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CONTEST!: There's a star-studded, music-saturated nerdfest being held for a great cause tonight at Town Hall, and we have a pair of tickets for you! 826NYC presents Revenge of the Bookeaters, which features performances by Department of Eagles and some guy named Paul Simon. Also on hand: Parker Posey, Dave Eggers, Kyp Malone, Ira Glass, John Oliver and many more! If you want to go, just tell us (GothamistContest (at) gmail (dot) com) what Dave Eggers's favorite restaurant in New York is. Good luck! The contest is now closed!

READING: Before Candace Bushnell gets down to writing the prequel YA novels documenting the Sex and the City girls early years, she's out there promoting her latest book, "One Fifth Avenue." What's it about? "High-rise entertainment; scandalous fun!" Ask her some questions, or tell her how you really feel, tonight at the Apple store.

7 p.m. // Apple Store [103 Prince St] // Free

MUSIC: Over at (Le) Poisson Rouge, you can check out a free concert during their "Spotlight on Emerging Artists." The evening features sets by Kyle Bobby Dunn, Stephane Ginsburgh and Twi the Humble Feather. We highly recommend checking out that latter band.

7 p.m. // (Le) Poisson Rouge [158 Bleecker St] // Free

Tonight S.O.B.'s presents a night of Jazz for Obama. "Join WBLS's Doctor Bob Lee as he hosts an evening of music by some of New York's finest R & B and soul talents, including singers Maiysha, Alyson Williams and Claudia Acuna, jazz greats Arturo O'Farrill and Geri Allen and more surprise guests." All proceeds directly benefit Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama; find more details here.

8 p.m. // S.O.B.'s [204 Varick St] // $30

DEBATE: In case you haven't had enough debating in your life lately, there's a live one tonight at Lolita. And the topic at hand is term limits, titled "Should We Loosen Term Limits?" Hashing it out are Bryan Harris (author and journalist), and Kenneth Moltner (lawyer-activist from People to Stop a Self Serving Council), with host Todd Seavey and moderator by Michel Evanchik.

8 p.m. // Lolita basement [266 Broome St] // Free