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NewsWin a Double Pass to See Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen’s latest film offers a snapshot of the world’s most adored city in its glory days, where avant-garde intersected with the everyday.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Norwegian Wood Director, Tran Anh Hung
We catch up with the acclaimed director ahead of the film's Australia/New Zealand release.
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NewsSt Jerome’s Laneway New Zealand Lineup Announced
So roll up your sleeves and dress yourself ironically. Laneway is going to be more than ok (although you don't need to publicly admit it).
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NewsBrakay Art Installations in Italy
I once came across a quote that summed up modernity quite nicely. It went: Modern Art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn't.
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NewsOccupy Wall Street Protests Start to Spread Around the World
How the American Dream has turned into a nightmare for a large proportion of U.S. citizens.
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NewsFeist, Chairlift and Laura Marling to Headline St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2012
If you like bands most people haven't heard of, then you will likely love the St. Jerome's Laneway Festival 2012 artist roster.
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NewsUntappd App Combines Social Networking and Beer
The perfect excuse to drink more beer and check your iPhone.
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NewsMessage in a Bottle: The Unusual Social Network
Harold Hackett has been sending messages all over the world, but unlike most of us he hasn’t been using a phone or a computer.
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NewsThe Land of Yes and The Land of No
Let me preface this by saying that I am by no means an expert in the world of movement. However, what I can offer to you dear readers is a review from the perspective of someone who appreciates dance but can’t tell the difference between a plié and a pirouette.
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NewsUnload Your Emotional Baggage and Get a Free Song in Return
This new site lets you unload your worries to a perfect stranger, who will in turn read it and send you a song they think will make you feel better.
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NewsWin Dinner and a Movie at The Beresford’s Italian Film Nights
In the lead up to balmy summer nights, The Beresford is screening a selection of Italian arthouse films every Monday.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Kursk at the Opera House
Step into the dark and witness the psychology of sailors trapped at the bottom of the sea at Kursk.
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NewsIPhone Bike Speaker Lets You Listen While You Ride
Play sweet music and use your iPhone as a GPS while riding through the town on your bike.
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NewsSlavery Footprint: Calculating How Many Forced Labourers Work For You
Cue the bright-eyed, pigtailed offspring of ethical consumerism and social media, Slavery Footprint.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See and Do at Art & About 2011
There's art everywhere, and Concrete Playground's sifted out the best parts of Art & About for you to get to.
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NewsSydney Theatre Company Launches 2012 Season
Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton have taken inspiration from movies, novels, the preoccupations of the world and the ingenuity of local artists to create Season 2012.
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NewsNewcastle Hosts Two Festivals In One Weekend
Yes, we do like to poke fun at our younger brother Newcastle now and then. But next week we have to admit he's winning big time.
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NewsJoin the Chocolate Wonderland at Baroque Bistro
We all have our weaknesses. And if there's one thing that could have me lying to friends and mortgaging a house, it would be chocolate.
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NewsDine on Wine and Dumplings at New Shanghai
We're talking a feast of delicious dumplings, including New Shanghai's genre-busting soupy and crispy Pan Fried Pork Buns.
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NewsTop 5 Events at Basement Fest 2011
Basement Fest 2011 brings together a strong line up of theatre, comedy, dance, art, spoken word and music for three weeks in both the main stage of The Basement theatre and upstairs in The Basement studio.
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NewsSemi-Fictional Audio Guides Narrate New York’s Museum Mile
A conceptual sound collective and the French join forces to take you for a merry and blissfully confusing journey down Manhattan's Museum Mile.
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NewsMicro-Hotel Sleepbox Makes Being In Transit Appealing
The pod with bed and drop-down desk may mean the days of sleeping in airport food courts are well behind us.
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NewsGiveaways /// Win Exclusive Cloudy Bay Tasting for you and 3 Friends
To celebrate the release of their 2011 Sauvignon Blanc on October 1st, Cloudy Bay is bringing the first of the season together at an exclusive tasting event.
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NewsInterview /// Concrete Playground meets Fern Sutherland
A couple of gins down, I sat down with my beautiful friend Fern Sutherland to talk about her latest role in Auckland Theatre Company's The End Of the Golden Weather.
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NewsExperience Slow Food at A Tavola
In this age of fast food, fast cars and fast women, there's something to be said for taking things slow.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to See The Whistleblower
Based on a true story, The Whistleblower, tells the story of human trafficking in a UN controlled post-war Bosnia.
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NewsWin One of Three VIP Passes to Parklife
The good folk at Barcardi are giving you and a friend the opportunity to get your hands on a VIP Parklife experience.
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NewsSubscribe to Win a $100 Bar Tab at 1885
We were thinking of adding in a clause that a percentage of this bar tab needs to be used on shouting the CP news team, but legal made it too complicated. So it is all yours, if you win*.
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NewsBelvoir and Griffin Theatre Reveal 2012 Seasons
Sydney's theatre companies have started rolling out their plans for season 2012, and they have us excited already.
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NewsThe Ten Best Festivals in Sydney
Get ready to dance kids, because summer’s coming. Here is Concrete Playground's shortlist of Sydney’s best festival experiences.
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NewsNike Release Back to The Future Sneakers
Nike has released a near-exact replica of the shoes worn by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future 2.
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NewsReview /// The Wizard of Oz
Whether you have been living in a cave and don’t know the story or it’s an old favourite of yours, this show is wonderfully uplifting and well worth seeing.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Opening of The Standard
The Standard, Sydney's newest multi-purpose performance space, opens this Thursday.
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NewsNYC Artist Brings Subway Etiquette to Life
NYC artist Jay Shells' Subway Etiquette Posters pokes fun at commuter pet peeves.
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NewsSwiss Artist Injects Order Into the Everyday
Ursus Wehrli wants to put some order into your life.
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NewsHighlights of New Zealand Fashion Week
Fashion Week has been and gone. Here are some of the highlights that stood out.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Alan Ball at the Sydney Opera House
This discussion of the True Blood creator's process promises to be no less seductive than a naked Mena Suvari writhing around in a bunch of roses.
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NewsGiveaways /// Win a VIP Malt Bar experience
This is a great way to meet new people, talk shop, exchange words, and who knows, cut a deal that will save the nation. You just never know.
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NewsGiveaways /// Win Scallop Festival Tickets
One of the most popular excuses to head out of the Concrete Playground and up the Coromandel to enjoy some of New Zealand's finest Scallops, Wine and Food.
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NewsPost-it Note Wars Erupt in Paris
French corporate types are unleashing their creative sides in the French capital.
