ATLRetro

By Julia Carlson
Contributing Writer

Monday, May 20

Swing down to Café 290, and hear Joe Gransden and his awesome 16-piece big band perform swinging jazz at 8:30 p.m. Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer Lola Gulley. Enjoy some BBQ with Pead Boy & the Pork Bellies at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, May 21

It’s all good. At least 20 guest singers honor the folk rock icon during 7th Annual Bob Dylan Birthday Bash at The Earl, hosted by Chickens and Pigs. Your $7 in advance/$10 at door admission benefits nonprofit Ovarian Cycle, which funds cancer research. Musical May continues as Stanley Donen directs SINGING IN THE RAIN (1952) with the help of stars Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds in Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s retro cinema classic this week. 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school southern rock and blues with Crosstown Allstars. Tease up that big hair for a Heavy Metal Cover Band at 10 High.

Wednesday, May 22

Saxophonist extraordinaire David Sanborn and guitarist/vocalist Jonathan Butler deliver Satin & Soul at the Cobb Energy Centre, part of Atlanta’s all May month of jazz leading up to the Atlanta Jazz Festival at Piedmont Park this weekend. Get schooled by either of two of Atlanta’s burlesque finest  Katherine Lashe or Kool Kat Talloolah Love in Beginning Burlesque classes at Studio Burlesque. See our Kool Kat interview with Talloolah here. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the Piedmont blues to Northside Tavern. Frankie’s Blues Mission preaches the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Go SINGING IN THE RAIN (1952) for a second night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Thursday, May 23

The American Cancer Society celebrates its 100th birthday in style with “An Evening with Quincy Jones & Friends” at the Fox Theatre. The legendary music producer/performer will be joined for an unforgettable performance with special guests including James Ingram, Patti Austin, Siedah Garrett, Nikki Yanofsky and Alfredo Rodriguez.More action than usual OTP as Raleigh, NC’s Chatham County Line brings their brand of bluegrass to Red Clay Theatre in Duluth, and Beverly Guitar Watkins blues it down at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs. Back intown, it’s 80s/90s Retro Video Night with free drinks ’til 10 at The Shelter.  Have a maitai, mon, while listening to Lloyd’s Rocksteady Review play soulful sounds of ’60s and ’70s Jamaica with a nod to all other island music at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s. Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear the honkytonkin’ blues of Chickenshack. Cunningham Henson Duo takes the stage at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday. If you didn’t get the chance to go to Studio Burlesque yesterday, you have another chance to try out Beginning Burlesque with Ursula Undress at 6:30 p.m., followed by Performance Track Series at 9:30 p.m. It’s your final night to go SINGING IN THE RAIN (1952) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Friday, May 24

Gregory Dean Smalley and Earl Maddox may no longer be with us, but some of the city’s (and southeast’s) finest rockabilly and Redneck Underground bands raise a Boone’s Farm toast high to their legacy during the opening night of the 22nd annual Bubbapalooza 2013 at the Star Bar. Friday’s line-up includes The Belmont Boys, Hi-Test, Ghost Riders Car Club, Blacktop Rockets, AM Gold and Slim Chance & the Convicts. Check out  our preview of this year’s Bubba, but in the meantime, check out our 20th anniversary retrospective for some history.  Ask Colin Baker the Doctor’s name, we dare you, this weekend at TimeGate, Atlanta’s annual DOCTOR WHO/STARGATE convention through Sunday at The Holiday Inn Select Perimeter-Dunwoody. The actor played the iconic British science fiction protagonist from 1984-86. Watch for our Timegate preview later this week.  Mudcat brings the blues to Northside Tavern for a two-night jam.  The Nick Longo Band jazzes it up under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Enjoy BBQ with a side of Funky Bluestar at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.  Gatsby’s throws an ’80s throwback party. Two Black and white classics start weeklong runs today at The Plaza Theatre: the recently digitally restored and finally complete silent METROPOLIS (1927) and Martin Scorsese‘s brilliant boxing drama RAGING BULL (1980) starring Robert DeNiro. Watch for Retro Reviews later this week.  Oh, and then there’s some comedy called PORKY’S (1982).

