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Ten Best Films at The Documentary Edge Festival 2013
With more films than you can shake a stick at, the Documentary Edge Festival provides a comprehensive selection of documentaries from around the world. Here are our ten picks.
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Ten Up and Coming New Zealand Musicians
Corona Extra presents ten of the best up and coming New Zealand musicians.
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Time Travel via Phone Box Is Possible Thanks to NYC’s New Museum
The pay phone finds new life as an auditory time machine letting New Yorkers escape reality.
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Artist Jay Shells Swaps Street Signs with Rap Lyrics
Meet you on the corner of 'Cause I want to be on 106 and Park pushing a Benz'.
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Book Spine Poetry That Speaks Volumes
A lifelong book fetish becomes fun and quirky poetic art.
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Artist Bradley Hart Finds Unusual Use for Bubble Wrap
Bradley Hart would not like it if you popped his bubble wrap.
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Concrete Playground Meets Danny Boyle and the Cast of Trance
What film did you expect Danny Boyle to make next? Odds are it wasn't Trance, a hypno-heist thriller.
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Ten Inspiring and Insightful TED Talks by Musicians
Amanda Palmer isn't the only industry luminary with a penchant for both lyrics and discourse.
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A Bluffer’s Guide To Yoga in Auckland
lululemon has launched in New Zealand, and what better excuse to pull on our tights and bluff our way through a few stretchy sessions for your reading pleasure.
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Friendly Fire Becomes More Literal as Thumbs Replace Guns
Our favourite bullet-firing heroes and villains have laid down their arms.
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Vivid Sydney Announces 2013 Lineup
The festival turns five this year, and is celebrating with its most dazzling lineup yet.
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Try a Truly Sustainable Diet at Pestival
The Noma chefs pitch in to help tune your tastebuds to the appreciation of bugs.
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Win $1000 Worth of Clothing on Fallenfront.co.nz
Fallenfront are offering all new subscribers the chance to win $1000 worth of clothing.
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Win Tickets to No
Win tickets to No, the compelling and controversial docu-drama which delves into the murky waters of Chilean political history.
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Review /// Presidents of the United States of America
Monday night peaches was a sumptuous start the week. If only I could have a second helping....
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Seven Forward-Thinking Foodies Create Meals from the Future
Good news for people who like needles, kelp and insects.
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Concrete Playground Meets Tim Richards
We caught up with Tim Richards ahead of the release of his new collaboration with top kiwi producers Antix.
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The Five Best New Summer Drinking Spots in Auckland
Where we quenched our thirst in Auckland's summer of 2012/2013.
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Splendour in the Grass Moves to Its Permanent Home
The North Byron Parklands are prepped and ready to go for July 2013.
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Picasso’s Cubist Portraits Brought to Life in Photography
Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco reinterprets Picasso's Cubist portraits with live models.
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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.
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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.
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Be Jealous, Bikers: London Goes Dutch with $1.4 Billion Cycle Highway
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announces cycle-friendly plans to inspire city planners everywhere.
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Space Odyssey: Ten Futuristic Hotels Around the World
When only futuristic chic will do, check out these ten space-age stays around the world.
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Win Tickets to Rust and Bone
Concrete Playground has five double passes to give away to Rust and Bone, an utterly absorbing and powerful French love story.
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Your Tweets Control the Music in SXSW’s Interactive Vending Machine Stage
With Doritos' Bold Stage concert you can choose the songs, special effects and even performers with nothing more than a tweet
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Carrie Fisher Is Returning to Star Wars, According to Carrie Fisher
Princess Leia is is bringing back those famous bagel buns and reprising her role.
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The Off-White Album: How History and Decay Affect 45-Year-Old Records
No matter what their colour, condition or quality, Rutherford Chang wants your iconic 1968 Beatles 'White Album'.
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Ten Inspiring Surf Getaways Across the Globe
Surf traveller and Editor/Founder of Stab Magazine, Derek Rielly, offers his insights into ten dreamboat waves across the globe.
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Berlin Wall Is Being Torn Down…Again
For the second time in a matter of only a few years, a chunk of the Berlin Wall, and the striking art that covers it, is set to be torn down
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A Lego Hogwarts Exists That Is Almost Big Enough to Enter
This Hogwarts castle made out of 400,000 Lego blocks is possibly more stupefying than the real Hogwarts.
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Get Jazzy in the Bay this Easter
Perfect excuse to get some culture in the mighty bay of plenty.
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The Five Best Hot Sauces in Auckland
Ben Polkinghorne from Auckland Burrito Review gives us his entertaining thoughts on New Zealand's Hot Sauce scene.
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Seven Intricate Structures You Won’t Believe Were Made Out of Paper
Check out seven of the most intricate and incredible structures ever made out of paper
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Air New Zealand Launches New Safety Video with Bear Grylls
Adventurer Bear Grylls has lent his survival skills to a cheeky new Air New Zealand safety video that leaves the stuffy air cabin behind.
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Win One of Two Complimentary Hair Cuts at Room 104
Win yourself a cut at one of Auckland's leading mens barber's Room 104
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Cocktail Masterclass: The Perrier Summer Punch
Perrier mixologist Tomas Vikario offers his expertise on creating a tasty summer cocktail.
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The Ten Best Art Apps
Art organisations across the globe are transforming how tech-savvy visitors can experience their works.
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The Five Greatest Papal Film Moments
Vatican movies to get you in the mood for the next two months of Church and State.