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NewsWin Tickets to See Killing Them Softly
Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and Ben Mendelsohn show us just how complicated it is to be a crim in modern America.
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NewsDiscover a Pop-Up Cellar Door in the City
A pop-up wine bar is about to hit the tail end of George Street.
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NewsTen Images That Stopped The World
In the wake of the 11th anniversary of 9/11 here are ten more images that have stopped the world and ten stories that have shaped the course of history
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NewsHow to Get Out of Your Internet Ghetto
Often we end up in a little media bubble, never challenged by new information or opinions. Unless we go looking for it.
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NewsSydney’s Best Dinner & Drinks Dates
Concrete Playground's best dinner and drinks date combos in Sydney.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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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's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with the Sydney-shot action antics of 'The Fall Guy', a heartbreaking Oscar-nominated animated gem and the love-triangle games of 'Challengers'.
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NewsTwelve Movies to Put on Your Must-See List at the 2024 Sydney Film Festival
Whether you're keen on a dose of weirdness with your SFF sessions, to embrace a Sydney icon or to see award-winning flicks, there's something for you among these titles.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson, an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller and the new season of an Aussie rom-com sitcom.
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NewsThirteen New Movies You Can Watch in May That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Kirsten Dunst as a war photographer in a divided America, Dev Patel directing himself in an action-packed revenge thriller and Kristen Stewart turning heartthrob.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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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 in April
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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NewsSeven New Movies You Can Watch in April 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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NewsThe Ten Best Spring Breakfast Joints in Sydney
The perfect was to add extra freshness to your spring mornings? A decent brekkie. Here's Concrete Playground's ten best spring breakfasts in Sydney.
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NewsSydney’s Best Spring Cocktails
Flamboyantly fruity and devilishly alcoholic, these spring cocktails are some of Sydney's best.
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NewsDowntown Drive-In Comes to Sydney
The classic drive-in movie theatre lands in central Sydney with a contemporary, creative and challenging twist.
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NewsWin Tickets to see On The Road
Win tickets to see Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund head up a stellar cast in the adaptation of cult novel On The Road.
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NewsBelvoir Lifts the Lid on 2013 Season
Adventures in Neverland and a seven-hour sitting feature at Belvoir in 2013.
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NewsBird’s Eye View of TV Show Apartments
Artist Inaki Aliste Lizarralde has transformed her TV fixation into beautiful hand-drawn blueprints of some of television's most beloved apartments.
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NewsA Surprising Infographic of the Ten Smartest People Alive
And the nature versus nurture debate rages on.
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NewsThe Ten Best Patisseries in Sydney
Bona fide sweet tooths rejoice. Here's Sydney ten best patisseries.
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NewsSydney’s Best Ladies Lunch Spots
Get the girls together for a long-overdue luncheon at Sydney's best ladies' lunch spots.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Ruby Sparks
Win tickets to see Ruby Sparks, a cute fantasy-romance starring Paul Dano and real-life girlfriend Zoe Kazan.
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NewsVertigo-Inducing Views From One World Trade Center
Tour Manhattan from the 103rd floor of 1 WTC.
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EventImmersive Dining at Bar Lulu
Thursday, June 27 - Sunday, December 29, 2024
Luna Lu, The Rocks
At this harbourfront diner in Campbells Cove, you can experience a blend of gourmet Asian-fusion cuisine, magical projections and iconic views.
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EventA Quiet Place: Day One
Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Various cinemas in Sydney
The always-excellent Lupita Nyong'o and 'Pig' writer/director Michael Sarnoski take this hit horror franchise back to the alien invasion's beginning in a thoughtful Big Apple-set spinoff.
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EventBelles Hot Chicken 50-Percent Discount Vouchers and Hot Honey Chicken Winter Special
Friday, June 14 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Various
The cult-fave chicken chain is coming in hot this winter with a wallet-saving deal and a sweet-heat sanga inspired by the latest food craze to sweep the United States.
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EventMonster Jump 2024
Saturday, July 6 - Sunday, July 21, 2024
The Showring, Moore Park
Get ready to slide, climb and jump your way through this 280-metre-long interactive obstacle course during the school holidays.
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EventHorizon — Bangarra Dance Theatre
Tuesday, June 11 - Saturday, July 13, 2024
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
The iconic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company's first mainstage cross-cultural collaboration tells tales from across Oceania.