Saturday, May 25

The free Atlanta Jazz Festival kicks off today outdoors at Piedmont Park (through Memorial Day Monday). Catch the Aaron Diehl Quartet, Alexandra Jackson, Cecile McLoren Salvant, and more. The 22nd annual Bubbapalooza 2013 fires up its big night with BBQ and an all-star line-up of rockabilly/Redneck Underground bands at the Star Bar. Saturday’s line-up includes a herd of Kool Kats such as Caroline & the Ramblers, Cletis & His City Cousins, and Grim Rooster, plus Nashville’s The Billygoats and Ohio’s The Twistin’ Tarantulas, and many more. TimeGate, Atlanta’s annual DOCTOR WHO/STARGATE convention also has its big day at The Holiday Inn Select Perimeter-Dunwoody. Watch for our Timegate preview later this week.  Mudcat brings the blues to Northside Tavern for the second of a two-night jam. Mount Carmel will be bringing their 1973 musical spirit to The Earl. The Jumpin’ Jukes swing from Mississippi into Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. 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.

Professor Morte (Shane Morton). Photo courtesy of Shane Morton.

Sunday, May 26

The free Atlanta Jazz Festival continues outdoors at Piedmont Park (through Memorial Day Monday). Catch Jacob Deaton and the Tribulation Band, Tia Fuller, Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Gamak and more. TimeGate, Atlanta’s annual DOCTOR WHO/STARGATE convention winds down at The Holiday Inn Select Perimeter-Dunwoody. It’s never too early to get ready for Halloween. Learn SFX make-up from the Silver Scream Spookshow‘s Professor Morte himself at Shane Morton’s Monster Makeup Class at noon. The Trio will jazz up The Family Dog from 7-10 p.m. Check out some classic bottleneck acoustic blues from The Tony Bryant Blues Band at Fatt Matt’s  Rib Shack. Enjoya honkytonk BBQ brunch with live music at Big Tex starting at noon. CineProv makes light of notorious REEFER MADNESS (1936) at The Plaza Theatre.

Ongoing

Two black and white classics start weeklong runs May 24-30 at The Plaza Theatre: the recently digitally restored and finally complete silent METROPOLIS (1927) and Martin Scorsese‘s brilliant boxing drama RAGING BULL (1980) starring Robert DeNiro. Watch for Retro Reviews later this week. Oh, and then there’s some comedy called PORKY’S (1982).

EXTREME MAMMALS from sabertooth tiger skulls and wooly mammoth fur to contemporary creatures such as the duck-billed platypus invade Fernbank Museum of Natural History through August 18.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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

Do you have or know of a Retro event we should include in This Week in Retro Atlanta? Be sure to email us at atlretro@gmail.com!

By Julia Carlson
Contributing Writer

Monday, May 13

Swing down to Café 290, and hear the sweet jazz beat of Bumpin the Mango at 8:30 p.m. Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. And enjoy some BBQ with Pead Boy & the Pork Bellies at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, May 14

Go undead, undead with the master of zombie cinema as Splatter Cinema presents George Romero’s DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) as its monthly feature at The Plaza Theater, at 9:30 p.m. Read our Retro Review here.  Musical May continues as George Sidney directs stars Dick Van Dyke and Ann Margaret in BYE BYE BIRDIE (1963), Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s retro cinema classic this week. 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school southern rock and blues with Crosstown Allstars. Tease up that big hair for a Heavy Metal Cover Band at 10 High.

