ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor

Take a peek at all the shakin’ shenanigans we’ve found for you in Retro Atlanta this week!

Monday, July 13

Start your week off right with some classic cinema! The Salem-Panola Library (Lithonia) offers up Fletcher Markle’s THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (1963) at 1pm! Or catch a screening of Robert Mulligan’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) at the Charles D. Switzer Library (Marietta), with a pre-show discussion at 6pm! And get dehumanized at the West Cobb Regional Library (Kennesaw) with their screening of Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER (1982) at 6:30pm! It’s a night of rock and ‘60s pop at The Earl with Grand Vapids, Mail the Horse and Sydney Eloise & The Palms! Or rock out at the Masquerade with Guttermouth, Treephort and Rotten Stitches! Get some soul with Brandon Reeves at Blind Willie’s! Skye Paige, “Queen of Slide Guitar” rocks out at the Little Vinyl Lounge! Or get funky and groove on down to Café 290 every second and fourth Monday of the month for a taste of Bumpin the Mango, ‘The groove that makes you want to move!’ Join Blast-Off Burlesque as they start your week off right with a night of adults-only trivia, at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club, every Monday night at 8:30pm! Truett Lollis delivers a night of blues and soul at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta! Boogie on down to the Northside Tavern and spend an evening with Lola at her famous Monday Night Northside Jam! Get folksy with Jamie Laval at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! And blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a taste of the Pork Belly’s and a plate full ‘o finger lickin’ BBQ!

Tuesday, July 14

The Landmark Midtown Art Cinema kicks off their “Tuesday Classics” series with Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT (1982) at 7pm! It’s a night of burly-Q shenanigans with Kool Kat Katherine Lashe and Syrens of the South, at the Red Light Café with their Tease Tuesday Burlesque: Patriot Acts event featuring Annette Coquette and more! Make your way to The Plaza Theater for a little murder and mayhem with their screening of John Waters’ SERIAL MOM (1994)! Catch Howard Hawks’ SERGEANT YORK (1941) at the Charles D. Switzer Library (Marietta) at 12:30pm! The Star Bar delivers a night of retro shenanigans with their ‘80s Dance Night! It’s “Bollywood Movie Night” at Chai Pani in Decatur, so make your way for their screening of Ramesh Sippy’s action-adventure film, SHOLAY (1975) at 9pm! Or get classically comedic at Movies ATL 14 with their screening of Billy Wilder’s SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) at 7pm! Get post-apocalyptic at the Diesel Filling Station during Nerd Film Mafia’s rescheduled screening of George Miller’s ‘80s classic action flick, MAD MAX: THE ROAD WARRIOR (1982)! Bluegrass it up with Curtis Jones & the Primal Roots at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Boogie down with Atlanta Boogie at Blind Willie’s! Or blues it up with 4 Korners with Cody Matlock at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Alex Guthrie gets folksy at Eddie’s Attic! Surf on downstairs at The Star Bar to a hidden paradise, in the Little Vinyl Lounge, for Summertime Tuesdays with Poolboy Pietro and Chase the Chum-Man Taylor! Get the blues with JT Speed at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Twain’s in Decatur every Tuesday at 9 pm! And as always, The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at the Northside Tavern!

Wednesday, July 15

Jazz it up with Sal Gentile at the Elliott Street Pub! Rod “the Mod” Stewart invades the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre! Wax on and wax off at the Studio Movie Grill (Alpharetta/Duluth) during their screening of John G. Avildsen’s KARATE KID (1984) at 7pm! Or catch Disney’s classic, CINDERELLA (1950) at the Stonecrest Library (Lithonia) at 1pm! Get some rhythm and soul and rock ‘n’ roll with The Hollidays at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Blues it up with The Cazanovas at Blind Willie’s! Get folksy at Eddie’s Attic with The Honey Dewdrops and Caleb Stine! It’s a hootenanny and a half at The Star Bar with their Cowboy Karaoke event, featuring live-band old-time country and western tunes! Rock on downstairs to the Little Vinyl Lounge for a night of retro shenanigans with Kool Kat Jeff Clark and Stomp & Stammer’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia at 8pm! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! St. James Live! delivers their Hump Days Blues night, getting classic blues-style every Wednesday! And as always, it’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd.

Thursday, July 16

The Fox Theatre’ 2015 Coca Cola Summer Film Festival delivers Steven Spielberg’s JAWS (1975) at 7:30! Here’s looking at you kid, so come on down to Atlantic Station for their Movies in Central Park series’ screening of Michael Curtiz’ CASABLANCA (1942) at dusk! Or catch John Waters’ PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) at The Plaza Theater! Get your reggae fix at Terminal West with Morgan Heritage! Lola gets down and dirty at Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint! Mr. Blue Sky delivers some jazzy ukulele folk at Trader Vic’s during Mai Tai Thursday! Bluegrass it up with the Jon Stickley Trio and the Georgia Mountain String Band at the Red Light Café! Get funky at Smith’s Olde Bar in the Music Room with Voodoo Visionary, Johnny Awesome and Percy Sledgehammer! Or rock out in the Atlanta Room with Riverside Voodoo and Chilhowee Royal! Jazz it up with Karen Briggs at the Suite Food Lounge! Blues it up with Tas Cru at Blind Willie’s! 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! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues gets down and dirty at their Blues Jam hosted by The Cazanovas! Get your boogie on at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack, as Chickenshack featuring Eddie Tigner, delivers some honky-tonk blues! 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, July 17