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EventScandinavian Film Festival
Wednesday, July 24 - Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations
Whether you're after the latest 'Department Q' mystery or a documentary about the Norwegian wilderness, this film festival has something for you.
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EventBastille Festival
Thursday, July 11 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Circular Quay, Sydney
Sydney’s annual Bastille-inspired celebration returns with mulled wine, French eats, a 1.4-kilometre vino-tasting tour and and a six-metre-tall model of the Eiffel Tower.
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Event50-Percent Off Winter Dining at Ripples, Summer Salt, Manta, The Fenwick and Noi
Monday, July 1 - Saturday, August 31, 2024
Various
You can slash the bill of your next fancy feed by half when you book a table at six of Sydney Restaurant Group's top venues between July and August.
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EventDisaronno at Palace Cinemas in Sydney
Monday, May 27 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Various Sydney venues, Sydney
Where to enjoy an authentic amaretto sour across Sydney.
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EventHaku Vodka Special Set Menu at Sokyo
Monday, July 1 - Thursday, August 29, 2024
Sokyo, Pyrmont
Sokyo is serving up a special menu inspired by the refined Japanese spirit for a limited time only.
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NewsCovert Cocktails: A Perrier Tea Break
Presenting Concrete Playground's first covert cocktail, brought to you from Wendy's Secret Garden.
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NewsTen Helpful Hangover Cures
Rather than just waiting out the torture of the self-inflicted pain you have forced upon yourself, try some natural hangover cures...
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NewsCate Blanchett and Andrew Upton reveal final Sydney Theatre Company season together
An elegant and ambitious year of theatre awaits the company in 2013.
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NewsThe Best Photos From Bilbao’s Annual ‘Ugly Face Contest’
Stuffing fingers into eye sockets proves an effective distraction from the Basque County's economic woes.
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NewsA Bluffer’s Guide to Hosting the Perfect Dinner Party
Let us present to you our tips for the time poor and culinary challenged.
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NewsGriffin Theatre Company unveils 2013 season
The incubator for new work in Sydney has a thrilling year in store.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Beasts of the Southern Wild
Win a double pass to see one of the most talked about films of the year.
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NewsPsychedelic Photographs From Burning Man 2012
Radical, revolutionary and just downright ridiculous, this is the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
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NewsYou+1 Floating Festival with Steve Aoki, Rudimental and Flight Facilities
Sound waves meet ocean waves at Sydney's brand new floating festival.
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NewsSichuan Gourmet Festival
The first Sichuan Gourmet Festival celebrates the culinary excellence of Cabramatta's rich cultural fabric.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See and Do at Art and About 2012
Secret lunchtime gigs, light projections on Hyde Park canopies, a house that rains on the inside, and more art in unconventional places.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Hit & Run
Win a double pass to see Dax Shepard's new movie starring Bradley Cooper.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See and Do at Sydney Fringe 2012
Concrete Playground has put together this guide to help you come to grips with this year's program of alternative arts.
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NewsCelebrities Photographed by their Famous Friends
Ten brilliant photographs of celebrities taken by their superstar friends.
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NewsWords of Wisdom from Famous Authors
Take a look at these invaluable words of wisdom from the mouths of some of history's best writers and poets.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Holy Motors
Holy Motors follows the life of Monsieur Oscar, a roving assassin who meanders between varying identities and lives.
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NewsThe World’s Greatest Train Journeys
For people who know that the journey is always greater than the destination.
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NewsBec Dean’s Top Five Artists to Watch in 2012
If you've ever marvelled at one of Carriageworks' stranger corners, you'll dig these five emerging artists.
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NewsHidden Sydney: Numskull’s Top Five Local Gems
Hidden Sydney is Concrete Playground's personal tour of Sydney by the locals we trust.
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NewsHow to Make the Perfect Dumpling
This recipe is based on the traditional jiao-zi dumpling originating in northern China.
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NewsHidden Sydney: Shag from FBi Radio’s Top Five Secret Spots
We all know the thrill of finding a new view of the city skyline, or a window in a pub that's great for people-watching. Here are your next five discoveries.
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NewsWin a Copy of This Must Be The Place on DVD
Writer/director Paolo Sorrentino itched to create a character based on The Cure's Robert Smith, and this is the result.