Wednesday, May 15

Roots rock phenomenon Nikki Hill, with her husband Matt on guitar, tore-up the 2013 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender. Catch her first Atlanta appearance at Smith’s Olde Bar.Get schooled by either of two of Atlanta’s burlesque finest  Katherine Lashe or Talloolah Love in Beginning Burlesque classes at Studio Burlesque. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the Piedmont blues to Northside Tavern. Frankie’s Blues Mission preaches the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Thursday, May 16

“Their raucous set was like if the Velvet Underground had turned to the MC5 at their Boston Tea Party concert in 1968 and, instead of insulting them, had turned and made love to them—and that was how Lou Reed wound up wearing that dog collar,” declared Dan Collins, editor of LA RECORD, about Fullerton, California band The Cosmonauts‘ recent performance at Austin Psych fest. Catch them rocking out at 529 with The Garden and The Caste Outs. Annie Sellick is headlining the last of the Jazz Nights at Scottish Rite outdoor concerts in Oakhurst from 6:30-10pm. It’s 80s/90s Retro Video Night with free drinks ’til 10 at The Shelter.  Relax with a cocktail while listening to Agent 45 spin old school soul, blues and R&B at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s. Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear the honkytonkin’ blues of Chickenshack. Plectophilia takes the stage at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday.

Friday, May 17

Sail on to the Star Bar and shake your booty at Stayin’ Alive,Romeo Cologne’s Disco Doggies Benefit Party supports animal rescue nonprofit Society of Humane Friends Georgia. Andrew and the Disapyramids, featuring Kool Kat Joshua Longino, bring some ’60s rock n roll to The Earl, before  St. Paul and the Broken Bones break into soul. Alabama makes it a Southern rock night at the sweet home of restored 1929 movie palace The Fox Theatre. Smokey’s Farmland Band and The High Strung String Band strum up some eclectic bluegrass to The Masqurade. The Will Goble Quartet, featuring Gregory Tardy plays Friday Jazz at the High Museum of Art . Rolling Stones tribute band The Jagged Stones, featuring ATLRetro Kool Kat Keef Richards will make sure you get some satisfaction at Cooper’s Corner in Grayson. It’s Salsa Night under the dinosaurs with Salsambo Dance Company at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Enjoy BBQ with a side of Atlanta Boogie at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Sans Abri delivers bluegrass-influenced Americana alt-roots music at Big Tex. And over at Northside Tavern, Stoney Brooks brings “jitter bugging swing dance” this Friday night.

Saturday, May 18

Head down to the Fifth Annual Atlanta Springfest at Twain’s and hear a whole slew of swell bands for just 10 bucks including Gringo Star, Villain Family, Uncle Daddy & the Kissin’ Cousins and Muleskinner MacQueen. ATLRetro Kool Kat, the fabulous Fonda Lingue presents “Le Jardin,” the latest production of  The Jewel Box Revue,  a glitzy, glamorous revue reminiscent of the Golden Era of Burlesque, hosted by Devin Liquor and featuring performances by such Atlanta and Knoxville stars as Ursula Undress, The Chameleon Queen, Nipsy Tussle and more. The Atlanta Rollergirls all-star team, the Dirty South Derby Girls take on the Ohio Roller Girls at 5 p.m., and the Toxic Shocks battle the Apocalpystix at 7:30 p.m. at the Yaarab Shrine. Come investigate Taste of the Highlands to sample the best of the neighborhood’s restaurants! Online Retro radio station Garage 71 and magazine Grease Inc. host a first annual Cruise-In to celebrate 2013 Armed Forces Day and raise money for charity Pin-Ups for Soldiers, which provides care packages to deployed military, with vintage bike and car shows, and live rockabilly/roots music from The Sideburners, Kira Annalise and Atomic Boogie. Don your flapper dress, grab those spats and Charleston on down to the Roaring 20s Big Band Dine and Swing Dance at G.A.B.B.A The fabulous Rolling Stones are the subject of Satisfaction, which can be found at Variety Playhouse! Punk veterans Alkaline Trio take Center Stage. Come see Ron Cooley and the Hard Times deliver classic electric blues, soul, rock’n’roll, R&B and jazz at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.. 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.

Sunday, May 12

The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. Check out some classic bottleneck acoustic blues from The Tony Bryant Blues Band at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack. Get a Banjolicious brunch at Big Tex starting at noon. Cineprov spoofs up John Travolta cult classic, THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE (1976), at The Plaza Theater at 7:30pm.

Ongoing

The Plaza Theater will be showing Fritz Lang-directed horror classic M (1931), starring Peter Lorre (see our Retro Review here) and GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) through Thursday.

