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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Tim Richards
We caught up with Tim Richards ahead of the release of his new collaboration with top kiwi producers Antix.
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NewsThe Five Best New Summer Drinking Spots in Auckland
Where we quenched our thirst in Auckland's summer of 2012/2013.
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NewsBrisbane’s Best Pre- and Post-Movie Restaurants
We've narrowed down the top 10 pre- and post-film eats all within walking distance of movie theatres.
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NewsThe Best Bicycle Shops in Sydney
There's a bicycling renaissance afoot, and these are the places where you want to pimp your ride.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Moves to Its Permanent Home
The North Byron Parklands are prepped and ready to go for July 2013.
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NewsWhen a Building Brightens a Neighbourhood
Reko Rennie's Welcome to Redfern is part of a history of large-scale murals that have driven urban renewal.
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NewsPicasso’s Cubist Portraits Brought to Life in Photography
Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco reinterprets Picasso's Cubist portraits with live models.
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NewsSix Unbelievable Things You’re Missing at SXSW 2013
From a talking show courtesy of Google to a vending machine that lets you choose the party beats, SXSW 2013 opened with a bang.
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NewsBe Transported by Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th Annual Photo Contest Finalists
Forget the official winners or the Reader's Choice Award, we present Concrete Playground's best of the Smithsonian Photo Contest.
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NewsBe Jealous, Bikers: London Goes Dutch with $1.4 Billion Cycle Highway
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announces cycle-friendly plans to inspire city planners everywhere.
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NewsSpace Odyssey: Ten Futuristic Hotels Around the World
When only futuristic chic will do, check out these ten space-age stays around the world.
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NewsWin Tickets to Rust and Bone
Concrete Playground has five double passes to give away to Rust and Bone, an utterly absorbing and powerful French love story.
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NewsThe Fashion Victim’s Guide to LMFF
The 2013 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival presents a variety of enriching things, many of which don't come with a price tag on a hanger.
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NewsYour Tweets Control the Music in SXSW’s Interactive Vending Machine Stage
With Doritos' Bold Stage concert you can choose the songs, special effects and even performers with nothing more than a tweet
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NewsThe Best Places to Eat and Drink in Brisbane When You’re Heading to the Football
Our favourite places to go before or after a game at Suncorp Stadium.
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NewsGet Your Hands on a Mix-Tape for the Digital Age
Sharetapes give modern music a decidedly old-school twist.
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NewsHow to Graze Your Way Through Taste of Sydney
It's kinda like the food and cocktail circus is in town.
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NewsCarrie Fisher Is Returning to Star Wars, According to Carrie Fisher
Princess Leia is is bringing back those famous bagel buns and reprising her role.
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NewsThe Best Laneway Cafes in Melbourne
We select our favourite laneway spots to grab a latte or two in the shade.
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NewsHow Reasonable Things Still Get Banned by the Australian Classification Board
I Want Your Love is in the spotlight after James Franco's YouTube rant, but it's banning is just one of many 'silly' decisions made by Australian censors over the years.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Ash Flanders of Trash-Theatremakers Sisters Grimm
We learn how they've taken their high-camp, low-tech shows from the garden shed to the main stage.
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NewsThe Off-White Album: How History and Decay Affect 45-Year-Old Records
No matter what their colour, condition or quality, Rutherford Chang wants your iconic 1968 Beatles 'White Album'.
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NewsTen Inspiring Surf Getaways Across the Globe
Surf traveller and Editor/Founder of Stab Magazine, Derek Rielly, offers his insights into ten dreamboat waves across the globe.
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NewsFive Must-See Acts at the Brisbane Comedy Festival
We save you the unenviable task of having to pick and choose out of all the great talent.
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NewsWhat Happens to Funny-Shaped Vegetables?
Food wastage is rife, but some restaurants are determined to be part of the solution rather than the problem.
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NewsWheat and Art to Thrive at The Rocks’ New Pop-Up Windmill
Pop-ups just keep getting bigger, and this four-storey arts centre and wheat grind has to take the cake.
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NewsThe Really Bad Dancer’s Guide to Dance Massive 2013
For those of you who love to krump, or perhaps enjoy something a little more structured, you want to be twerkin’ all the way to Dance Massive 2013.
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NewsBerlin Wall Is Being Torn Down…Again
For the second time in a matter of only a few years, a chunk of the Berlin Wall, and the striking art that covers it, is set to be torn down
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NewsA Lego Hogwarts Exists That Is Almost Big Enough to Enter
This Hogwarts castle made out of 400,000 Lego blocks is possibly more stupefying than the real Hogwarts.
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NewsGet Jazzy in the Bay this Easter
Perfect excuse to get some culture in the mighty bay of plenty.
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NewsWin a $150 Bar Tab at Cake Wines’ Closing Night Party
The pop-up bar is ending on March 3, but not before throwing one helluva party.
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NewsThe Five Best Hot Sauces in Auckland
Ben Polkinghorne from Auckland Burrito Review gives us his entertaining thoughts on New Zealand's Hot Sauce scene.
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NewsSeven Intricate Structures You Won’t Believe Were Made Out of Paper
Check out seven of the most intricate and incredible structures ever made out of paper
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NewsAir New Zealand Launches New Safety Video with Bear Grylls
Adventurer Bear Grylls has lent his survival skills to a cheeky new Air New Zealand safety video that leaves the stuffy air cabin behind.
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NewsRainford Street Social Brings Back Breakfast
Head chef Ben Orpwood gives us the lowdown on the new breakfast menu.
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NewsA Curated Buffet of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
Whatever your poison and budget, there's something worth breaking the raw food diet for.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to Do at Art Month Sydney
Our guide to the annual extravaganza of art, performance and exploration.
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NewsGastro Park Resurrects the Game of Thrones Feast
Get your own firsthand experience of the Seven Kingdoms and beyond through a specially designed five-course feast.
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NewsWin One of Two Complimentary Hair Cuts at Room 104
Win yourself a cut at one of Auckland's leading mens barber's Room 104
