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NewsDevastating and Beautiful Animated Ad Will Turn You Off Factory Farming
An ad for a popular fast food chain that might just make you cry.
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NewsA Synesthete Maps the London Underground
Ever wondered what the names of stations taste like as they roll off the tongue?
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NewsWin Tickets to Concrete Playground’s Private Screening of Rush
Ron Howard looks to have rediscovered the Formula One to successful film making.
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NewsWin Tickets to a Special Doku Rai Readers’ Event at Carriageworks
Enjoy drinks, talks and one of the most exciting performances of 2013.
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NewsYour 2013 National Young Writers’ Festival Planner
With the festival turning sweet sixteen, you better bring your best party dress.
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NewsSydney Theatre Company Shows Off New Tricks in 2014 Season
Does Sydney's biggest theatre company also boast the most experimental season?
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GuideIndependent Cinemas with Interesting and Unexpected Screenings
The kind of cinemas where the screening is only half the reason to show up, these characterful picture palaces are high on vibes.
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GuideGalleries to Spend a Rainy Afternoon Wandering Around
Twelve galleries across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne that earn a proper look, not just a walk-by.
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NewsThe Best New Australian Books to Curl Up With This August
A time-travelling news agency, fables about digital dystopias, the grief of losing a best friend and more.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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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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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to Do at Sydney Good Food Month 2013
A cacophony of events running the gamut from casual picnics to buzzing parties.
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NewsTake a Tour of Burning Man on the Back of a Drone
Perhaps it's true you can only understand the festival if you've been. But this gets you pretty close.
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NewsSee Julia Gillard Live in Conversation with Anne Summers
Julia Gillard's first public appearance since her June farewell speech.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Stories We Tell
We all have a family story to tell, but we can't all tell it like Sarah Polley.
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NewsThe Unexpected Poetry of Google Autocomplete
Autocomplete results are often unintentionally hilarious and weirdly sad - but are they also art?
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NewsBoozing Now Acceptable at Breakfast Thanks to Spreadable Beer
An Italian duo have done their bit to make the world a better place, engineering a chocolate-flavoured beer spread.
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NewsLuxury Hotels in Weird and Wonderful Places Around the World
Here are 10 of Smith’s most interesting places to pass a night, picked just for Concrete Playground.
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NewsWin Tickets to See STC’s Romeo and Juliet
A young, fiery team create a Romeo and Juliet to remember.
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NewsLongrain’s Martin Boetz to Head New Rushcutters Bay Restaurant
The rumours are true: locally-minded, sustainably grown, expertly prepared cuisine is on its way to 10 Neild Avenue.
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EventSpring Opening Party at URBNSURF Sydney
Thu, 17 Sep - Sun, 20 Sep 2026
URBNSURF Sydney, Sydney Olympic Park
Dust off your board for four days of big barrels, live music, surf legends and family-friendly fun as warmer weather returns.
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EventBODY WORLDS: The Anatomy of Happiness
Thu, 17 Sep, 2026
155 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney
Sydney is getting its first look at BODY WORLDS: The Anatomy of Happiness this September, with real human specimens, interactive displays and a closer look at how happiness manifests through the human ...
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EventHarper After Dark
Thu, 17 Sep - Sun, 20 Sep 2026
Harper Rooftop Bar, Sydney
ARIA Award winner Kaiit, D.D Mirage and Jazmine Nikitta headline four nights of free live music, plus frozen cocktails and a new summer menu.
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EventBenson Boone Wanted Man Tour Australia 2026
Fri, 6 Nov - Thu, 19 Nov 2026
Various locations, Sydney
After demand prompted venue upgrades on his last Australian tour, Benson Boone is coming back for nine arena shows across Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
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EventBoyz II Men Australia and New Zealand Tour
Thu, 26 Nov - Sun, 6 Dec 2026
Various locations, Sydney
Prepare for a crash course in 90s music history as Boyz II Men, Salt-N-Pepa and Bell Biv DeVoe tour Australia and New Zealand.
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EventWild Things at Sydney Opera House
Sat, 26 Sep - Sun, 11 Oct 2026
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
From towering swings to circus premieres, this inaugural international festival is set to delight kids and grown-ups alike.
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EventCassian: Day-to-Night Australia Tour 2026
Sat, 7 Nov 2026
Various locations, Sydney
This Grammy Award-winning producer is headed home this spring, transforming parks and club grounds into euphoric openair dance parties.
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EventAvatar: Forms of Vishnu
Sat, 20 Jun - Mon, 5 Oct 2026
Naala Badu Building, AGNSW, Sydney
This massive exhibition explores the many forms of the Hindu deity Vishnu, as depicted in 200 works that span 1500 years.
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EventTwo Door Cinema Club at Hordern Pavilion
Sun, 22 Nov, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Having just announced a second Sydney show, this era-defining indie-dance band will perform their acclaimed debut album in full.
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EventSydney Symphony Presents Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone In Concert
Wed, 2 Dec - Sat, 5 Dec 2026
Concert Hall, Sydney
Step back in time to the beginning of an iconic franchise, brought to life by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
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NewsSMH Good Food Guide Awards Hats for 2014
The lowdown on this year's losses and gains for Sydney's gustatory movers and shakers.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett's compelling work lights up one of Woody Allen's darkest films.
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NewsGriffin Theatre’s 2014 Season is a Feast of Storytelling
The company steps out of its beloved SBW Stables for one special show during the Sydney Festival.
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NewsThe Good Hood Rewards Your Green Living Ideas
Are you tending to your herb gardens, upcycling or actual cycling? That's some good hood.
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NewsA Day in New York, in Sydney
Spend the day gorging on these signature foodstuffs for a holiday at home.
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NewsThe Lifted Brow Goes Subcompact on Your Ass
The Lifted Brow brings this lightweight publishing style to Australia.
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NewsWin a Stoker Prize Pack
Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Jacki Weaver unexpectedly star in a violent neo-gothic Bildungsroman from a master of style.
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NewsKickstarter Coming to Australia and New Zealand
Nothing has quite transformed the 'crowd funding' story like Kickstarter.
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NewsAll You Can Eat at Good Food Month
Whether you're a green thumb, a gourmand, or a little bit of both, you'll find something to tantalise.
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NewsWire Creator David Simon Headlines Festival of Dangerous Ideas
The 5th FODI is more daring, controversial and mind-bending than any of its predecessors.
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NewsThe Seven Best Alternative Comedy Rooms in Sydney
Funny comes in all different shapes and sizes. Exercise your laugh muscles with a new routine.
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NewsAvocado Beer Is a Possibly Delicious Invention
An LA brewery has created a guacamole-inspired beer to celebrate the beginning of avocado season in California.
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NewsSocks Infused with Coffee Cure Smelly Feet
For feet so sweet you can wear the same pair of socks for days.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Kick-Ass 2
Because you know you want to see how Hit Girl is handling high school.
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NewsWorld’s Most Instagrammable Hotel Opens in Sydney
1888 Hotel has built in special features to inspire photographers of all stripes.
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NewsEccentric Doctor’s Manmade Mountain Outlawed in Beijing
Beijing architect Zhang Biqing's illegal mountain is forced to crumble.
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NewsCleveland’s Cutting Hair in Boardwalk Empire Style
Get a 1920s haircut else Nucky Thompson gon' getcha.
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NewsBerkelouw Books Newtown Closing Down (with a Sale)
As hard as this news is to swallow for bibliophiles, you can pay your final respects at the 'relocation sale'.