EXTREME MAMMALS from sabertooth tiger skulls and wooly mammoth fur to contemporary creatures such as the duck-billed platypus invade Fernbank Museum of Natural History through August 18.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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

By Aleck Bennett
Contributing Writer

Monday, May 6

Joe Gransden brings the swinging sounds of his big band to Café 290, with special guests the Milton High School Jazz Band and Bob Reynolds. Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. And enjoy some BBQ with Pead Boy & the Pork Bellies at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, May 7

Break your rusty cage and run to the Tabernacle as recently-reunited Seattle legends Soundgarden take the stage. Barren Girls bring their X and 45 Grave-inspired, punk-and-garage fueled rock’n’roll fury to 529. Head to The Shelter for the Southern Fried Fundraiser and Burlesque Show featuring reigning Southern Fried Burlesque Queen Lola Lesoleil, Tokyo Belle, Talloolah Love and many many more! Musical May continues as Howard Hawks directs screen sirens Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953), Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s retro cinema classic this week. 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school southern rock and blues with Crosstown Allstars.

Wednesday, May 8

Feeling outshined because you missed Soundgarden Tuesday? Catch ‘em for a second night at the Tabernacle! Shake your body to the best of italo, synth, disco, minimal wave, acid and post-punk with DKA Disco at Mary’s Bar in East Atlanta. Did catching Talloolah Love last night inspire you? Join her for her Beginning Burlesque class at Studio Burlesque. Catch Marilyn Monroe’s breakout performance in the second night of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the Piedmont blues to Northside Tavern. Frankie’s Blues Mission preaches the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Thursday, May 9

Grab your gold UO medallion and your crushed velvet jacket and head to the Tabernacle for the mighty, luxurious sounds of Chicago alt-rock pioneers Urge Overkill (opening for French rockers Phoenix). It’s 80s/90s Video Night with free drinks ’til 10 at The Shelter. Have a roaring night out with Madame Nocturne’s ElectroSwing Soirée at Gatsby’s Prohibition Night Club & Lounge in Midtown. ElectroSwing, circus performances, GREAT GATSBY-themed drink specials—the works! Event mistressmind lovely La Schaffer is our Kool Kat of the Week, so watch for that soon. Relax with a cocktail while listening to Tongo Hiti playing Retro-Polynesian luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as trippy takes on iconic pop songs, at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s. Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear the honkytonkin’ blues of Chickenshack. 8th of January takes the stage at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday. Catch the final night of the “Two Little Girls from Little Rock” with GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Friday, May 10

Gregory Alan Isakov brings his Leonard Cohen-meets-Bruce Springsteen brand of folk-rock to Smith’s Olde Bar. Guitar hero Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers, Gov’t Mule) returns to Wild Bill’s in Duluth with his band Great Southern. Sail on to the Star Bar for  a punk night out with a variety of bands playing Bad Brains tribute show Banned in ATL. Head to the historic Plaza Theatre for a gorgeous restoration of Fritz Lang’s horror classic, M (1931), featuring Peter Lorre’s star-making performance. Watch for our Retro Review soon. Go Really Retro as RITUAL weaves a night of fairy tale-themed frolic with Fairy Tail at The Shelter. The Mar-Tans serve up heaping helpings of New Orleans funk, R&B, blues and jazz under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Enjoy BBQ with a side of Atlanta Boogie at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Sans Abri delivers bluegrass-influenced Americana alt-roots music at Big Tex. And over at the Northside Tavern, Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the Piedmont blues both Friday and Saturday night.

