• News

    At Age Ten, Emerging Writers’ Festival Is Well Established

    The bookworm's answer to Woodstock unveils a program worth leaving the solitary safety of the laptop screen for.

  • News

    What’s So New About SBS2?

    SBS2 does TV that's made for Goldilocks — not too old, not too young, but just right.

  • News

    US Gun Lobbyist Makes John Howard Look Progressive

    Two Johns team up to bamboozle US gun lobbyist and general loose cannon Philip van Cleave.

  • Event

    A Contract of Love

    Mon, 22 Apr, 2013

    Merlyn Theatre, The Malthouse, Southbank

    A panel explores the relevance of 'something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue' in a post-millennium world.

  • Event

    New Work

    Wed, 17 Apr - Sat, 27 Apr 2013

    Bruce Artist Run Initiative, Footscray

    Painter Max Lawrence White presents an ode to the beauty of the colour wheel, in three dimensions.

  • News

    Monocle Does Coffee Now

    The magazine-gone-global brand synonymous with cool is now serving designer lattes to savvy Londoners.

  • News

    Sydney Writers’ Festival 2013 Boasts More Storytelling Events and Molly Ringwald

    The thinker's answer to Glastonbury launches a dynamic program of events that celebrates the pleasure of a good old-fashioned story.

  • Event

    Phillip Boon Presents: ML Vintage

    Wed, 17 Apr, 2013

    Circa, The Prince, St Kilda

    Ogle the Pucci, Missoni and Courreges designs of yesteryear, eat fancy nosh and feel good about it.

  • Event

    A Clockwork Orange – Action to the Word

    Sat, 6 Apr - Sun, 21 Apr 2013

    Malthouse Theatre, Southbank

    Anthony Burgess's dystopian tale of teenage anger, desire and boredom turns 50.

  • Event

    SONG – Ranters Theatre

    Sat, 13 Apr - Sun, 21 Apr 2013

    Arts House, North Melbourne

    Ranters Theatre's new production is an all-senses experience, best viewed horizontally from an Astroturf lounge. Everything from the smell of the ocean to the colour of sunset at day's end is experienced at a heightened level.

  • Event

    Scott & Charlene’s Wedding

    Fri, 5 Apr, 2013

    The Liberty Social, Melbourne

    Craig Dermody does sweetly strained vocals and catchy lyrics, with a nod to Jason and Kylie.

  • News

    The Art of Book Club

    Choose books over looks, every time.

  • Event

    Asghar Farhadi Retrospective

    Sun, 24 Mar - Fri, 12 Apr 2013

    ACMI hosts a retrospective of the Iranian director, ahead of screenings in the Big Apple.

  • News

    A Wallflower’s Guide to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2013

    Concrete Playground brings you the best of the Melbourne International Comedy festival, sans awkward silences.

  • Event

    Trybe: An Opera In Paint

    Thu, 14 Mar - Sun, 24 Mar 2013

    Anthony Breslin takes the theatre of the opera and transforms it for modern sensibilities, minus Pavarotti's tenor.

  • News

    Six 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.

  • News

    Be 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.

  • News

    The 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.

  • Event

    NEW 13

    Fri, 15 Mar - Sun, 12 May 2013

    ACCA, Melbourne

    Seven bright emerging artists are given the keys to ACCA to actualise their most outlandish artistic visions.

  • Event

    NEW 13

    Seven of Australia's brightest emerging artists are given the keys to ACCA to actualise their most outlandish artistic visions.