ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor

This Week is chock full of oldies but goodies! Come see what we’ve found for you. Get out and get Retro!

Monday, September 4

Get intergalactic and celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) at theatres across Atlanta (contact theatres for show times) [AMC Phipps Plaza 14; AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 (Lawrenceville); AMC Parkway Point 15; and AMC Dine-In North Point Mall 12 (Alpharetta)], through Sept. 6! Make your way to Chastain Park for a night with the Goo Goo Dolls! Blues on down to Park Tavern for their 32nd Annual Labor Day Blues BBQ featuring tasty food and live music with Nick Moss, Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck, The Breeze Kings, Tribute and more! Bring the funk and pay Tribute to Chaka Khan at City Winery! Travel through time and save the world with James Cameron’s TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991) at theatres across Atlanta (contact theatres for show times) [AMC Phipps Plaza 14; AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 (Lawrenceville); AMC Parkway Point 15; AMC Classic North Dekalb Mall 16; AMC Classic Mansell Crossing 14 (Alpharetta); and AMC Barrett Commons 24 (Kennesaw)], through Sept. 6! 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! 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 as they dish out The Pork Bellys and a plate full ‘o finger lickin’ BBQ!

Tuesday, September 5

Landmark Midtown Art Cinema continues their Classics Series with a screening of Jean Renoir’s LA GRANDE ILLUSION (1937) at 7pm! Rock out at the Masquerade with GBH, The Casualties and The Hanging Judge! Apocalyptica brings their ‘90s Finnish orchestra rock to Center Stage! Catch a DeLorean on over to the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern for a screening of Robert Zemeckis’ ‘80s classic BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) during their  Retro Cinema series at 7:30pm! Get old-timey with Annette Conlon at Avondale Towne Cinema! Get down with the Poverty Level Band at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Blues it up with Steve Cunningham at Blind Willie’s! 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 DJ Quasi Mandisco’s Downtown Tuesday Night Dance Party featuring retro-soul, funk, ‘80s, ‘90s and more! Get down and dirty with Gray & The Bad Boys at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! And as always, groove on down with Swami Gone Bananas at the Northside Tavern!

Wednesday, September 6

Emory Cinematheque continues their Resist Fascism Series with a screening of Frank Borzage’s THE MORTAL STORM (1940) at 7:30pm! Stomp on down to The Star Bar for a night with Andrea Colburn & Mud Moseley, Black Tarpoon and Southern Sinners! Get your garage rock fix with Thee Oh Sees and All the Saints at the Variety Playhouse! Catch a DeLorean on over to the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern for an encore screening of Robert Zemeckis’ ‘80s classic BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) during their  Retro Cinema series at 7:30pm! Get the rockin’ blues with the Cazanovas at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Art Holliday, Inc. boogies down at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Get jazzy at the Red Light Café with The Gordon Vernick Quartet! Get the blues with the Cody Matlock Band at Blind Willie’s! Down South Swing brings you their September Swing Classes at Firefly Studio Decatur! 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 7

Madness, maniacs and science, oh my – hilarity ensues with Cineprov at The Plaza Theater as they riff Anthony Lanza’s THE INCREDIBLE TWO-HEADED TRANSPLANT (1971) at 7:00pm! Get the blues with the Cody Matlock Band at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Folk it up with Ben Sollee at Eddie’s Attic! Get weird with Shark Jackson at EyeDrum! Get your klezmer fiddle fix with Alicia Svigals at the Schwartz Center (Emory)! Rumours pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Smith’s Olde Bar! Rock out at The Star Bar with Air Wolves, Glen Iris and Hip to Death! Garage rock it up with The Afghan Whigs and Har Mar Superstar at Terminal West! It’s Mai Tai Thursday, so hula on down to Trader Vic’s for some smokin’ hot island tunes and a couple of cocktails! Get down with The Whiskey Charmers at the Red Light Café! Sweet Betty & The Shadows get down at Blind Willie’s! The Northside Tavern gets rockin’ with a little Chicago/Delta blues of The Breeze Kings! 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 8