Saturday, May 11

The streets of Avondale Estates turn into party central with Art-B-Que! Check out the BBQ Competition judged by Pine Street Market! Take in work from local artists and purchase their wares as the avenues of Avondale become the Artist Gallery! Enjoy BBQ from Burnt Fork BBQ and Community Q, and a vast array of food choices from many of Atlanta’s other great restaurants and food trucks! Dig music from Uncle Daddy & The Kissin’ Cousins, Floating Coats, The Joy Kills, Bas Clas, Unsatisfied, Ghost Bikini, Subsonics and Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel! It all kicks off on Franklin Street in Downtown Avondale Estates! Drive your vintage roadster, truck, bike or scooter to East Atlanta Roll in the East Atlanta Village 5/11 from 3 – 9 p.m. Cletis and his City Cousins will be performing along with others and Right Reverend Andy of Garage 71‘s Psychobilly Freakout will be spinning your rockabilly and psychobilly favorites! Surf’s up at Atlanta Food Truck Park & Market for Atlanta SurfFest 2013, featuring music from Kill, Baby…Kill, The Mystery Men?, Moonbase, The High Fidelics and Sexwax! (Read an interview with SurfFest founder and Kool Kat Wayne Foster!) If all that’s not enough variety for your blood, take in the wide range of music Atlanta has to offer at Crescendo: Old Fourth Ward Music Un-Fest, a free all-day event featuring acts performing at 24 locations in the O4W! Check out the vast lineup (ranging from the psychedelic country of Tedo Stone to the post-punk/new wave sounds of The Sexual Side Effects and so much more) at the event’s website. Searching for Sugar Man? Search no more! The elusive Rodriguez, the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (2012), can be found at Variety Playhouse! Punk veterans Alkaline Trio take Center Stage. Dress in your finest Victoriana and pilot your airship to Grant Park as the Artifice Club hosts the Fourth Annual Steampunk in the Park outing. Julie Gribble returns to The Family Dog for a night of Americana/country. The Backyard Birds bring the beat to Big Tex. Fatback Deluxe deliver classic electric blues, soul, rock’n’roll, R&B and jazz at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Rolling Stones tribute band The Jagged Stones rock this joint at Guston’s Grille in Woodstock. 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.

Sunday, May 12

Day two of Art-B-Que brings more of the best of Atlanta’s food and music! Check out the Hot Mama Mothers’ Day contest and performances from Beauregard, Frank Zeno, Five Eight, Pelvis Breastlies, Ghost Riders Car Club, High Strung String Band and Heather Luttrell! Again, it all goes down at Franklin Street in Downtown Avondale Estates! The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. Check out some classic bottleneck acoustic blues from The Tony Bryant Blues Band at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack. And do the Time Warp again as Cineprov takes a spoofy bite out of the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) at 7:30 p.m. the Plaza Theatre.

Frida Kahlo. Photo credit: Nickolas Muray

Ongoing

It’s your last week to make a date with FRIDA AND DIEGO: PASSION, POLITICS AND PAINTING, a blockbuster special exhibition showcasing the works of one of art’s most famous couples, at The High Museum of Art through May 12.

EXTREME MAMMALS from sabertooth tiger skulls and wooly mammoth fur to contemporary creatures such as the duck-billed platypus invade Fernbank Museum of Natural History through August 18.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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

Do you have or know of a Retro event we should include in This Week in Retro Atlanta? Be sure to email us at atlretro@gmail.com!

By Aleck Bennett
Contributing Writer

Monday April 29

Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Enjoy BBQ and Dry White Toast at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, April 30

Keep on cruisin’ with Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band at Lakewood Amphitheatre. Go Really Retro as Celtic Woman brings their combination of traditional Irish folk and timeless pop anthems to the historic Fox Theatre. Kennesaw State University College of the Arts brings two worlds of musical theatre together for OPERA MEETS BROADWAY at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre. If MGM’s movie musicals are more your swing, take in the ultimate tribute to these classic films as Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s kicks off their Musical May series with this week’s retro cinema classic, THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! (1974). Cinefest presents a week-long presentation of Charles Burnett’s incredible Watts-lensed slice-of-life drama, Killer of Sheep (1977). 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school R & B, rock ‘n roll and blues with JT Speed.

