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    Concrete Playground's Winter Reading List 2017

    From a New York Times bestseller to Barnsey's memoir, these reads will get you through the colder months.

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    A La La Land Concert Experience is Coming to Auckland

    An orchestral shred session to the big screen musical.

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    Six Ways to Mark Midwinter Matariki

    Celebrate the Maori New Year with indigenous cuisine, spine-tingling kapa haka and stories around a fire.

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    Win Tickets to New Zealand's First Reclining Cinema

    You can rest easy about dreaded seat-kickers.

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    Artisan Brunch Is the Photo Series Turning Your Favourite Meal Into Famous Works of Art

    Giving iconic artworks the food-focused makeover no one ever realised they needed — until now.

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    Breaking Bad Is Coming Back as a Virtual Reality Experience

    Prepare to follow in Walter White's footsteps.

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    Lorde Announces 2017 New Zealand Tour of Intimate Venues

    She'll play small venues in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

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    Auckland Live Welcomes Back Its International Cabaret Season For 2017

    A Kate Sheppard rock opera, an original disco diva and a Trans-Tasman mutant story.

  • Guide

    The Best Events to Check Out at the 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival

    What to see, dance to, eat and stumble across.

  • Guide

    The Best Events to Check Out at Matariki Festival 2017

    Celebrate the Maori new year with light shows galore, a massive street party and illuminated skateboards.

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    Matariki Festival Announces Stacked 2017 Program

    Mark the Māori new year with light shows galore, a massive street party and illuminated skateboards.

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    Studio Ghibli Is Building Its Very Own Theme Park

    The Totoro-themed park is scheduled to open in 2020 — and if it doesn't feature a catbus, we'll eat this susuwatari.

  • News

    The Best Things to do in Wellington This Queen's Birthday Weekend

    Get your geek on, eat delicious things and dance your ass off.

  • Guide

    The Best Things to do in Auckland This Queen's Birthday Weekend

    Salute Queen Lizzy and the day off with liquid drum and bass, backstreet markets and a wharf carnival.

  • News

    Ten Exhibitions Worth Checking Out in June

    It's the perfect season for gallery hopping.

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    Five Films from Cannes 2017 We Can't Wait to See in New Zealand

    Now showing in French Riviera cinemas between May 17 and 28, and hopefully coming soon to a screen near you.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Picks for the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival

    Not strictly for the bookish and writing obsessed.

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    The New Zealand International Film Festival Teases Its Full Program With Eight Features

    Behind the curtain of a horror theme park, a sweeping giant screen epic, and a Mexican erotic bio-sci-fi.

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    Cirque du Soleil's Avatar-Inspired Show is Coming to New Zealand

    The contemporary circus act is here to fill in the colours of the habitable moon while we wait for four sequels.

  • News

    The Five Best Things to See at LUX Light Festival 2017

    The kaleidoscopic festival is back and ready to glow.

  • News

    Five Films to See at NZIFF Autumn Events

    Prepare yourself for the full NZIFF lineup with these cinematic treats.

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    Sculptureum is Matakana's Extravagant New Gallery-Zoo-Vineyard Hybrid

    There's even a live rabbit exhibition called Rabbiton.

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    'Wet Hot American Summer' Is Being Turned Into a Role-Playing Game

    Make your dream of stepping into the 2001 cult hit a reality with this crowdfunded tabletop game.

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    This Immersive London Exhibition Will Put You Inside an Episode of 'Black Mirror'

    Relive the anthology series' "Fifty Million Merits" episode as part of the Barbican's three-month science-fiction showcase.

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    NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Installed a Surreal Rooftop Dinner Party

    Characters and objects from the Met's collection have been digitally scanned, cast as sculptures and spread underneath the Manhattan skyline.

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    Andrew J. Steel and BAYNK on Auckland's Creative Scene

    Asking two innovative artists for their opinion on a city they know and love.

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    Ten Shows to See at the 2017 NZ International Comedy Festival

    Laugh your bits off at half-naked solo shows, Gloriavale kitsch comedy and Finland's funniest export.

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    Four More Titles Have Been Announced for Pocket-Sized Film Series Autumn Events

    A landmark musical drama, a Greta Garbo classic, a French animation, and the making of a great cinematic folly.

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    Five Minutes With Alt-Pop Songwriter Andrew Keoghan

    Discussing his new album, musical inspirations, and life in the Big Apple.

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    An Epic Three-Day Mud Festival is Coming to New Zealand

    If you ain't dirty, you ain't here to party.

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    The Team Behind Serial and This American Life Just Dropped a Brand New True Crime Podcast

    S-Town investigates a true story set in rural Alabama — and all seven episodes are here.

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    Splendour in the Grass Announces Dream-Fulfilling 2017 Lineup

    After six years, LCD Soundsystem are coming back to Australia.

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    Shia LaBeouf's Anti-Trump Project Has Been Shut Down Again

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