• News

    Iron & Wine to Tour in April

    The "awesomely bearded" Sam Beam will headline at Sydney's Opera House and Melbourne's Forum Theatre.

  • News

    Win Tickets to Psycho Beach Party at the Brisbane Festival

    A tongue-in-cheek homage that lovingly mashes up surf and horror films.

  • News

    Your 2013 National Young Writers’ Festival Planner

    With the festival turning sweet sixteen, you better bring your best party dress.

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    Watch a Film Set Entirely on a Computer Screen on Your Computer Screen

    Watch a movie about being online whilst online. META.

  • News

    Mind-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.

Latest Guides
  • News

    Take 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.

  • News

    Alfred & 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.

  • News

    Arcade 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.

  • News

    Billy Bragg Announces Australian Tour

    He's bringing the whole band.

  • News

    Win Tickets to See Stories We Tell

    We all have a family story to tell, but we can't all tell it like Sarah Polley.

  • News

    The Ten Best Acts to See at BIGSOUND 2013

    BIGSOUND is the gold star on Brisbane's music calendar.

  • News

    Last Hayao Miyazaki Film to Be Released in 2014

    There's good news, and there's bad news.

  • News

    The Unexpected Poetry of Google Autocomplete

    Autocomplete results are often unintentionally hilarious and weirdly sad - but are they also art?

  • News

    The Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend

    Farewell office, farewell pants being necessary and hello soundtracked weekend.

  • News

    Boozing 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.

Latest Events
  • Event

    The Great Artist Market

    Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

    Felons Barrel Hall, Brisbane City

    This riverside brewery is celebrating Brisbane's creative community with a one-day market featuring over 70 local talents.

  • Event

    Armand 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.

  • Event

    Archie Moore: kith and kin

    Sat, 27 Sep 2025 - Sun, 18 Oct 2026

    GOMA, South Brisbane

    This artwork won the 2024 Venice Biennale's Golden Lion — and Australians can see it at home in Brisbane.

  • News

    Luxury 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.

  • News

    H&M to Launch First Australian Store

    High-end trends on a low-end budget.

  • News

    Win Tickets to the Brisbane Festival

    A night of wining, dining and Circolumbia awaits.

  • News

    Artist 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

  • News

    Your 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.

  • News

    Win Tickets to See Blue Jasmine

    Cate Blanchett's compelling work lights up one of Woody Allen's darkest films.

  • News

    Oil Paint Engineered Out of Toxic Waste

    An engineer and an artist transform toxic waste into oil paints and wondrous works of art.

  • News

    The Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend

    Five delicious servings of ear candy weighing kilograms of fun with zero calories.

  • News

    The Lifted Brow Goes Subcompact on Your Ass

    The Lifted Brow brings this lightweight publishing style to Australia.

  • News

    Win a Stoker Prize Pack

    Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Jacki Weaver unexpectedly star in a violent neo-gothic Bildungsroman from a master of style.

  • News

    3D Print Your Own Art Masterpiece Forgery

    Here is a story to both perturb and titillate the sensitive art-lovers among us.

  • News

    Kickstarter Coming to Australia and New Zealand

    Nothing has quite transformed the 'crowd funding' story like Kickstarter.

  • News

    Win Tickets to See Jobs

    Ashton Kutcher is Steve Jobs. Accept it already.

  • News

    Avocado Beer Is a Possibly Delicious Invention

    An LA brewery has created a guacamole-inspired beer to celebrate the beginning of avocado season in California.

  • News

    The National Return to Australia in February

    New York-based indie rockers The National are set to tour Australia in February 2014.

  • News

    Unlikely Objects from the Bizarre Imagination of an Italian Artist

    Unlikely objects invite the doublest of double-takes.

  • News

    Jan Powers Farmers Markets Coming to Albion Mill

    Bottled or baked, pickled or plucked, caught or dug up, you'll be able to get your hands on it at Albion Mill's Farmers' Markets.

  • News

    The Discerning Lego-Builder Now Has Minimalist, All-White Bricks

    Lego launches a versatile set for would-be architects.

  • News

    Socks Infused with Coffee Cure Smelly Feet

    For feet so sweet you can wear the same pair of socks for days.

  • News

    Win Tickets to See Kick-Ass 2

    Because you know you want to see how Hit Girl is handling high school.

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