Wednesday, May 1

Immerse yourself in the dark, driving grooves of the Alan Evans Trio as they bring their organ-centric jazz, funk and blues licks to Smith’s Olde Bar. Kevin Kinney’s Sun Tangled Angel Revival pulls influence from a host of classic rock and soul artists to deliver a rousing night of music at Eddie’s Attic. Hit the floor to the best of 1980s goth, death rock, EBM and post-punk at 529’s Goth Danse Party (and expect a Bauhaus-heavy mix this week!). Get a second night of classic MGM musical memories with THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! (1974) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the Piedmont blues to Northside Tavern. The Hollidays bring a little soul to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Thursday, May 2

Attention all area goths and post-punk fans: prepare to swing the heartache as the legendary Peter Murphy lands in Atlanta with his Mr. Moonlight Tour, celebrating 35 years of Bauhaus at Terminal West. If you’re interested in burlesque shows, photography, music or performers, check out the Atlanta Burlesque and Cabaret Society’s May Meetup at Elliot Street Deli & Pub. It’s 80s/90s Video Night with free drinks ’til 10 at The Shelter. Relax with a cocktail as Tongo Hiti’s rockin’ alter egos The Volcanauts pilot your journey to subterranean paradise at the vintage tiki bar Trader Vic’s. Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear the honkytonkin’ blues of Chickenshack. Culliton, Dean & Hall perform their mix of bluegrass, newgrass and swing at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday. Catch the final night of MGM musical highlights in THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! (1974) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Friday, May 3

Kick off your weekend ATL Retro style! Monstrosity Championship Wrestling kicks off Cinco de Mayo weekend at Famous Pub accompanied by the ’60s rock sounds of Andrew and The Disapyramids! All this and more for only $10! Read an interview with the Disapyramids’ own Kool Kat, Joshua Longino. Step into the world of Brent Hinds’ mysterious rockabilly-surf-metal-country band Fiend Without a Face along with Atlanta legends Tiger! Tiger! and Dang Dang Dang. If the past two nights of dark bliss with 529 and Peter Murphy haven’t been enough for you, be sure to visit The Shelter for the Nocturnia: Reunion goth celebration. 7 Stages (host theatre of ATLRetro favorite Dracula: The Rock Opera) throws a steampunk-themed Taste for Theatre. Also in the steampunk vein, the Artifice Club and XS Ultra Lounge present Artifice Nights featuring the music of Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands, Fable Cry and Insomniac Folklore. If the blues are what you’re feelin’, you’ve got a full night ahead of you as The Breeze Kings serve up tasty blues licks under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Meanwhile, The John Sosebee Band plays their special brand of hill country juke joint blues-rock at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. The Blues Barons take the stage at Big Tex. And over at the Northside Tavern, Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the Piedmont blues both Friday and Saturday night.

Saturday, April 27

The Masquerade Music Park and Fourth Ward Park will be hosting the first Shaky Knees Music Festival on May 4 and 5, featuring 28 bands on three stages as well as local food trucks, artisans and vendors. Day One delivers performances from roots-respecting bands ranging from the Southern rock-and-country-influenced sounds of Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James to the wild, fuzz-drenched ‘60s Voodoo psychedelia of Sweden’s GOAT. Meanwhile, Chastain Park brings the classic country stylings of the legendary Willie Nelson and Family. Head out to Duluth’s Sportstime Bar & Grille for a night of neon-flashing ‘80s classics from Denim Arcade (and read an interview with vocalist and all-around Kool Kat, Becky Cornier Finch)! May the Fourth be with you as you celebrate the Bash of the Empire on Star Wars Day at The Shelter 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.

Sunday, May 5

Day two of the Shaky Knees Music Festival at The Masquerade Music Park brings performances from rootsy bands ranging from the Americana/folk-rock of The Lumineers and the Muscle Shoals-influenced country-soul of Drive By Truckers to the garage rock of Heartless Bastards. The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. Check out some classic bottleneck acoustic blues from The Tony Bryant Blues Band at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack. Celebrate the goddess in every woman with Kool Kat Kitty Love and other performers at her monthly burlesque event Kitty Love’s Sultry Sunday at Red Light Cafe.

Frida Kahlo. Photo credit: Nickolas Muray

Ongoing

Make a date with FRIDA AND DIEGO: PASSION, POLITICS AND PAINTING, a blockbuster special exhibition showcasing the works of one of art’s most famous couples, at The High Museum of Art through May 12.

