From this Thursday, the omnipotent Oxford Art Factory will spread a little further up Oxford Street; taking over an empty shopfront for 17 days as part of the City of Sydney Art & About Festival. Nicknamed Little OAFY, the space will host all sorts of stuff - including performance art, video art, installations and music from the likes of the China Heights boys, Exquiosite Corpse and the Sydney Underground film Festival. If the above poster is to believed we can also expect pigs heads, chocolate and – as Sydney-siders have come to expect from their art openings – free booze. Those OAF folk sure know their demog. Little OAFY opens this Thursday at 7pm.

The amount of ink spilt over the current slump in the economy may have many of us   crying "bread line" but in reality, having to cut back on a few luxuries is nothing compared to the poverty faced by millions around the world. A group of 300 university students from around Australia, NZ, the Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea are this month coming together to illustrate this point and push for Australia to play a bigger part in eradicating extreme poverty. The Intervarsity Summit On Australia's Role in Ending Extreme Poverty (ISAREEP' 08) coincides with National Anti- Poverty Week and encompasses a number of events, talks and debates. One of the highlights of the summit is the Big Night Out; held on Saturday, October 11 at Sydney's UTS, this party-with-a-cause is hosted by The Chaser's Chris Taylor and will feature yummy food and drink, good conversation, entertainment, an auction and raffles. Tickets for the event are $140 or $120 for students, with all proceeds going to the 40K Home Foundation to assist in completing their mammoth housing project in Bangalore, India. To purchase tickets or foind out more about ISAREEP, head to the website.

Hot off their support slot with Supergrass, Sydney's Cloud control are set to headline their own National tour. The tour is in the name of fantastic new single Death Cloud; a catchy summer-ready number that's all angular bass and lilting harmonies. I likey. The tour kicks off next Friday, October 10 at Sydney's Hoptoun Hotel before the band head back home to the Blue Mountains and onward to Melbourne and Brisbane. Head to Cloud Control's Myspace page to hear Death Cloud and peep the tour details.

Best known for their denim and fashion, fashion mavericks Diesel bring their signature sexy styling to the world of scent with Fuel for Life. Combining star anis, vintage raspberry and heliotrope for him and blackcurrant, jasmine and patchouli for her, the fragrances are pretty much the olfactory equivalent of skin-tight denim and red-hot lust. The packaging has also got it going on -  the men’s bottle is wrapped in a leather and the girls’ sleeved in lovely lace (you know I love me some L&L). Check out Fuel for Life at www.diesel-fragrances.com.au

Another day, another festival announcement - yes it really is that time of the year already. Today's line-up is brought to you by the good folks behind Good Vibrations and includes names such as Norman Cook (aka, Fatboy slim), The Presets, WALE (check his mixtapes, they are gooooood), The Roots, Sam Sparro, Roni Size (that one brings back some memories), Chromeo, Kid Kenobi and heaps of others who I haven't heard of 'coz I'm not really down with that dancing music what the kids are all into. You can see for yourself here though. Tix go on sale October 13 from 9.am.

If you didn't pick up already, I am a MASSIVE Biggy fan girl. So you can understand how excited/nervous I am about this biographical fim. Man I hope it's good.

 How is this for a cute story "a lady who recently went through a difficult divorce wrote to us to say how much trouble her 8 year old son was having in coping with the separation. He was very lonely, wouldn’t sleep alone at night and was very negative about the new house they’d moved to. However, after adopting a kitten about a month ago, their home has been transformed. The son has developed a very strong bond with his new little feline friend and she has lifted his spirits enormously: he happily sleeps with her by his side at night and is much more positive about the whole situation generally". Awww! October 1-8 is National RSPCA Awareness Week. You know how we at YEN love our animals and we encourage you to this week celebrate the joy that the furry little critters bring and more importantly to acknowledge the hard yards that the RSPCA puts in. There's plenty of things you can do to support your local RSPCA; from sending an e-card to simply learning more about what they do. Head here for more info on RSPCA awareness week.