ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor/Contributing Writer

Retro Atlanta massacres this spooky season with all the haunting and bone-chilling madness your little black hearts desire! We’ve got horror and slasher flicks! We’ve got sinister seduction and the unruly undead! We’ve got ghosts and goblins and monsters, oh my! Become one with the creatures of the night this week and rock out with a helluva lot of spooktacular shenanigans!

Monday, October 20

Get terrified and undead at The Plaza Theater, with their screenings of George A. Romero’s cult classic, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) and Victor Halperin/Edward Halperin’s vintage horror classic, WHITE ZOMBIE (1932), both running through Oct. 23! For a night of adult horror and chilling madness, haunt on down to Chambers of Horror, running 7 nights a week through all of October! Get your fill of “Hank Williams on speed” at the Variety Playhouse with The Jayhawks! Swing on by Big Band Night featuring Joe Gransden and his amazing 17-member orchestra at Café 290 every first and third Monday of the month! Get jazzy at Blind Willie’s with Jacob Deaton! Boogie on down to the Northside Tavern and spend an evening with Lola at her famous Monday Night Northside Jam! And blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a side of Dry White Toast and a plate full ‘o finger lickin’ BBQ!

Tuesday, October 21

Get your boo-filled burly-Q fix with Kool Kat Katherine Lashe and Syrens of the South as they spice up your naughty black hearts at the Red Light Café during their Tease Tuesday: Boolesque Spooktacular event, with performances by Candi LeCouer, Ada Manzart, Bubble Bordeaux, Oracle, Tora Torrid, Nikki Nuke’m and more! The “Master of Suspense” gets bone-chilling at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern with their presentation of Alfred Hitchcock’s tale of murder and peeping toms in REAR WINDOW (1954) during their Alfred Hitchcock Series at 7:30! It’s a dystopian world at Midtown Art Cinema during their screening of Peter Brook’s LORD OF THE FLIES (1963) at 7pm! CineBistro at Town Brookhaven delivers a night of horror and suspense during their ‘Cineclassics 2014’ screening of Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING (1980)! Rock on down to 529 for a night with GHB, Cottaging and Wymyn’s Prysyn! It’s a Bluegrass Band Showcase at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs, so stomp on down for a night with the Atlanta Bluegrass AllStars, D.B.A. and the Possum Kingdom Ramblers! It’s a night of retro shenanigans at The Star Bar with Stomp & Stammer’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia at 8pm, followed by ‘80s Dance Night at 10pm! Make your way to Big Tex for a night with Moira Nelligan & The Dixie Jigs and their old-fashioned Americana! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Twain’s in Decatur every Tuesday at 9 pm! Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint gets the blues with the Bob Page Trio! Get the blues at Blind Willie’s with Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck! Or boogie on down to Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta for a taste of Bill Sheffield’s acoustic roots and blues! The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at the Northside Tavern! And rock out with JT Speed at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack!

Wednesday, October 22

It’s a night of haunting Broadway at the Fox Theatre with Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera”, chilling through Nov. 2! Stomp down to the Red Light Café for a night with Caleb Warren (Caleb Warren & the Perfect Gentlemen) and Miguel Olasuaga (Blood on the Harp)! It’s your last chance to catch the “Master of Suspense” at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern with their presentation of Alfred Hitchcock’s tale of murder and peeping toms in REAR WINDOW (1954) during their Alfred Hitchcock Series at 7:30! Make your way to Emory Arts’ for their “Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema” series with their screening of Tadeusz Konwicki’s JUMP (1965) at White Hall! Honky-tonk on down to The Star Bar as they get smokin’ during their Slim Chicken Honky-tonk Extravaganza,featuring live-band old-time country and western tunes! Get ghoulish at the Highland Inn Ballroom as SCENE MISSING presents their “There is no Atlanta, Only Zuul” event at 9pm, featuring comedy, skits and writing about ghostly films! Blues down to Blind Willie’s for a night with Timo Arthur! Get jazzy with Jacob Deaton at the Elliott Street Pub! The Hollidays deliver some rhythm and soul at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! Spend the night with Matt Damon and Robin Williams at AMC Phipps Plaza 14 during their AMC Classics screening of Gus Van Sant’s GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997) at 2pm and 7pm! And as always, it’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd.