EXTREME MAMMALS from sabertooth tiger skulls and wooly mammoth fur to contemporary creatures such as the duck-billed platypus invade Fernbank Museum of Natural History through August 18.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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

Do you have or know of a Retro event we should include in This Week in Retro Atlanta? Be sure to email us at atlretro@gmail.com!

Monday, April 22

Snarky Puppy, a Dallas and New York-based collective, bring their unique fusion  of jazz, funk and world music to The Earl  for a two-night run starting tonight.  The Basement gets all shook up by The King Khan & BBQ Show with special guests The Delusionaires. Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Enjoy BBQ and Dry White Toast at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, April 23

The Black Crowes rock The Tabernacle. English symphonic rock band Renaissance rose from the ashes of the seminal UK rock group The Yardbirds; catch their blend of classical and rock at Variety Playhouse. If you find yourself in the mood for a little Broadway, come to SISTER ACT, based on the ‘90s cult film starring Whoopi Goldberg, which opens tonight and runs all through Sunday at the Fox Theatre. The Emory University Big Band jazzes up the university’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Fabulous ’50s month continues with John Wayne in Howard Hawk‘s RIO BRAVO (1959), this week’s retro cinema classic at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school R & B, rock ‘n roll and blues with JT Speed.

Wednesday, April 24

Don’t save it for later; see quintessential ’80s pop ska band The English Beat at The Loft. LA Times Buzz Band, 8MM is like the glamorous, neo-noir love-child of David Lynch, Portishead and Aimee Mann, and they’re bringing their unique sound to the Shelter. Enjoy the ethereal gothic sounds of The Ghosts Project, featuring Paul Mercer and Davis Petterson of The Changelings, at Drunken Unicorn. Get a second night of the Duke, John Wayne in Howard Hawk‘s RIO BRAVO (1959) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the Piedmont blues to Northside Tavern. The Hollidays bring a little soul to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Thursday, April 25

Comrade Blue, who count the Beatles, Replacements and Pixies among their influences, play Vinyl tonight with The Pollies. Every Thursday in April is an Oakhurst Jazz Night when you can picnic on the lawn in front of The Solarium while listening to live free jazz music from some of the best artists in the Southeast. This week it’s ATLRetro favorite Bonaventure Quartet. All concerts begin at 7 pm and end at 9 pm and are free and open to the public. The rain location is inside The Solarium. It’s 80s/90s Video Night with free drinks ’til 10 at The Shelter. Relax with a cocktail while listening to Tongo Hiti playing Retro-Polynesian luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as trippy takes on iconic pop songs, at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s, every Thursday night. Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear the honkytonkin’ blues of Chickenshack. The Fiddleheads come down from Dahlonega to provide the strumming at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday.  Tommy Dean Trio honkytonks it down at Big Tex in Decatur. Howard Hawk‘s RIO BRAVO (1959), starring John Wayne, plays a final night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Friday, April 26

The Inman Park Festival kicks off today with a Tour of Homes Preview, providing a sneak peek behind the doors of homes in the Victorian neighborhood, from noon to 4 p.m.  The Queers and The Dwarves make it a classic punk rock night at the Star Bar. Celebrate ’70s light rock with The Yacht Rock Revue Spring Spectacular at Variety Playhouse. Read an ATLRetro interview with Yacht Rock Revue here.  Abby Wren and What It Is serve up some good old soulful southern-fried funk under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Beverly T. “Guitar” Watson plays the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the Piedmont blues to Northside Tavern both Friday and Saturday night.

Tongo Hiti.

