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News'Run for Your Lives' Zombie-Themed Obstacle Course Is Coming to Australia
Avoid the blood pit, round the 'Resident Evil' laser grid and don't get bitten.
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NewsCards For Humanity Is the Saintly Alternative to Your Favourite Horrible Party Game
Your weekend just got nice and boring.
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NewsFive Tips for Throwing the Best Cinco de Mayo Party
Celebrate Mexico's almost unfairly excellent food, drink and culture, without the stereotypes.
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NewsEurovision Alert: Here's When and Where 2024's Song Contest Is Unleashing Its Europop Marvels
Electric Fields are representing Australia with 'One Milkali (One Blood)', which features the language Yankunytjatjara from the Anangu peoples.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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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 standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsSeven New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Sydney Sweeney as a nun, Timothée Chalamet's return to Arrakis and a Bob Marley biopic.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTwelve New Movies You Can Watch in March That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with a haunting Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal romance, Sofia Coppola's take on Priscilla Presley and stunning Oscar-winner 'Anatomy of a Fall'.
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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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NewsNine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them all out now.
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NewsSay Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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NewsThis Is How IKEA Is Placating You Since You Can't Play Hide and Seek
IKEA's invented their own games — or tried to, at least.
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NewsGiant IKEA Hide and Seek Game Planned for Melbourne Store
With over 25,000 people 'attending', this is unlikely to fly under IKEA's radar.
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NewsLaneway Festival Co-Founder to Open Pop-Up Rooftop Hotel
Take a first look inside St. Jerome's, the luxury camping ground.
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GuideYour Ultimate Easter Long Weekend Itinerary
All the things to do now you're too old for Easter egg hunts (or are you?).
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NewsYou Can Now Play Cards Against Humanity On Your Phone
The 'party game for horrible people' is now online.
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NewsThe Ten Best Pool Toys for Grown-Ups
Floating poker tables, motorised bumper boats and inflatable watermelons. Dive in.
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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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NewsAll the Best Ways to Spend Australia Day 2015 in Melbourne
Sausages, citizenship, the Triple J Hottest 100. Celebrate what you value this Australia Day.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Most Popular Posts of 2014
Bike shops, beer halls and breakfast had your fingers clicking this year.
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EventMay the 4th — 'Star Wars' Rave
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Ballers Clubhouse, Melbourne
'Tis the right date to celebrate the sci-fi franchise on the dance floor while drinking Skywalker Spritzes and Jedi Juice.
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EventFirelight Festival
Friday, June 28 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Docklands Harbour Esplanade, Docklands
Melbourne's after-dark arts festival is back for a fiery time at Docklands, complete with an underground light show and labyrinth beneath Marvel Stadium.
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EventGood Food & Wine Show 2024
Friday, May 31 - Sunday, June 2, 2024
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Expand your gastronomic horizons with a star-studded lineup of chefs and over 300 exhibitors at this annual event.
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EventALUMNI at Crown Melbourne
Thursday, May 16 - Sunday, August 4, 2024
Evergreen, Southbank
This pop-up restaurant will feature residencies from four former 'MasterChef Australia' contestants.
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EventRaclette Supper at Handpicked Wines
Wednesday, April 10 - Saturday, August 31, 2024
Handpicked Wines Cellar Door, Melbourne
Cosy up with some melted cheese and bold wines this winter.
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EventMother's Day High Tea at Queen Victoria Market
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Treat the most important woman in your life to this one-off high tea experience designed by the well-known Tommy Collins team.
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EventAgatha Christie's The Mousetrap
Wednesday, July 31 - Saturday, August 3, 2024
Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston
Initially premiering in London's West End in 1952, the world's longest-running play is coming to Melbourne — again.
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EventSleater-Kinney: 'Little Rope' Tour
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Forum Theatre, Melbourne
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker are touring Down Under three decades after recording their first album in Australia.
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EventThe Warehouse Project
Saturday, May 25 - Sunday, May 26, 2024
PICA (Port Melbourne Industrial Centre for the Arts), Port Melbourne
Manchester's rave scene is heading Down Under, with The Warehouse Project making its first Australian visit.
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EventUniversal Everything: Beings
Wednesday, May 22 - Sunday, September 29, 2024
ACMI, Melbourne
This world-premiere exhibition at ACMI features installations that respond differently to every visitor.
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NewsThese Were the Most Instagrammed Places in Australia for 2014
Which snap-happy places got the most filter-laden love this year?
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide
The products we've been eyeing off all year.
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NewsMelbourne’s CBD Could Be Getting a Floating, Adjustable Wave Pool
With adjustable waves. Adjustable. Waves.
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NewsThis Invisible Air Umbrella Will Absolutely Not Turn Inside Out
Or hit your fellow pedestrians in the head.
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NewsCustomise Your Own Waves at the Sunshine Coast’s Epic New Wave Pool
Choose the size, length and time limit of your own wave.
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NewsTen Reasons to Leave The House This Weekend
There's plenty of cheese to be eaten, films to be snuggled into and live music to warm your hands on this weekend.
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NewsEight Things Worth Leaving the House For This Weekend
Ditch the Netflix sesh and get amongst it.
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NewsJess Scully’s Guide to Getting into Winter in Sydney
The Vivid Ideas festival director embraces winter with open arms and some hot tips.
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NewsGrow Your Indoor Garden Haven with New Plant Warehouse Loose Leaf
The Loose Leaf team chat about reconnecting with nature, your home's microclimates and the one plant that thrives on neglect.
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NewsMinimal Living: Rejecting Excess and Finding Clarity with Lottie Consalvo
Are we weighed down by our possessions? We speak to artist Lottie Consalvo about low-living.
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NewsFour DIY Beauty Treatments for Under $10
Tried and true tricks from a jaded cosmetics counter worker.
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NewsThe World’s First Connected Tennis Racquet Might Be Better Than a Coach
Aus Open, here we come.
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NewsRaise the Stakes in Your Pretentious Convos with New Metagame
A game that asks the eternal question, 'Which feels like first love: Pride and Prejudice or Hungry Hungry Hippos?'
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NewsThe Future of Gardening’s Looking Up
Patrick Blanc talks to Concrete Playground about the vertical garden phenomenon.
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NewsConcrete Playground Runs the Tan Ultra
Our arts and lifestyle writer Hilary Simmons goes from aesthete to athlete.
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NewsThe Ten Best Apps to Boost Your Fitness
Refresh and renew your fitness regime with these ten awesome apps.
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NewsThe Ten Best Swings Ever
Things have come a long way since your ma or pa tied a threadbare rope to a used tyre.
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NewsA Glamping Guide for Music Festivals
Gear up for all of winter's festivals with 10 glamping necessities.
