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Monday, Nov. 26

Make your way over to The Five Spot if you’ve got A Case of the Mondays With Style – Pay What You Can Cover! Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to check out Pead Boy & The Pork Bellys at 1:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 27

Inspired by the Jean Cocteau classic movie, the Broadway musical version of the Disney hit, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, starts a one-week run at the Fox Theater. Catch this week’s retro cinema classic, WEST SIDE STORY (1961) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise and starring Natalie Wood, George Chakiris and Richard Beymer. Come out to Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint to listen to the high-energy jazz sounds of the Jacob Deaton Trio at 6:30 p.m. Check out the Tommy Dean Trio at the Georgia Shrimp Company in Peachtree City as they play favorites from The Rat Pack, classic soul and great American songbook standards. Recent Kool Kat Calu Cordeira mixes tiki libations at Mai Tai Tahitian Tuesday starting at 9 p.m. at the Dark Horse Tavern. Grab your horn and head over to Twain’s in Decatur for a Joe Gransden jazz jam session starting at 9 p.m. The Crosstown Allstars are rocking the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack, or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern.

Wednesday, Nov. 28

Enjoy an acoustic evening with Ray LaMontagne at the Cobb Energy Centre at 8 p.m. Make your way down to The Basement to catch Nathaniel Rappole’s solo project, Gull, a living, breathing, squawking drum that cries out popular music from the past 50 years and delivers it from a single unique perspective. Come out to Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint to listen to the sweet blues of The Breeze Kings at 6:30 p.m. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Disco in the Village at Mary’s is your midweek neighborhood dance party! Frankie’s Blues Mission is on a mission to bring the blues to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack, and Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the gospel blues to Northside Tavern.

Thursday, Nov. 29

Check out Duncan Sheik at Smith’s Olde Bar as he plays songs off his latest album, COVERS 80S REMIXED. Some of the songs covered in his album include hits by The Cure, New Order, Tears for Fears, the Smiths, the Psychedelic Furs, the Thompson Twins and Love & Rockets. Did he ever get Jessie’s Girl? Make sure to check out Rick Springfield at the Cobb Energy Centre at 8 p.m. and maybe he will finally give us the answer. It is the last Thursday of the month which means it’s time for Disco Balls at Mary’s! DJ NoTech and guests spin deep dirty disco – Frisco Disco, Crisco Disco, Munich Disco, Italo Disco, Nu Disco, Funky Disco and even some House and little 80s Pop to round things out. Catch another screening of this week’s retro cinema classic, WEST SIDE STORY (1961) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. It’s 80s vs 90s Thursdays at The Shelter. New Wave classics versus Booty-shaking Eurodance will get your moving and rare and underground music videos will be playing on the screens throughout night. Get your groove back at Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint with The Mar-Tans at 7 p.m. The Breeze Kings and Chickenshack bring on the blues respectively at Northside Tavern and Fat Matt’s.

Bernadette Seacrest.

Friday, Nov. 30

Hey Jude, it doesn’t have to be A Hard Day’s Night when you go to The Buckhead Theater to catch The Fab Four perform classic Beatles hits. “Ed Sullivan” hosts the show, the doors open at 7 p.m. (the actual entranceway, not another cover band), and tickets are $36. Yes, the Cigar Store Indians are still around and you can hear their rockabilly sound at Smith’s Olde Bar at 8 p.m. THE BIRDS (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren and Suzanne Pleshette, closes out Hitchcock Month at The Plaza. Make sure to check out Robert Emmett Murphy’s Retro Review here soon. Film Love presents Jack Smith’s NORMAL LOVE at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Part satire on heterosexuality, part horror film, part comedy, this film is an act of queer cinematography and an essential part of the story of underground film. Shriek Theatre Movie Night presents IRON SKY (2012) at DooGallery at 8 p.m. Directed by Timo Vuorensola and starring Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby and Götz Otto, check out our Retro Review of the hit Finnish B-movie about Nazis on the moon which sold out The Plaza last summer. The Ron Kimble Band plays southern rock at Cooper’s Corner in Grayson and The Tone Prophets are at Fat Matt’s. Head over to Big Tex Cantina to listen to the jazz stylings of the Frank Barham Quartet or to Northside Tavern if you are looking for a night of blues with Robert Lee Coleman. Kool Kat Bernadette Seacrest will be performing under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History Martinis & IMAX.

