ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor

Come see what’s shakin’ in Retro Atlanta this week!

Monday, September 26

Movie Macabre Mondays are back at Mary’s, so kick back, grab a killer cocktail and catch a screening of Tom Savini’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990) at 9:30pm! The Plaza Theater hops across the pond for a screening of Ron Howard’s documentary, THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK, THE TOURING YEARS (2016), screening through Sept. 29! 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! And blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a night with The Pork Bellies!

Tuesday, September 27

Geek it up at Diesel Filling Station for Nerd-Core Tuesday Trivia’s Saturday Morning Cartoon Trivia at 8pm! Make your way to the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s screening of Robert Zemeckis’ BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) at 7:30pm! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Venkman’s every Tuesday! The Star Bar delivers a night of retro shenanigans with their Downtown Tuesday Night Dance Party featuring retro-soul, funk, ‘80s, ‘90s and more! And as always, The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at the Northside Tavern!

Wednesday, September 28

Get the rockin’ blues with Kool Kat Brooks Mason and The Georgia Flood at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! It’s a night of old country with Dale Watson at Smith’s Olde Bar! Make your way to the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s encore screening of Robert Zemeckis’ BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) at 7:30pm! Or catch a screening of Robert Altman’s POPEYE (1980) during Emory Cinematheque’s Comics & Graphic Novels Series at 7:30pm! Jazz it up at the Red Light Café with The Gordon Vernick Quartet! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues gets down and dirty at their Blues Jam hosted by The Cazanovas! 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, September 29

Geek it up and celebrate Japanese culture, anime and manga at Anime Weekend Atlanta, running through Oct. 2 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel! The Plaza Theater spooks it up with their screening of Lew Lehman’s THE PIT (1981)! Rock out with Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds at The Star Bar! Catch a little Rhythm & Soul with the Diamond Street Rhythm Machine in the Little Vinyl Lounge! It’s Mai Tai Thursday, so hula on down to Trader Vic’s! The Northside Tavern gets rockin’ with a little Chicago/Delta blues of The Breeze Kings! The Cody Matlock Band delivers a night of blues at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta! 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! 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, September 30

Videodrome and JavaVino (JavaDrome) present another rare treat with a screening of Norman Mailer’s TOUGH GUYS DON’T DANCE (1987) at 8pm!Rock across the pond to Atlanta Symphony Hall as they present UK Rocks!, featuring vocal powerhouses Storm Large (Pink Martini) and Shem Von Schroeck (Rock Tenors)! Rock on down to The Star Bar’s Project Pabst Pre-Party with Cousin Dan, The Gartrells, Frosted Orange and Tiger! Tiger! Shake a tail feather with The Candybox Underground September Edition at Elliot Street Pub with Kool Kat Lola LeSoleil, music by DJ Doctor Q and more! Get horrorific as The Plaza Theater screens Robert Wise’s AUDREY ROSE (1977); David Harman’s PHANTASM (1979); and Stuart Gordon’s FROM BEYOND (1986)! Get the blues with Beverly “Guitar” Watkins at the Northside Tavern! Boogie under the dinosaurs with Platinum Band Atlanta 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, October 1

The spook season has a killer kick off with Netherworld Haunted House’s horrorific 20th season opening haunting nightly beginning tonight, through Nov. 1! Get smokin’ with Garage 71 Radio (Kool Kat Rev. Andy Hawley) and Grease Inc. Magazine’s annual Hell on Wheels event revvin’ it up in Canton, featuring vintage/classic cars, pin-ups, carnies, venders and more! Catch some rockin’ tunes/entertainment with Kevn Kinney & The Chattahoochee Coochie Men, Uncle Daddy & The Kissin’ Cousins, JB Walker, Captain & Maybelle, Cold Heart Canyon, Phil Rocker and more! Catch the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema’s Animated Classics series screening of Gerald Potterton’s HEAVY METAL (1981) at 11am! 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, October 2

Get really retro and Victorian today at the Historic Oakland Cemetery as they present their 37th Annual Sunday in the Park Victorian Street Festival, featuring tasty food, fun and entertainment! Check out the artists’ market, living history demonstrations, storytellers, spooky mausoleums, Victorian costume contests and carriage tours. And you won’t want to miss their vintage musical line-up with Penny Serenade, Sweet Auburn String Band, The Glory Hounds, High Tea, The Ghosts Project and so much more! Stomp on down to The Pullman for a Bluegrass Brunch with Kool Kat Rich Desantis and Whiskey Belt! It’s your last chance to catch the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema’s Animated Classics series screening of Gerald Potterton’s HEAVY METAL (1981) at 11am! Get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar! And get the rockin’ blues with Snake Legs at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack!

Ongoing

7 Stages gets mischievous with their presentation of Bertolt Brecht’s classical musical, THE THREE PENNY OPERA, running through Oct. 2 (EXTENDED – LAST CHANCE!)

Heads are rolling at Synchronicity Theatre’s presentation of Howard Brenton’s ANNE BOLEYN, running through Oct. 16!

Netherworld Haunted House haunts through Nov. 1!

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

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.