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Here's a Halloween-flavored LAist Quiz: What's the scariest thing in LA? Since this LAist isn't fond of driving up steep hills, we nominate Eldred Street around the Highland Park area, identified as LA's steepest street in Bob Pool's August 21, 2003 article for the Los Angeles Times. Pool wrote "Experts calculate that Eldred gains 219 feet in elevation as it climbs a stomach-clenching 33% grade between Avenue 50 and Cross Avenue on the side...

Today is the last day that you can vote early at one of 17 Southern California locations. LAvote.net lists (in PDF format) the locations where you can vote early with Touchscreen Voting devices. Here's a brief list of locations in LAist's immediate area: Central Library 630 W 5th St, Meeting Rm A 10 AM - 5 PM East LA Library 4837 East Third St, New Building 10 AM - 5 PM Braille Institute 741...

Last week, Swedish fashion retailer, Hennes & Mauritz, opened yet another H&M store in New York at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue. The H&M chain is admired for offering stylish yet affordable clothes. It's sort of like a European Old Navy. The Lexington addition makes this, what, the 500th H&M store in Manhattan? Some LA fashionistas wish Hennes & Mauritz would open a Los Angeles store already. Women's Wear Daily reported on 10/22/04 that...

The wet weather is a perfect excuse for going to the movies. If you're looking for more than the standard Hollywood fare, check out screenings at various film festivals playing around Los Angeles in the coming weeks. The Century City Film Festival started yesterday and runs until October 30th. The Festival's theme is "Camp, Cult, Classics" and will screen Brian Austin Green's first feature as a director, "Fish Without a Bicycle." LAist wonders which...

We recently read in Variety that former "Black Flag" front man (and relentless self-promoter) Henry Rollins will host a movie review show on the Independent Film Channel. The show, dubbed "Henry's Film Corner," premieres December 4th. Rollins and his guests -celebs and "ordinary" people- will comment on and debate movies, showbiz and film culture. The pilot episode featured Rob Zombie, Rollin's mail carrier Raul and discussion about Akira Kurosawa. IFC marketers are promoting the...

Musician Marcel Khalife, an artist sometimes called "the Lebanese equivalent of Bob Dylan," comes to town next week. You can catch a performance on Saturday, November 6 at 8:30 PM at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA. Khalife is internationally known for mastering the oud (the Arabic lute). He has toured the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the United States giving solo performances as well as...

We've added a special box on LAist.com's right-hand column well called "Election Special" which highlights election coverage from Gothamist and our sister sites in DC, SF, and Chicago. Check out the Gothamist Interview with "Fog of War" filmmaker Errol Morris....

LAist was excited to see the article,"A Political Junkie Explains it All To You," which mentioned Steve Friedl's weblog devoted to deciphering California's ballot initiatives, in the 10/24/04 edition of the Los Angeles Times. We'd been dreading the task of reading our thick voter's guide pamphlet and welcomed more information about propositions and candidates from a (relatively) disinterested party. We just wish the Times had printed Friedl's web site address in the article. We...

Today we were walking along Wilshire Blvd, near La Jolla in the Mid-Wilshire district, and noticed this billboard for Time Magazine looming above us. The red silhouette of a Time magazine cover swings between photos of John Kerry and George W. Bush like a pendulum. One moment George's face is on the cover and the next moment it's Kerry's turn to become the "Face of Time." The Halloween season has us thinking about Poe...

LAist attended a screening of "Alfie" at the ArcLight last night. Sponsored by Variety's Screening Series, viewers got to watch the film and enjoy a Q&A with the film's director Charles Shyer and writer Elaine Pope. The film is very entertaining, if lightweight; it's sexy, stylish and has a groovy soundtrack showcasing the talents of Dave Stewart and Mick Jagger. Jude Law's performance finally delivers on the promise of his turn as Dickie Greenleaf...