DON’T MISS!: OUR TOWN
‘Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idealized it all out of proportion.” And how: Woody Allen’s words in “Manhattan” (1979), which begins with one of the most intoxicating montages of New York ever put on film, may be partly responsible for the rampant overpopulation that followed as the then-grimy city gradually spiffed itself up. But as Manhattan personnel sloshed over into Brooklyn, the neighborhood surrounding the Brooklyn Academy of Music began to thrive. This son of Brooklyn’s enduring love letter to his lifelong idea of an island paradise is the perfect way to observe Sept. 11 at a daylong series of free screenings at BAM Cinematek, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, at 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m. See bam.org for details. — Kyle Smith
Everett Collection
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SEE HIM!: EARLE-Y SHOWS
You might recognize roots singer Steve Earle from his turn on the Big Easy HBO series “Treme.” Or you might have seen him around town, walking or on the F train.
Born in Virginia, raised in Texas and settled in Nashville, Earle made New York City home a few years back. Reflecting on a pair of hometown shows — Town Hall on Tuesday (the-townhall-nyc.org) and the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Wednesday (musichallofwilliamsburg.com) — Earle says, “Your guest list ends up looking like the extras from ‘The Ten Commandments,’ there’s the usual stress of a hometown gig. But I love to play New York City, it’s home.” He adds, “You have to work a little bit harder. It’s like playing baseball in New York.”
Earle would like to take the subway to his gigs, but was still discussing it with his wife, singer Allison Moorer, who shares the bill with him and his band the Dukes (and Duchesses). — Billy Heller
Ted Barron
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CHECK IT OUT!: FROM GEAR TO ETERNITY
Motor over to New Jersey’s Aviation Hall of Fame’s Wings & Wheels Expo where a mini-squadron including B-17, B-25 and F-18 military planes are parked for inspection alongside 150 cars of all eras at Teterboro Airport. Fittingly for the Sept. 11 weekend, this event gives thanks to men and women in uniform tomorrow from 9 to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 to 4 p.m.
“It’s a salute to veterans,” says event coordinator and Vietnam-vet chopper pilot Chuck Howard. “That’s what this is all about.”
Not only do veterans get in free, but trophies for best of each decade of automobiles will be presented by soldiers who fought in each decade’s wars. The Batmobile is among the wheels on display. Admission: $12, adults; $7, kids. 400 Fred Wehran Drive, Teterboro, NJ; 201-288-6344, njahof.org. From Port Authority, take the 161 bus to the airport’s Route 46/Industrial Avenue stop.— Brian Niemietz
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HEAR THIS!: BOOKED
Satan is coming to the New York Public Library!
Now that we have your attention, it’s actually Nick Tosches, reading from his old-school hip new book, “Save the Last Dance for Satan,” at the Jefferson Market Library (Sixth Avenue at 10th Street) tonight at 8.
Advertised as a “rare in-person live appearance,” Tosches says “I’m in the mood ’cause I have some new stuff that’s gonna blow the roof off that joint.” The book, he says deals with “rock ’n’ roll at its most innocent, and perhaps its lowest, point, between Elvis and The Beatles. All that great R&B stuff had turned to white-bread mush . . . Beneath the surface was the wildest, most wide-open period of corruption. Gangsters ran the whole music-business racket. It’s a book with no morality, just like all business.” Tosches also warns, “Most of what I’ll be reading is not from the book. I do what I want.” Free; details at kicksbooks.com. — B.H.
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EAT IT!: GET PIGGY WITH IT
It’s the one time of year it’s OK to pig out because, well, that’s the point. For the second annual Pig Island event at Governors Island, 23 up-and-coming New York chefs will show their stuff, serving up dishes using 80 pigs from Autumn’s Harvest Farm near Trumansburg, NY. Admission gets you as many generous samplings as you’d like, as well as a variety of local beer. “You’ll get more than full,” says Jimmy Carbone, founder and producer of the event. But don’t expect just a bunch of pulled pork. Highlights include pig-head tacos and bacon sticky buns. Live bluegrass and jug bands round out the hog-wild day.
Tomorrow, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission for all-you-can-eat and drink is $70. For vegetarians (veggie sides, snacks, beer and wine), it’s $40. Get tickets at pigisland.com through tonight at 11.— Gregory E. Miller