Get sinister and celebrate 40 years of Dario Argento’s SUSPIRIA (1977), bloodying it up at The Plaza Theater through Sept. 14! Get down and dirty and sleaze it up with The Dreaded Marco, Filthy Rebel and Bigfoot at The Star Bar! Blake Rainey & His Demons raise a ruckus at The Earl with Virginia Plane and Takenobu! Rock out with Kool Kat Fred Leblanc/Cowboy Mouth and Five Eight at The Vista Room! Shimmy on down to City Winery for Wasabassco Burlesque! Old-time it up with Don Flemons (Carolina Chocolate Drops) at Art Farm (Serenbe)! Get intergalactic with Wicket: The Musical at Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, geeking it up through Oct. 7! Eighties it up with Kool Kat Becky Cormier Finch and Denim Arcade at Wild Wing Café in Suwannee! Get strange and make your way to Venkman’s for The Dirty Doors’ Strange Days 50th Anniversary Celebration! Make your way to the Old Fourth Ward Fall Fest, running through Sept. 9, featuring tasty food, a parade, and live music with The Pussywillows, The Breeze Kings and more! Blues it up with Vintage #18 at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Get the blue with Kerry Hill at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Spend the night with the Villain Family at the Fernbank Museum’s “Fernbank After Dark” adults-only event! Rumours pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Smith’s Olde Bar! George Hughley & The Shadows dish out the blues at Blind Willie’s! Get down with Lola at Northside Tavern! 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, September 9

Beebopalula on down to Avondale Towne Cinema for Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys! Or get hellacious with ELZIG at The Highlander! Boogie down ‘80s-style with Kool Kat VJ Anthony during his 80s New Wave Music Video Dance Party: Depeche Mode Edition at Amsterdam Atlanta! The REMakes pay tribute to R.E.M. at Venkman’s! Get your Americana fix with Penny & Sparrow at the Buckhead Theatre! Rock out at The Star Bar with the TNT Band, The Gartrells, and Kool Kat Rod Hamdallah! Or make your way to the Little Vinyl Lounge downstairs for a night with Sasha Vallely! Rock out with The Skylarks at Kavarna! Roar on down to The Wren’s Nest for their The Great Gatsby Lawn Party! Get some summer lovin’ cemetery-style with the Historic Oakland Cemetery’s Love Stories of Oakland: Summer Lovin’ Date Night! Make your way to the Infinite Energy Center for I Love the 90s Tour! Rock out with Kool Kat Fred Leblanc/Cowboy Mouth and the Barbaric Gentlemen at The Vista Room! Shimmy on down to City Winery for Wasabassco Burlesque! Blue it up with Swap Raw Deal at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Rumours pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Smith’s Olde Bar! Get folksy with Webster at the Red Light Café! Stomp on down to Venkman’s for a Chicken Pickin’ Brunch featuring the Sweet Auburn String Band! Get down and dirty with Sandra Hall & The Shadows at Blind Willie’s! The Tyler Neal Band dishes out the blues at Northside Tavern! St. James Live! delivers their Tribute to the Legends night every Saturday night!

Sunday, September 10

Surf on down to Victory Sandwich Bar for their Victory Fall Luau featuring live tunes with The Flamethrowers and Kinky Wiakiki! Live long and prosper and celebrate 35 years of Nicholas Meyer’s STAR TREK II: WRATH OF KHAN (1982) at theatres across Atlanta, 2pm/7pm [Hollywood Stadium 24 (Chamblee); AMC Barrett Commons 24 (Kennesaw); Avalon Stadium 12 (Alpharetta); Cinemark Tinseltown 17 (Fayetteville); Perimeter Pointe 10; Regal McDonough Stadium 16 (McDonough); Regal Mall of Georgia 20 Plus Imax (Buford); Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 18; and AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 (Morrow)] Get down with 10,000 Pontiacs at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Rock out with Band X at Johnny’s Hideaway! Make your way to Yaarab Shriners for I.C.E.’s Fall Craft & Vintage Market! Get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar!

Ongoing

Get intergalactic with Wicket: The Musical at Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, geeking it up through Oct. 7!

Geek it up and get to bowlin’ at The Comet Pub & Lanes’ Comet Cosplay, getting nerdy the first Monday of every month!

Dad’s Garage’s Big Boozy Nerdy Game Night brings out the kid in you, every first Monday of the month at 7pm!

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!

Get your reggae fix with Rub-A-Dub gettin’ down at WildPitch Music Hall, every second Sunday of the month!

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.