Thursday, October 23

“Monsters in Black and White” invades Cinevision with Ben Ruder (see our Kool Kat feature soon!) of Enjoy the Film delivering Robert Wise’s THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) in glorious 35mm at 7:30pm! Or do the Time Warp at the Newnan Theatre Company during their presentation of “Rocky Horror Show” dishing out their “sweet transvestite from Transylvania” through Nov. 2! Get jazzy at the Suite Food Lounge as Jazz Beat Promotions presents their “Tribute to Joe Sample”! Get your circus funk fix at Terminal West with the MarchFourth Marching Band! It’s Bluegrass Thursday at the Red Light Café, so stomp on down for a night with Adam Klein and Reverend Hylton & the Devil’s Hands! The Earl delivers a night of garage rock and The Kinks/The Band-inspired tunes with Brass Bed, Lucis Flux and Cullen Curtis (Think Never)! Beverly “Guitar” Watkins gets down and dirty at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Hula on down to Trader Vic’s for a night of cool island tunes and a couple Mai Tais! Stagger on over to Noni’s Bar & Deli for their Bitter Heroes event featuring DJ Brian Parris as he gets charmingly morose with a little New-Wave, The Smiths and The Cure! The Northside Tavern gets rockin’ with a little Chicago/Delta blues of The Breeze Kings! Get your boogie on at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack, as Chickenshack featuring Eddie Tigner, delivers some honky-tonk blues! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues gets down and dirty at their Blues Jam hosted by The Cazanovas! And as always, get your boogie on at Mary’s, as the East Atlanta venue gets funky with their weekly Disco in the Village.

Friday, October 24

Get monstrous tonight as a helluva lot of haunted hootenannies invade Retro Atlanta! Get horrified, vintage-style at The Defoor Centre as Monsterama presents their free “Super 8 Monster Movie Madness” event from 6-11pm, featuring old-school creature-features screened in 8mm, by “Big in Japan” author, Timothy Price, venders, guests and more!The Plaza Theater gets maniacal and gory during their presentation of Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING (1980), Clive Barker’s HELLRAISER (1987), Robin Hardy’s THE WICKERMAN (1973) and William Friedkin’s THE EXORCIST (1973), all bone-chilling through Oct. 30!Get gore-ified at Sweetwater Bar & Grill at their rockin’ Halloween party featuring Kool Kats, The Casket Creatures, Cadillac Junkies, Fully Loaded and Crypt 24!Or get macabre and swing on down to the Red Light Café for a Samhain Soiree with Atlanta Speakeasy Electroswing! Slash on down to Mary’s for their “Slumber Party Massacre” event, promising a night of creature-features, monster make-up and a slayin’ good time! Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse’s (AZA) zombie outbreak kicks the weekend off right, running every weekend until November 2^nd, giving you ample opportunity to kick some zombie tail! Get gothic at the Masquerade during their Ascension: Halloween in Hell Industrial Goth Night! Haunt on down to the Mammal Gallery for their Steampunk Monster Ball, featuring tunes by Candy Apple Black, the Quantum String Orchestra and more! Spend a night in terror at The Strand Theatre as they get spooky with their presentation of Alfred Hitchcock’s THE BIRDS (1963) at 8pm! Or creep on down to Atlantic Station for their presentation of Tim Burton’s ‘80s Halloween classic, BEETLEJUICE (1988) during their “Spooky Movie Fest” at 7:30pm! Spook on down to Grant Park and get cozy with the goblins as the Krewe of Grateful Gluttons puts on their Halloween Lantern Parade led by the high energy Black Sheep Marching Ensemble, gettin’ brassy and eerie in the dark at 6:30 pm!

Get Lynch-filled and disturbed with art and film celebrating Mr. Lynch at Mindzai Creative for opening night of “The Big Dream: A Celebration of Works Inspired by David Lynch” with twenty world-wide artists! Smithsonian delivers their rockin’ Smiths tribute at 529! Emory Arts presents Aleksandr Ford’s BLACK CROSS (1960) during their “Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema” series screening at 7:30 in White Hall! Junior Brown and The Roosevelts invade the Variety Playhouse with their old-time Americana and Texas country! Get your Russian folk fix at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs with 9 String Theory! Rev on down to Motorheads in McDonough for a rockin’ night of rockabilly with Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho-DeVilles! Get funky at Smith’s Olde Bar with The Main Squeeze, Dapper Slap and The Magic Beans! Get your Roxie Watson fix at the Red Clay Theatre! Blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for Blues Rendezvous! Houserocker Johnson & the Shadows get bluesy at Blind Willie’s! The Kelly Richey Band delivers some rockin’ blues at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! Kool Kat VJ Anthony presents his The Eighties: Hatful of Halloween music video and dance party at Famous Pub! And as always, Time-Warp it up and get naughty with some uber musically-inclined transsexual aliens at The Plaza Theater as they continue their tradition of screening THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW(1975) every Friday night, featuring the live cast of Lips Down on Dixie at midnight!

