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Mar 22nd, 2011 By:
Anya99
Here’s your weekly guide to where and why to get out…
Monday March 21
After dark, Joe Gransden & his smokin’ 16-piece orchestra present another Big Band Night of jazz at Café 290, featuring Sinatra, Bennett, Basie and Joe’s originals. Northside Tavern hosts a Blues Jam.
Tuesday March 22
Grab your horn and head to Twain’s in Decatur for a Joe Gransden jazz jam session starting at 9 PM. Fedora Blues plays Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack. Atlanta’s notorious DJ Romeo Cologne spins the best ‘70s funk and disco at 10 High in Virginia-Highland. Get a sneak preview of new Tuesday Retro in the Metro nights at Midtown’s Deadwood Saloon, featuring live video mixes of ’80s, ’90s, and 2Ks hits; official grand opening is next Tues. March 29.
Wednesday March 23
Not quite as cool as taking a TARDIS back to 688, but coming mighty close, ATLRetro’s top pick of the night is ’70s/’80s garage band extraordinaire The Fleshtones at Star Bar, with The Forty-Fives and Ghost Bikini opening. The Emory University Tango Ensemble and Tango Orchestra Club Atlanta present an evening of traditional and new Argentinian tango dancing and music at Emory’s Schwartz Center. Lots of weekly events, too. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at The Glenwood. Catch Joe Gransden every Wednesday night at 8:30 PM at Jerry Farber’s Side Door. The Hollidays and Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck bring on the blues at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack and Northside Tavern respectively. Dance to ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s hits during Retro in the Metro Wednesdays presented by Godiva Vodka, at Pub 71 in Brookhaven, starting at 8 PM. Cover band ’80s Band of Destiny is in the Atlanta Room at Smith’s Olde Bar.
Thursday March 24
The Found Footage Festival brings outtakes and oddities found at garage sales, flea markets, dumpsters and other strange places to the Plaza Theatre, including a rare screening of cult classic HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT. It’s a bonafide ’70s night at Philips Arena as (ATLRetro) Rod Stewart thrusts whatever he has left and Stevie Nicks wails out “Rhiannon” one more time. Listen to Tongo Hiti’s luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as some trippy takes on iconic pop songs, just about every Thursday night at Trader Vic’s. Joe Gransden jazzes up Tantra now on Thursdays. Party ‘70s style with DJ Romeo Cologne at Aurum Lounge. Breeze Kings and Chicken Shack bring on the blues respectively at Northside Tavern and Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.
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Category: This Week in ATLRetro | Tags: 80s Band of Destiny, Alice in Wonderland, Alien, Andy Ditzler, Beatles, Blair Crimmins, Breeze Kings, burlesque, Cafe 290, Chameleon Queen, Dans le Moment, Deadwood Saloon, Derryl Rivers, Doo Gallery, Eddie's Attic, Emily Yetter, Fatt Matt's Rib Shack, Fedora Blues, Fernbank, Film Love, Fleshtones, Flying Circus, Found Footage Festival, heavy metal, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, Henri Cartier-Bresson, High Museum of Art, Hollidays, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Jerry Farber's Side Door, Joan Rivers, Joe Gransden, John Lennon, Katherine Lashe, Martinis & Imax, Mon Cherie, Mudcat, Northside Tavern, Only Sons, Pemberton Place, Philips Arena, Plaza Theatre, Retro in the Metro, Rod Stewart, romeo cologne, Rue de Paradis, Sana Blues, Schwartz Center, Shriek Movie Night, Smith's Olde Bar, Spanky & the Love Handles, Star Bar, Stevie Nicks, Susi French Connection, Syrens of the South, T. Grease Johnson, Talloolah Love, tango, The Earl, The Glenwood, Tongo Hiti, torchy taboo, Trader Vic's, Twain's, Viva Las Vegas, Yoko Ono
Posted on:
Mar 18th, 2011 By:
Anya99
Category: Weekend Update | Tags: Atlanta Boogie, Atlanta Rollergirls, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atomic Rockets, Beatles, Belmont Playboys, Blast-Off Burlesque, Bryan Adams, Buckhead Theatre, Civil War, Clermont Lounge, Cloris Leachman, Cowboy Envy, Druid Hills, East Lake Golf Club, Eddie's Attic, Edward Gay House, Emily Yetter, Fatt Matt's Rib Shack, Fernbank, Fox Theatre, Glenn Phillips, Henri Cartier-Bresson, High Museum of Art, Inman Park, Italy, Ivy Hall, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Jerry Farber's Side Door, Martinis & Imax, moda, motorcycles, Museum of Design Atlanta, Peters House, Plaza, Red Light Cafe, romeo cologne, salsa, salsambo, Schwartz Center, SFJAZZ Collective, Showgirls, Spanky & the Love Handles, Star Bar, Swimming Pool Qs, Taboo-La-La, The Earl, Toulouse-Lautrec, Underground Atlanta, Wren's Nest, Yaarab Shrine Center
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Mar 3rd, 2011 By:
Anya99
Atlanta certainly has earned its place on the map of the Neo-Burlesque Revival with amazing performers and troupes. Now this steamy Southern city finally is getting its first bonafide burlesque festival, too. In case you’ve been too naughty to notice, Southern Fried Burlesque Fest dances into town next weekend, Thurs. March 10- Sun. March 13, 2011, at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Decatur. But co-founders Katherine Lashe and Ursula Undress (Syrens of the South Productions) kindly have agreed to pull back the curtains and strip down to some of the delicious details…
Katherine Lasche & Ursula Undress invite you to some Southern-fired fun at Atlanta's first burlesque festival.
1. Is there any story behind how you hatched the idea for Southern Fried Burlesque Fest and why Atlanta needs its own festival?
Katherine Lashe: Atlanta’s the biggest city in the Southeast and a hot bed for burlesque with guest performers coming in all the time so it seemed to make sense that we should have a festival to show off all of the amazing talent from all aspects of burlesque that the Southeast had to offer, in addition to showing the Southeast what the rest of the world has to offer as well.
Ursula Undress: I had heard some talk about how we needed to do something like it here at a few of the Atlanta Burlesque & Cabaret Meet-Ups and had been to a few other state-specific festivals. So I supported Katherine with wanting to move forward with one here and told her I would do whatever I could to help. We definitely have the talent in the city and surrounding areas—so it has become sort of a regional thing.
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