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NewsA History of Love on Film (and What it Says About Us)
From gay couples to unwed couples and human-monster romance, we look at those films that have changed how we see that crazy little thing called love.
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NewsDreamlike Places That Actually Exist
Ranging from popular tourist destinations to awe-inspiring sights, these are places to add to the bucket list of amazing ones to visit before you kick it.
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NewsThis American Life comes to Australian cinemas
With a weekly listenership of 1.7 million and a strong following since 1995, This American Life is due to make its debut in Australian cinemas.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Bel Ami
We have five double passes to see Bel Ami, the adaptation of the famously salacious 19th century novel.
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NewsFive Emerging Australian Fashion Designers You Need to Know
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia wrapped up last Friday after showcasing the best of local fashion design against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideEight Unmissable Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Winter
Chilly winter weather is the perfect excuse to explore a few (or many) of Melbourne's world-class art exhibitions.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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GuideHow to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix in Tropical North Queensland
Explore beachfront markets, local art galleries and a tropical gin distillery.
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GuideTen Dazzling Melbourne Exhibitions to Look Forward to This Summer
From international art and iconic fashion to design commissions and immersive installations, here are the exhibitions serving up your summer cultural fix.
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GuideFive of the Best RISING Festival Events That You Can Still Get Tickets To
Prepare your diary now for supernatural winter forests and once-off food pop-ups.
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GuideSeven Immersive and Impressive Art Exhibitions to Visit Around Australia This Autumn
Plan trips to walk over giant Monet artworks, visit Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' and explore decaying rooms filled with street art.
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NewsThe Buzz on Urban Beekeeping
Urban beekeepers in Australia are on the increase, with more and more people besotted by an unusual new love affair with backyard native beekeeping.
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NewsWin Tickets to 7 Kinds of Happiness
Seven seminars with major industry heavyweights explore how happiness impacts the practice of leading local and international designers.
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NewsInterview: Chip Rolley
The Sydney Writers' Festival artistic director speaks with Concrete Playground about the issues of private versus public.
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NewsFive of the Funniest YouTube Sketch Comedies
Get straight to the good stuff with CP's list of the top five sketch comedy YouTube channels.
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NewsWin Season One of Call Me Fitz on DVD
After years of womanising and substance abusing, Fitz is on the hunt for his long-lost conscience.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to see The Dictator
Sacha Baron Cohen's newest creation is on a mission to safeguard his beloved (oppressed) nation from the clutches of democracy.
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NewsIndia’s ‘Hugging Saint’ Visits Australia
'Amma' drew thousands last week during her Australian stop on her humanitarian hug campaign.
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NewsTourists Steal a Penguin From Sea World Australia
In a hazy, bizarre night, three allegedly intoxicated tourists broke into Sea World Australia, leaving with fairy penguin Dirk.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to see Safe
Win one of ten double passes to see breakneck speed crime thriller Safe.
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NewsJulian Assange Interviews Hezbollah Leader on his New Chat Show
Julian Assange, of WikiLeaks fame, premiered his talk show on RT this past Tuesday.
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NewsIce Cream Truck Supports Marriage Equality
The Ice Cream Truck of Love will hand out free scoops in support of marriage equality.
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NewsLingerie Football League to Visit Sydney and Brisbane
Allphones Arena has announced a partnership with the American LFL: Lingerie Football League, LLC.
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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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EventMoon Dog's Fizzer BYO Cup Day
Sun, 1 Dec, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
BYO drinking vessel, get it filled with free Moon Dog Fizzer — and celebrate the first day of summer in style.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Yerambooee
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free communal celebration of First Nations legend and song.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Garage Band
Sat, 7 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free event shining the spotlight on Victoria's talented young musicians.
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EventBridge Road Brewers' Spring Tasting in the City
Fri, 29 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Bridge Road Brewers Brunswick, Brunswick East
This afternoon of tasting session let's you explore a lesser-known Victorian wine region (Beechworth) without leaving Melbourne.
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EventTerasu Japanese Dining Pop-Up at Portsea Hotel
Fri, 3 Jan - Sun, 19 Jan 2025
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
Chef Yukio Ozeki is serving up a a luxe six-course Japanese feed at Mornington Peninsula's beloved Portsea Hotel for only a few weeks in January.
