Saturday, January 7 - Sunday, January 29, 2012
Various Sydney venues, Sydney
There's something amazing to do every single night as the city becomes a summer wonderland.
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To the delight of fetishists of redundant technology, an American artist has created a typewriter that paints.
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In attempt to help out those with a literary whim, Concrete Playground presents the ten best books to read this summer.
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Road trips can be an idealised summertime activity, so Concrete Playground has come up with some tips to make sure you never have a bad one again.
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Concrete Playground has ten double passes to give away to attend the artistic, musical and beer-infused extravaganza that is Tiger Translate.
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Geoffrey O’Connor is bringing his polite heartbreaker brand of cool to Sydney.
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The reinvigorated Sydney Festival has completely transformed our city in summer and it’s made Sydney a truly amazing place to be in January.
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Wendy's Secret Garden is a small testament to heartbreak hidden amongst the skyscrapers that line the city's foreshore.
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Helsinki is not only a city of freezing winters and scary death metal bands, but the world's capital of innovative and sustainable design.
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The acclaimed director's latest short film has you falling in love with a pair of horny skeletons who come to life one night in a French bookshop.
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In the ultimate act of not being able to let go, an artist has transferred the detritus of his past into a perusable dumpster.
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The infamous Gonzo journalist has something to cure your throbbing head.
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The face of Ziggy Stardust is now official currency in the London suburb of Brixton.
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Ikea attempt to sell you their durable and inexpensive Swedish wares by aligning them precisely with your personality, lifestyle and tastes.
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113 Cathedral Street, Woolloomooloo
This country-style pub provides live tunes on the regular — from blues and folk to mellow jazz.
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A conceptual sound collective and the French join forces to take you for a merry and blissfully confusing journey down Manhattan's Museum Mile.
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The pod with bed and drop-down desk may mean the days of sleeping in airport food courts are well behind us.
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Get ready to dance kids, because summer’s coming. Here is Concrete Playground's shortlist of Sydney’s best festival experiences.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Trent&Henry, The Rocks
Emerging out of The Rocks Pop Up Project, Trent & Henry are opening a new design workshop, gallery and event space in the heart of the city's most sandstoney district.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Various cinemas in Sydney
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind the group's only known concert recorded on film is being screened for the first and only time.
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