to kick off 2026, playing two-and-a-half-hour shows.
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EventGood Things
Sun, 7 Dec, 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
Tool headlining their first Australian festival in over a decade, Weezer, Garbage: they're all on the Good Things 2025 lineup.
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EventOprah in Conversation
Mon, 8 Dec, 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Oprah Winfrey is getting chatting in Brisbane on her first Down Under tour in a decade.
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EventKesha: The Tits Out Tour
Thu, 19 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
Kesha is playing Brisbane in 2026 as part of the biggest headline tour of her career so far.
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EventG Flip: 'Dream Ride' Tour
Fri, 27 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
More than good enough: G Flip is playing Brisbane in February 2026 with The Beaches and Ayesha Madon in support.
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EventLorde: 'Ultrasound' World Tour
Mon, 16 Feb, 2026
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Green light: Lorde is bringing her latest world tour to Brisbane, with the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter playing at the Entertainment Centre.
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NewsMind-Bending Timelapse Shows a Whole Life in One Face
Imagine if you could see a full lifetime's ageing process happen before your very eyes. Well, you sort of can.
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NewsTake a Tour of Burning Man on the Back of a Drone
Perhaps it's true you can only understand the festival if you've been. But this gets you pretty close.
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NewsMoreton Bay Oyster Season Launches with All-You-Can-Eat Oysters
The poshest all-you-can-eat around.
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NewsAlfred & Constance Launch New Summer Menu
Find us on the deck with a Jumbled Julep cocktail in one hand and a fork in the other. Hello summer.
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NewsArcade Fire’s Mesmerising Smartphone-Interactive Video for ‘Reflektor’
A short film whose visuals you can affect, just so long as you have three basics of the modern tech era.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Stories We Tell
We all have a family story to tell, but we can't all tell it like Sarah Polley.
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NewsThe Ten Best Acts to See at BIGSOUND 2013
BIGSOUND is the gold star on Brisbane's music calendar.
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NewsThe Unexpected Poetry of Google Autocomplete
Autocomplete results are often unintentionally hilarious and weirdly sad - but are they also art?
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
Farewell office, farewell pants being necessary and hello soundtracked weekend.
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NewsBoozing Now Acceptable at Breakfast Thanks to Spreadable Beer
An Italian duo have done their bit to make the world a better place, engineering a chocolate-flavoured beer spread.
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NewsLuxury Hotels in Weird and Wonderful Places Around the World
Here are 10 of Smith’s most interesting places to pass a night, picked just for Concrete Playground.
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NewsArtist Joins Forces with Four-Year-Old Daughter to Create Whimsical Portraits
Hollywood slug people brought to you by an artist and her genius four-year-old
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NewsYour Guide to Eating and Drinking at Brisbane Festival
Enjoying live theatre, a gig or experimental art is never fun on an empty stomach, so with the annual Brisbane Festival kicking off this week we thought a pre-game feasting guide could help fill your tum right up. We also have a sweet giveaway to tempt you. Read on.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett's compelling work lights up one of Woody Allen's darkest films.
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NewsOil Paint Engineered Out of Toxic Waste
An engineer and an artist transform toxic waste into oil paints and wondrous works of art.
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
Five delicious servings of ear candy weighing kilograms of fun with zero calories.
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NewsThe Lifted Brow Goes Subcompact on Your Ass
The Lifted Brow brings this lightweight publishing style to Australia.