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EventHome Truth
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
A house-within-a-house labyrinth has popped up outside the NGV International to get everyone thinking about small-scale architecture.
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EventSpanish BBQ Fiesta on Pinchy's Balcony
Sun, 1 Dec - Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Pinchy's, Melbourne
Hit up this CBD restaurant on Sunday arvos in December for unlimited food and drinks on its sun-soaked terrace.
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NewsIKEA Plans to Construct an Entire London Neighbourhood
Having conquered furniture and then houses, IKEA has its sights set on building an entire suburb.
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NewsBioluminescent Creatures Put on a Glow-in-the-Dark Spectacle
New York's American Museum of Natural History will feature bioluminescent organisms in an upcoming exhibit.
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NewsPrice of Chocolate: One Good Deed
A Danish chocolatier seeks to generate generosity with his pop-up chocolate shop.
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NewsRent a Village or Country for Your Next Holiday
Instead of renting an apartment for their vacation, rich European holiday-goers are now renting or buying entire villages.
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NewsAustralia’s Boutique Cider Revolution
While a glass of sweet, delicious cider is undoubtedly on trend, we suspect that it will last a little longer than most fads.
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NewsConcrete Playground meets Goodbye First Love’s Mia Hansen-Love
Concrete Playground spoke to the very talented young filmmaker ahead of her film’s Australian release.
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NewsSpend Your Lunch Break Clubbing
Lunch Beat events have inspired Stockholm to get up and dance during lunch hour.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to See This Must Be The Place
Sean Penn plays Cheyenne, a bored, retired, wealthy American goth rock star living in Dublin (and looking a lot like Robert Smith).
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NewsThe Nerdy Girl Gets the Jock and Other Love Stories from the Voices Project
The Voices Project is brings together young people from different backgrounds and disciplines, and makes writers and viewers think about how storytelling changes from medium to medium.
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NewsBucking The Trend, Sydney Gets a New Superclub
Going against the trend for opening small bars for people to escape the pokies and nightclubs, The Star opens a new superclub. With pokies.
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NewsThis Winter’s Handiest Bike Accessory
Irene Posch invents a handy Early Night Biking Glove, sure to raise visibility to any urban bike rider cycling around this winter.
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NewsTen YouTube Channels You Should be Watching
Instead of wasting your time searching through homemade videos, check out this list of ten channels actually worth watching.
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NewsThe Seven Best TED Talks So Far This Year
With a new TED Talk posted every weekday, there is certainly no shortage of brilliance shared on the TED site.
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NewsThe Color Run Leaves Participants Paint Splattered
Touring throughout 18 US cities, The Color Run offers runners a unique and colourful 5k race.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to see A Dangerous Method
Dark and seductively unsettling, A Dangerous Method will take you into recesses of the psyche that you may not have been ready to face.
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NewsTheatres To Usher In Live Tweeting
The last bastion of the phone-free two hours, the theatre, might be about to crumble.
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NewsVivid Ideas 2012 Program Announced
Vivid Ideas is the creative part of the extravaganza that is Vivid Sydney, and this year it's bigger than ever before.
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NewsThe World’s 11 Most Colourful Cities
Many charming little towns throughout the world have put this idea into practice, painting their buildings in bold and bright colours.
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NewsA Bookmark Which Follows Your Reading
For the inner bookworm in all of us, French designer and inventor Oscar Lhermitte has come up with a way to make torn, dog-eared pages a thing of the past.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to see Headhunters
Headhunters tells the story of Roger Brown, a charming villain whose life is turned upside down through greed.
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NewsKony 2012 Campaign Goes Viral
Kony 2012 is a viral campaign spearheaded by the humanitarian group Invisible Children to raise awareness about atrocities in Uganda.
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NewsJon Rafman’s ‘The Nine Eyes of Google Street View’ Photo Project
Canadian artist Jon Rafman has presented viewers with a collection of the most bizzare, quirky and often disturbing images that are captured on Google's Street View.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Charlie Murphy
Charlie Murphy deserves some serious credit. Trying to forge a career as a professional comedian is pretty tough at the best of times, let alone when your brother is none other than Eddie Murphy.
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NewsMoss Poetry Appears in Sydney’s Paddington Reservoir Gardens
The walls of Sydney's historic reservoir are currently playing host to obscurely profound pieces of moss poetry.
