To-Do: Bourgeois Debate, His Name is Alive, or Facial Hair

• As a celebration of The Revolution Will Be Accessorized, a new BlackBook anthology, Meghan Daum and Dirk Wittenborn debate which city is more bourgeois: Los Angeles or New York. Bring your foam fingers revel in the hometown advantage. McNally Robinson Books, 50 Prince Street, 7 PM.
⁊ His Name is Alive hits the Mercury Lounge before embarking on a national tour with Youth Group. Let that little light of thine to shine tonight at 8. [flavorpill]
•Put your week's worth of stubble to use at the NYC Beard and Mustache Championships. Extra points if you can actually find enough scraps in your beard to make yourself dinner. [Paper]