Kool Kat Blair Crimmins & the Hookers dishes out prohibition era pandemonium at Paris on Ponce during their 4th Annual Bastille Day Celebration, with performances by the Thimblerig Circus, the Imperial OPA Circus and more, running through July 19! Rock out horror-style with Unknown Hinson and Kool Kat Rev. Andy Hawley at the Masquerade! Get funky with the Tedeschi Trucks Band and Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre! Caleb Warren & the Perfect Gentlemen dish out a night of string jazz and ragtime blues at the High Museum’s Friday Night Music Remix event! Rock out and celebrate 35 years of Pulp at The Earl with Metroscene, Supermagical and Darling Norman! Or stomp on down to Eddie’s Attic for a night with Eliot Bronson and Kristen Englenz! The Drunken Unicorn delivers a night with The Head, Jonas Sees in Color, Yard Dogs and The Marrows! Sadie Hawkins and friends shake a tail feather during her Last Pasties Standing – Girl Groups event at the Red Light Café! Spend an evening with Kate Pierson (B-52s) at the Variety Playhouse! Get folksy at Steve’s Live Music with Donna Hopkins, the Jess Goggans Band and The Pussywillows! Randall Bramblett delivers the blues at the Crimson Moon Café! Or rock out blues style at the Red Clay Theatre with the Freddy Jones Band! It’s Salsa Dance Night at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX event, so cha-cha under the dinosaurs with the Salsambo Dance Studio while sippin’ a few cocktails! Rock out at 529 with PLS PLS, Houston in the Blind and RRest! Meow with the best of ‘em as the Atlanta Lyric Theatre presents Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Cats” at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center, running through July 19! Kool Kat VJ Anthony delivers his 80s Music Video Night at Famous Pub! Stoney Brooks gets down and dirty at the Northside Tavern! Blues it up with Atlanta Boogie at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Blues it up with Sandra Hall & the Shadows at Blind Willie’s! 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, July 18

Have a monstrous good time with our pal Kool Kat Shane Morton during the Silver Scream FX Lab Grand Opening Public Tour, from 10am-6pm! Or catch Trader Vic’s The Art of Tiki & Trader Vic’s seminar discussing Tiki décor, art and mugs, at 5pm! It’s a night of mischief and mayhem at The Star Bar with Thelma & the Sleaze, Bad Spell, Midnight Larks and Daddy Issues! Catch Ridley Scott’s ALIEN (1979) at the Aurora Cineplex at 11:59pm! Get your classic rock fix at Terminal West with Allgood, The Bitteroots and Nine Times Blue! Make your way to the Earl Smith Strand Theatre for their Cruisin’ at the Strand with the Creepers car show, from 2-8pm! The Brat Pack invades the Fox Theatre during their 2015 Coca Cola Film Festival screening of John Hughes’ THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985) at 7:30pm! Rev it up with Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt & the Psycho-Devilles at the Dixie Tavern! The Plastic Pinks deliver a night of garage rock at 529! Or make your way to Aisle 5 for a night with Escape Vehicle and Jon Harris! Skye Paige, “Queen of Slide Guitar” rocks out at Hottie Hawgs BBQ! Folk it up with River Whyless at Eddie’s Attic! It’s a night of hill country blues at The Family Dog with the John Sosebee Band! Blues it up with Selwyn Birchwood at Blind Willie’s! The Rainmen dish out some ‘60s and ‘70s rock ‘n’ roll at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs! Blues it up with Mr. Chapman’s Quarterly Revue at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Get groovy with Swami Gone Bananas at the Northside Tavern! St. James Live! delivers their Tribute to the Legends night every Saturday night! 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, July 19

Catch a screening of Billy Wilder’s classic film noir DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) in theatres across the Atlanta area at 2 pm and 7pm [Hollywood Stadium 24 in Chamblee, Perimeter Pointe 10; AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 in Lawrenceville; AMC Avenue Forsyth 12 in Cumming; AMC Barrett Commons 24 in Kennesaw; AMC Southlake 24 in Morrow; Regal McDonough Stadium 16; Cinemark Tinseltown 17 in Fayetteville; and Georgian Stadium in Newnan]! It’s your second chance to catch John G. Avildsen’s KARATE KID (1984) at the Studio Movie Grill (Alpharetta/Duluth) at 2pm! Get funky with some Georgian soul with Kool Kat Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics, The 200s and The Main Squeeze at Park Tavern! Shimmy on down to the Red Light Café for The Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue with special guest Sadie Hawkins! Spend the evening with Leon Russell at the Variety Playhouse! Blues it up with Fat Back Deluxe at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Swami Gone Bananas gets psychedelic at Hottie Hawgs BBQ! And get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar!

Ongoing

The Earl Smith Strand Theatre doo-wops it up with The Motown Sound through July 26!

Blast-Off Burlesque geeks it up with a night of adults-only trivia at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club, every Monday at 8:30pm!

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

The Star Bar delivers Stomp & Stammer’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia at 8pm, every Tuesday!

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.