Saturday, Dec. 1

Have toys or sci-fi collectibles you want to get rid of or conversely to stock up on geeky gifts? Check out the Local Atlanta Geek Garage Sale from noon until 5 p.m. at 1254 Murphy. Saturday is also a big night for tribute shows to classic rock and jazz favorites. Neil Diamond tribute band Nine Inch Neils and Rolling Stones tribute band Jagged Stones are Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, a zany fundraiser at House of the Rock for it and Lutheran Community Food Ministries which does amazing work for the homeless in Midtown. Suggested donation is $10, and there’s also a canned food drive. Jagged Stones’ Keef will be Kool Kat of the Week posting soon. Swing on down to the 4th Annual Merry Y’all Tide Celebration with The Whiskey Gentry, featuring recent Kool Kat Lauren Staley Morrow, and neo-ragtime sensation Kool Kat Blair Crimmins & The Hookers at Variety Playhouse. And because everyone loves a man in uniform, the Marines will be in attendance collecting for Toys For Tots, so please bring un unwrapped toy! If rockabilly and honkytonk is more your style, Reverend Andy presents Hillbilly Casino Atlanta Cri’muh Show with Kool Kats Ghost Riders Car Club and Kool Kat Cletis & His City Cousins. Doors open at 9 p.m. and make sure to come early because the first 25 people to walk through the door at this Christmas show will receive a special Christmas gift from Hillbilly Casino. Catch another screening of THE BIRDS (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren and Suzanne Pleshette at The Plaza. Enjoy a night of great live music at The Earl with Smith’s cover band, Smithsonian. Indulge the five-second sensation of Odorama at the Plaza Theater during Blast-off Burlesque presents Taboo-La-La, featuring a fun floorshow and the John Waters cult classic POLYESTER (1981), starring Divine, Tab Hunter and Edith Massey. Head over to Northside Tavern if you are looking for a night of blues with Mudcat. And as usual, DJ Romeo Cologne transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours of the night.

Kitty Love

Sunday, Dec. 2

Kitty Love’s Sultry Sundays at Red Light Café presents Bernadette Seacrest and Cheeky Belles Burlesque. Ahh, the glory days of Alt Rock 90s. Make your way over to The Masquerade to relive the nostalgia with Everclear and Eve 6 performing at 7 p.m. in Heaven. Hitchcock Month comes to an end with a final screening of THE BIRDS (1963) at The Plaza. Get yourself to The Solarium at Historic Scottish Rite to partake in an amazing world market, silent auction, and gourmet baked goods at the Jingle Bell Jubilee. Tony Bryant’s music represents four generations of family Georgia Blues going back to the turn of the 2th century when music was an expression of life. Listen to his musical history lesson at Fat Matt’s at 1:45 p.m. Uncle Sugar blues it down at Northside Tavern and enjoy some hangover-friendly live music with Bonaventure Quartet playing dunch at 1 p.m. at The Earl.

Seasonal Activities

The Center for Puppetry Arts’ official stage adaptation of the Rankin-Bass misfit Christmas TV classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is back for a third year with Rudolph, Clarisse, Hermie, Yukon and all the beloved characters. Read our interview with adapter/director and Center Artistic Director Jon Ludwig here. Now through Jan. 6.

Take part in an Atlanta tradition dating back more than 50 years! The Pink Pig is back at Macy’s in Lenox Square Mall. Ride the Macy’s Pink Pig Train on top of the Lenox Square Mall through the 170-ft., 1950’s themed Pink Pig Tent. A portion of the ride’s proceeds will benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The Pink Pig will be at Lenox until Jan. 1.

All this week at The Horizon Theater, catch David Sedaris in THE SANTALAND DIARIES. An outrageous holiday comedy, written by award-winning satirical writer David Sedaris, stars Crumpet, a rebel without a Clause who recounts the true-life tale of an out-of-work writer’s stint as a Macy’s Department Store elf.

Award-winning Dad’s Garage offers a new take on the humbug Christmas classic with INVASION: CHRISTMAS CAROL. This nutty interpretation of the Dickens’ favorite throws all the conventional aspects of the story out the window, replacing them with a delicious improv flavor as different spirits visit every evening, to the surprise of even the cast!  Shows run through Dec. 23 every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

At Fernbank Museum of Natural History, enjoy the rd annual WINTER WONDERLAND, featuring trees and other displays from around the world.  New this year will be special photo opportunities with Fernbank’s holiday mascot, Santa-saurus and hop aboard the Santa-saurus Express train, through Jan. 6.

Ongoing

The Plaza Theater presents Hitchcock Month! Classic Hitchcock movies are remastered in high definition. Movies play every weekend in November thru December 2.

Every Tuesday and Thursday night is Retro Cinema at Movie Tavern. Check out classic movies on the big screen weekly at 7:30 p.m.

Visit the High Museum of Art to see the Fast Forward: Modern Moments exhibit featuring artistic development from the past 100 years, 1913-2013. Artists include Henri Matisse, Salvador Dalí, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jeff Koons. Closes January 10, 2013.

Take retro to another level at the Genghis Khan special exhibition at Fernbank Museum of National History.  Closes January 21, 2013.