Everyone loves a grimy crime story; the grimier the better. With television like Underbelly taking out top ratings, gooey forensic dramas playing out pretty much nightly on multiple channels, and movies continually pushing the boundaries of their classification with sordid details, the regular non-criminal population seems to eat this stuff up like there’s no tomorrow. So what better exhibition... 

In case you were wondering why there were a slightly higher number of tall, stupidly skinny and really really good-looking girls (… best Derek Zoolander impression there folks) wandering around the CBD at the moment wearing perfectly eclectic accessories, strutting across at the traffic lights like they’re on a catwalk, it’s most likely because of Rosemount Australian Fashion Week... 

Happy National Carpenters Day everyone – it’s time to party! What? You didn’t know about that one? Pfft… where have you been hiding. In the name of finding more and more obscure holidays to celebrate, I’m officially going to start pushing National Carpenters Day as a candidate for Long Weekend status. .. you with me? Meanwhile, apart from grabbing a crack-showing tradie... 

It’s always a good thing once we get past the Great Easter Hump. Somehow the year kicks into full gear, no-one is complaining about “where summer has gone” anymore, and finally we can start pulling out our fashion layers in preparation for the winter and the Autumn wet-spells. It’s during these rain-dotted weeks (and weekends) that it’s good to build up a few good indoor... 

The Sydney Comedy Festival will be back again a few weeks from now, and if you’ve got nothing better to do this April other than laughing your arse off, now is probably the week to get in and book some tickets. With a star-studded line-up of local and international talent, the festival will be filling pretty much any venue around Sydney capable of accommodating a microphone (or maybe a few boxes... 

Everyone knows you can have the best fun when your lights are off, so why not join in Earth Hour this Saturday night? Even though this yearly event only started a few years back in 2007, over 4000 cities around the world will be switching off their lights in the name of environmental awareness and energy conservation. So please, don’t be alarmed if you’re on the bridge at around 8:30pm...