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NewsConcrete Playground’s Melbourne Writers Festival 2015 Reading List
Put this wintry weather to good use and get clued in for MWF.
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NewsThe Onion Is Launching a New Web Series Parodying Vice Media
Throwing acid in the face of ignorance.
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NewsTake a Delicious, Delicious Tour of Nick Offerman's Pizza Farm
“If it’s on a plant, it’s good for you, who cares how it got there.”
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NewsGrey Gardens Projects Exhibition Space to Open in Fitzroy
With a gallery and performance space, coffee bar and a brand new permanent home for Speakeasy Cinema.
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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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NewsThe Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far
From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.
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NewsLee Lin Chin Announced as Australia's Official Eurovision Spokesperson Because All Is Well
"I’m not worried about being up early, I’ll just have to take a break from the clubs for 20 minutes."
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NewsHumans of New York's Brandon Stanton Photographed the 2015 Met Gala
Ordinary people as celebrities, celebrities as ordinary people.
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NewsPalace Theatre to Hold a Huge Garage Sale This Weekend
Take home a piece of the Palace, however bittersweet it may feel.
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NewsEmerging Writers' Festival Announce 2015 Program
This year, EWF tackles the F word — in more ways than one.
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NewsDark Mofo Announces Huge 2015 Program
British jellymongers Bompas and Parr are just the tip of this dark and delicious Tasmanian iceberg.
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsNine Incredible Things You're Missing at SXSW This Year
From Tinder robots to Kwik-E-Mart food trucks and virtual reality SNL, SXSW 2015 has truly opened with a bang.
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NewsVivid Sydney Announces Huge 2015 Program
Giant Rococo pigs, interactive games of duck, duck, goose, Sufjan Stevens and TV on the Radio.
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NewsAll the Life Advice You Need from Terry Pratchett
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
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NewsAnita Sarkeesian to Talk #Gamergate in Melbourne
She explained #Gamergate to Stephen Colbert. Now it's your turn.
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NewsThe Eight Best Ways to Celebrate Chinese New Year in Melbourne
Dragon dances, illuminated Chinatown laneways, kung fu cinema for White Night and all the dumplings you can handle.
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NewsNew Web Comedy 'The Katering Show' Skewers Foodie Culture
"The journey of a food intolerant, and an intolerable foodie."
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EventTogether for Lebanon Fundraiser
Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
Abla's, Carlton
Abla’s, A1 Bakery, Alimentari, Larderfresh and Linden Cook are joining forces to raise money for people in Lebanon.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Tue, 8 Apr - Sun, 13 Apr 2025
Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Melbourne.
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EventThe Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale
Sat, 26 Apr - Fri, 30 May 2025
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
The musical version of JRR Tolkien's classic is taking the hobbits to Melbourne's Comedy Theatre.
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EventLego 'Star Wars': The Exhibition
Sun, 4 May 2025 - Mon, 26 Jan 2026
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Australia's world-first Lego 'Star Wars' exhibition is soaring into Melbourne in 2025 — from May the fourth, of course.
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EventThis Never Happened Presents
Fri, 17 Jan, 2025
170 Russell, Melbourne
Dance Music record label This Never Happened is back for another Melbourne party that won't allow phones.
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EventThe Rose Street Market
Sat, 23 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Rose Street Artist's Market, Fitzroy
Fitzroy's weekly artisan design and art market is a must-hit if you're up for some weekend shopping and wandering.
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EventThe Fitzroy Mills Market
Mon, 25 Nov, 2024
The Fitzroy Mills, Fitzroy
This much-loved Fitzroy market showcases a top selection of local food producers an makers each Saturday.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Summer Reading List
Ten books from this year that no bibliophile should miss.
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NewsConstruction Crews Demolish Interior of Palace Theatre Before Heritage Decision
"[It's] sheer vandalism."
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NewsFive Lessons in Sustainable Fashion with Hessian Magazine
Editor-in-chief Siggi McCarthy lets us into the world beyond the buzzwords.
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NewsWin Tickets to So Frenchy So Chic in the Park
Don your best-floral-headband-and-sundress-combo and gear up for un merveilleux après-midi.
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NewsTex Perkins is Running For Victorian State Parliament to Save the Palais
"It's just not good enough."
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NewsTeenager Dies of Suspected Overdose at Sydney’s Harbourlife
Friends say she took one-and-a-half pills during the day.
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NewsFive Barossa Valley Events That Are Worth the Road Trip
Apparently there's more to the Barossa than wineries.
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NewsIt Looks Like Channel Nine’s New Streaming Service Actually Won’t Suck
Can't say the same about its name.
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NewsWes Anderson is Planning His Own Theme Park with Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh
What the cuss? Stop everything.
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NewsSt Kilda’s Prince of Wales is Up For Sale, May Give Way to Residential Devlopment
Here we go again, folks.
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NewsShould Rude Customers Be Charged More For Their Coffee?
Being nicer to your barista might save you some dosh.
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News‘Baking Bad': The Breaking Bad Cookbook is Finally Here
Warning: Cookbook contains delicious baking recipes and spoilers.
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NewsTicketek and Ticketmaster Forced to Change Their Sneaky Booking Fees
That $50 gig might actually cost you $50 now.
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NewsSydney Festival 2015 Program Announced
Two Spiegeltents, two labyrinths and close to two hundred events.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to Do at Melbourne Good Food Month 2014
Good Food Month may seem overwhelming, but with this guide all you need to know is what you want to eat: everything.
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NewsFive Dining Trends That Are Big in Japan
Japan has 32 Michelin-starred restaurants. These aren't them.
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NewsDo Neighbours Have a Right to Complain About Live Music Venues?
A disgruntled neighbour next to Cherry Bar has just been labelled "fuckwit of the year".