Saturday, October 25

Spook on down to DooGallery for their Haunted Art Show, featuring art by Kool Kat Shane Morton, Jeff Riggan (see our Shop Around feature of Jeff here), live music by the rockin’, Howling Star and so much more! The Strand Theatre gets bone-chilling with their screening of Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING (1980) at 8pm! Sinister spirits invade Aurora Cineplex during their screening of Ivan Reitman’s GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) at 7:30! The Plaza Theater offers up a few ‘80s flicks with James Cameron’s THE TERMINATOR (1984) at 7pm and Albert Magnoli’s PURPLE RAIN (1984) at 9:30!Shimmy over to the Elliott Street Pub for Kool Kat Kitty Love’s Cheeky Belles Burlesque: Dress-Up Party at 8pm! Get your ‘80s alt-rock fix at The Star Bar with Blasting Cap! (featuring members of The Woggles and Guadalcanal Diary) and the Tim Lee 3 (The Windbreakers)! Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas deliver a night of rockabilly, surf and cabaret gypsy jazz at the Red Light Café! Spend an evening with the Paul Thorn Band at the Variety Playhouse! Or blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a night with Ron Cooley & the Hard Times! Big Bill Morganfield gets down and dirty at Blind Willie’s while Albert White gets the blues at the Northside Tavern! Rock down to The Earl for a night with Tedo Stone, Grand Vapids and Keath Mead! Or whet your appetite for some mid-90s indie funk and glam with of Montreal and Pillar Point at Terminal West! Eliot Bronson delivers his garage, polka folk rock with a CD release party at Eddie’s Attic, with special guest Jonathan Byrd! Put on those dancin’ shoes and get ready for a night of retro rock, Motown, funk, Big Band and more at The Basement for Electric Western’s Keep on Movin’ Rock and Soul Dance Party! For something a bit more gore-filled and sinister, run for your life to Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse and see if you can survive the end of the world, running through Nov. 2! And as always, DJ Romeo Cologne transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours of the night.

Sunday, October 26

Blues on down to the Buckhead Theatre for an intimate evening with Justin Hayward, vocals for the Moody Blues! Spook down to The Strand Theatre during their screening of Paul Leni’s silent horror classic, THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) backed by organist and Kool Kat Ron Carter! Rock out at The Earl with Secret Chiefs 3 and Atomic Ape! Viva la French comedies of Max Linder at SCADShow with screenings of Linder’s BE MY WIFE (1921), THE THREE MUST-GET-THERES (1922) and SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK (1921) at 2pm! Or get your murderous mama’s boy fix at AMC Phipps Plaza 14 with their screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960) at 2pm! Darrell Scott bluegrasses it up at Eddie’s Attic! Get folksy at the Red Light Café with The Ragbirds! Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet delivers 37 years of Cajun tunes at the Variety Playhouse! Banjolicious brunches out at Big Tex during their Bluegrass Brunch! And it’s your last chance this week to get horrified and grotesque while fighting for your life with the undead at Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse!

Ongoing

Historic Oakland Cemetery’s Capturing the Spirit of Oakland 2014 Ghost Tours, haunt through Oct. 25! (LAST CHANCE!)

Follow the yellow brick road all the way to the Center for Puppetry Arts for their presentation of “The Wizard of Oz” through Oct. 26! (LAST CHANCE!)

Get headless and haunted at Serenbe Playhouse’s chilling presentation of THE SLEEPY HOLLOW EXPERIENCE, through Nov. 1!

Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse will have you running for your life every weekend through Nov. 2!

Chambers of Horror terrifies with their adults-only gore-fest and blood-splattering, 7 nights a week, through Nov. 2!

New London Theatre (Snellville) presents “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” through Nov. 2!

The Newnan Theatre Company Time-Warps it up with their presentation of “Rocky Horror Show” through Nov. 2!

Netherworld haunts with two terrifying haunted houses, “Season of the Witch” and “SPLICED” every weekend through Nov. 8!

The Marietta Museum of History gets Victorian as they present their “Peeling Back the Layers: Victorian Wedding Ensembles” exhibit through May 2, 2015!

HepCat’s Hop gets swingin’ every first Wednesday of the month at the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant!

Nerd Film Mafia screenings at the Diesel Fueling Station following NerdCore Trivia, every last Tuesday of the month!

ICON 80s: Music Video Dance Night rocks out at the Famous Pub every Friday night with a different 80’s theme!

The Star Bar delivers Stomp & Stammer’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia at 8pm, followed by ‘80s Dance Night at 10pm, every Tuesday!

Steve’s Live Music’s Gypsy Jazz Brunch offers up a plate of Hot Club jamming and Parisian Swing with Kool Kool Kat Amy Pike and the Bonaventure Quartet from 12:30 to 3:30 pm every 2^nd & 4^th Sunday!

Boogie on down into Disco Hell at The Family Dog as DJ Quasi Mandisco delivers a night of classic funk, soul and disco the last Friday of every month.

The Plaza Theater Time-Warps it up as they screen, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW(1975) every Friday night, featuring the live cast of Lips Down on Dixie at midnight!

Every first and third Mondays are Big Band Nights at Café 290, featuring Joe Gransden and his amazing 16-piece orchestra playing jazz and swing standards in the tradition of The Glen Miller Orchestra and other legendary groups.  Second and fourth Mondays are Bumpin the Mango, ‘The groove that makes you want to move!’

Every first Wednesday is the Graveyard Tavern’s Graveyard Swing Night, featuring the swingin’ jazz and boogie-woogie sounds of the Savoy Kings!

If you have a suggestion for a future event that should be included in This Week in Retro Atlanta or see something we missed, please email us at atlretro@gmail.com.