ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor Retro Atlanta delivers a week of rockin’ shenanigans and a week chock full of Kool Kats galore! Get off the couch, boogie down, shake a tail feather and see what we’ve found for you this week!

Monday, July 25

Spend the morning with Audrey Hepburn at the Alpharetta Branch Library with a screening of Billy Wilder’s SABRINA (1954) at 10:30am! Or bust some ghosts and get retro at The Landmark Midtown Art Cinema with their screening of Ivan Reitman’s GHOSTBUSTERS (1984), screening through July 28! Make your way to Chastain Park for a night with the Counting Crows and Rob Thomas! Blues it up with Larry Griffith at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Or make your way to Blind Willie’s for a night with Barrelhouse Bob Page! 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!” Skye Paige, “Queen of Slide Guitar” rocks out at the Little Vinyl Lounge! Boogie on down to the Northside Tavern and spend an evening with Lola at her famous Monday Night Northside Jam!

Tuesday, July 26

The Landmark Midtown Art Cinema presents a 35mm screening of Wes Anderson’s BOTTLE ROCKET (1996) during its Cinema Classics Gangster Series at 7pm! Geek it up at Diesel Filling Station for Star Trek Trivia! The Star Bar delivers a night of retro shenanigans with their Downtown Tuesday Night Dance Party featuring retro-soul, funk, ‘80s, ‘90s and more, while Kool Kat Rod Hamdallah gets down downstairs in the Little Vinyl Lounge! Get folksy with Slaid Cleaves at Eddie’s Attic! Get some soul with Mingo Fishtrap at Vinyl! Rock on down to Union EAV for a night of Punk Rock Karaoke! Blues it up with J.T. Speed at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Stomp on down to Blind Willie’s for a night with Joe McGuinness! Let Kool Kat Rich Desantis honkytonk you up with his Honkytonk Extravaganza revvin’ it up every Tuesday at Bone Lick BBQ! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Venkman’s every Tuesday! And as always, The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at the Northside Tavern!

Wednesday, July 27

Get witchin’ and celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Andrew Fleming’s THE CRAFT (1996) at The Plaza Theater at 7:30pm! Rock out ‘80s-style with Guns N’ Roses at the Georgia Dome! It’s your last chance to sci-fi it up with TCM’s Big Screen Classic’s second screening of Franklin J. Schaffner’s PLANET OF THE APES (1968) at theatres across Atlanta at 2pm/7pm [Avalon Stadium 12 (Alpharetta); Hollywood Stadium 24 (Chamblee); Cinemark Tinseltown 17 (Fayetteville); AMC Barrett Commons 24 (Kennesaw); AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 (Lawrenceville); Regal McDonough Stadium 16 (McDonough); and Georgian Stadium 14 (Newnan)]! Make yoru way to Eddie’s Attic for a night with Ben Trickey and Sarah Rachele! Jazz it up at the Red Light Café, with The Gordon Vernick Quartet! Stomp on down to Venkman’s for a night with The Threadbare Skivvies! Get hep to the jive with The Electromatics at Blind Willie’s! Get some soul with The Hollidays at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues gets down and dirty at their Blues Jam hosted by The Cazanovas! Lola gets down and dirty at Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint! The Star Bar gets down with their Okie Dokie Karaoke, every Wednesday at 9pm! Or 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 28

Get in the ring with John G. Avildsen’s classic, ROCKY (1976) at the Fox Theatre during the Coca Cola Film Festival at 7:30pm! Or make your way to the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema for a screening of Barry Gordy’s THE LAST DRAGON (1985) at 6pm!  Catch a screening of Randal Kleiser’s GREASE (1978) at Atlantic Station’s Movies in Central Park series at 8pm. Spend an evening with Cracker at City Winery! Get the blues with The Cazanovas at Blind Willie’s! It’s Mai Tai Thursday, so surf on down to Trader Vic’s for a helluva beach party! Get funky with The Mar-Tans at Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint! The Cody Matlock Band delivers a night of blues at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta! Get Rhythm & Soul in the Little Vinyl Lounge (The Star Bar)! 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! And as always, boogie down at Mary’s, as the East Atlanta venue gets funky with their weekly Disco in the Village.

Friday, July 29

Videodrome and JavaVino present a very rare treat with a screening of Toshio Matsumoto’s FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES (1969) at 8:30pm! Rock on down to 529 for a night with Gino & The Goons and GHB! Get your ARCHIE comics fix at My Parents’ Basement as they host a BETTY & VERONICA #1 signing with comics legend, writer/artist Adam Hughes and cover artist Andy Price from 6-8pm! Get beachin’ with Blast-Off Burlesque’s Blast-Off Bingo at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club! New Wave it up with the Pylon Reenactment Society, The Swimming Pool Q’s and more at The Earl! Kool Kat Spike Fullerton and the Ghost Riders Car Club deliver a country extravaganza at The Star Bar! Swing on by Venkman’s featuring Joe Gransden and his amazing 16-member Big Band! Shake a tail feather at the Elliot Street Pub and catch The Candybox Undergrund – July event featuring performances by Kool Kat Roula Roulette, Tippy Tapage, Kat Asstrophy; emceed by Kool Kat Talloolah Love and music by DJ Doctor Q! Catch The Spirit of Rush at the Red Light Café! Frankie’s Blues Mission gets down 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! Get your ‘90s folk rock fix with Angie Aparo at Eddie’s Attic! Honkytonk it up with the Blue Dogs at the Red Clay Theatre! Blind Willie’s gets the blues with House Rocker Johnson & the Shadows! Make your way to the Avondale Towne Cinema for the Possum Kingdom Ramblers! Folk it up with Ralph Roddenberry at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! The HoboHemians dish out a night of 20s/30s early jazz under the dinos at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX event! 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 30

Rev on down to the B3 Bar & Grill in Austell for the Rockabilly Reckoning, featuring classic cars, Pin-Ups and rockin’ tunes with Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt & the Psycho-Devilles, The Tremors, Motorbilly, The Sideburners and more! Stagger on down to Diesel Filling Station for the 7th Annual Zombie Pub Crawl! Make your way to the Elliot Street Pub for a night with Kool Kat Spike Fullerton’s Russian Roulette Band and Rodeo Twister! Gyspy jazz and brunch it up with The Hot Club of Atlanta at Venkman’s, followed by Stonerider’s 70’s Rock Appreciation Society at 10pm! Funk it up with Big Sam’s Funky Nation and the Georgia Soul Council at Terminal West!  The Rainmen dish out a night of classic ‘60s and ‘70s tunes at Avondale Towne Cinema with Cover to Cover! Surf on down to The Star Bar for Kool Kat Chad Shivers’ Southern Surf Stomp featuring rocking tunes with The Space Cossacks, The Mystery Men? and Netherglades! Rock out with Bigfoot at Mule Camp Tavern! Get your goblin fix at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre during their screening of Jim Henson’s LABYRINTH (1986) at 8pm! Or catch a screening of John Landis’ COMING TO AMERICA (1988) at Aurora Cineplex! It’s tribute night at Smith’s Olde Bar, so rock on down for a night with Clashinista (The Clash), Zen Arcade (Husker Du), and Devomatix (Devo)! Blues it up with The Vipers at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Grant Green, Jr. gets some soul at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! Rock out with Michelle Malone at Eddie’s Attic! Make your way to the Little Vinyl Lounge (The Star Bar) for a book reading, signing and Q&A with power pop legend, Frank Secich, during his Circumstantial Evidence Tour! Get old-timey at Nik’s Place in Marietta with Kool Kat Caleb & The Gents! Boogie on down to The Basement for their Keep on Movin! Dance Party! Sandra Hall & The Shadows get down at Blind Willie’s! 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 31

Rev it up with Rockabilly Kitty Rose at Kavarna! Party it up with Kool Kat Chris Hamer of UrbnPop during Diligent Lobotomy Tattoo’s Grand Opening Party! Get your surf punk, dirty doo-wop fix with The Frights at the Masquerade! Shake a tail feather and make your way to Smith’s Olde Bar as the Candybox Revue Presents: New York Stripped: Burlesque Takes on Broadway, featuring performances by Bourgeois Betty (headliner), Kool Kat Talloolah Love, Kool Kat Ursula Undress and more! Make your way to Terminal West for the 9th Annual Jerry Day ATL featuring Cosmic Charlie and performances by the Captain Moonlight Band, Escape Vehicle, Gr8FLdude & Frenz, the Charlie Fog Band, Dead Affect, Honeywood and more! Boogie on down with Fat Back Deluxe at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Rock out with Low Cut Connie, Kool Kats The Blackfoot Gypsies and Mail the Horse at Park Tavern! And get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar!

Ongoing

The Fox Theatre’s Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival runs through August 27!

The Michael C. Carlos Museum presents their “Doorway to an Enlightened World” exhibit, running through Nov. 27!

Kool Kat Rich Desantis honkytonks you up with his Honkytonk Extravaganza revvin’ it up every Tuesday at Bone Lick BBQ!

Union EAV rocks out with their Punk Rock Karaoke ATL, and every last Tuesday of the month!

Geek it up at My Parents’ Basement with their weekly Tuesday night Nerd Trivia at 8pm!

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