Saturday, April 27

The Inman Park Festival shows why it’s Atlanta’s most creative street festival from a bodacious artist and vendors market  to a one-of-a-kind parade that redefines quirky at 2 p.m. The Tour of Homes continues and plenty of live music, too, with today’s Retro highlights including Polynesian fusion/swing band Tongo Hiti at 4:15 p.m., the Western honkytonk charms of Cowboy Envy at 4:45 p.m., jam-meister and beloved Atlanta musician Col Bruce Hampton & Friends at 5:30 p.m. Suicidal Tendencies are still thrashing and make it a punk night at The Masquerade. The Psycho-Devilles, featuring Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt, bring their sizzling rockabilly sound (and maybe even set a guitar on fire) to Dixie Tavern in Marietta. They’ll even be filming a “Sizzle Reel” during this show to pitch for a new reality TV show called KUSTOM CULTURE ATLANTA, including a Pinup Girl contest. Bring your vintage cars and bikes. Cigar Store Indians swing into Smith’s Olde Bar. Seventies mellow master Barry Manilow waxes melodic at the Gwinnett Arena. Ralph Roddenberry makes it a righteous roots/Americana night at Big Tex.  J.P. Blues bring some hot and heavy blues to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. The Basement throws a rock and soul dance party. 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

Dick Dale.

The Inman Park Festival serves up a final day of fun, including Atlanta new wave dynamos, the Swimming Pool Q’s at 3:30 p.m. and hot blues mama Sandra Hall at 6 p.m. Feeling in the mood for 20s ragtime? Dick Dale, the King of the Surf Guitar, shakes up The Earl with El Capitain and the Band with No Name. If you missed ATLRetro’s exclusive interview with this music legend and ultimate survivor, catch up here. Blair Crimmins and the Hookers resurrects ’20s ragtime at Park Tavern as this week’s band in the free Unplugged in the Park series. Catch up with our Kool Kat interview with Blair here. Blues great Francine Reed and The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. Check out some down and dirty Fatback Deluxe blues at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack. FLESH GORDON is back from one more night at Plaza Theatre getting the Cineprov! treatment – probably the best way to see it. Read our Retro Review here.

Ongoing

Go back to the early 1900s with RAGTIME, based on the bestselling E.L. Doctorow novel and performed by Atlanta Lyric Theatre, through April 28 at the art deco Earl Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta.

Frida Kahlo. Photo credit: Nickolas Muray

Make a date with FRIDA AND DIEGO: PASSION, POLITICS AND PAINTING, a blockbuster special exhibition showcasing the works of one of art’s most famous couples, at The High Museum of Art through May 12.

EXTREME MAMMALS from sabertooth tiger skulls and wooly mammoth fur to contemporary creatures such as the duck-billed platypus invade Fernbank Museum of Natural History through August 18.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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

Monday, April 15

Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Enjoy BBQ and Dry White Toast at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, April 16

Fabulous ’50s month continues with Alfred Hitchcock’s DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954), the only movie the suspense master ever filmed in 3D, in digital 3D, this week’s retro cinema classic at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school R & B, rock ‘n roll and blues with JT Speed.

Wednesday, April 17

A tough Wednesday for live music choices. Atlanta’s own Drivin N Cryin’ have a rare local gig with The Forty-Fives and the Prosecutors at the Star Bar. Meanwhile punk/indie favorite Bob Mould (Husker Du) is at Terminal West. Riot Grrls! Europop Ladies! New Wave Chicks! You’re all welcome on Ladies Night at Mary’s in East Atlanta. Go Really Retro with steampunk favorites, the Extraordinary Contraptions, playing with Black Sheep Ensemble and Ford Theatre Reunion at the Drunken Unicorn. See Alfred Hitchcock’s DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954), the only movie the suspense master ever filmed in 3D, in digital 3D, at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the gospel blues to Northside Tavern. The Hollidays bring a little soul to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Joe Gransden.

Thursday, April 18

Ghost Riders Car Club, featuring Kool Kat Spike Fullerton, throws one honkytonkin’ Tax Relief Party at Atlanta’s favorite famous dive strip bar, the Clermont Lounge. Every Thursday in April is an Oakhurst Jazz Night when you can picnic on the lawn in front of The Solarium while listening to live free jazz music from some of the best artists in the Southeast. This week it’s Joe Gransden. All concerts begin at 7 pm and end at 9 pm and are free and open to the public. The rain location is inside The Solarium. Relax with a cocktail while listening to Tongo Hiti playing Retro-Polynesian luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as trippy takes on iconic pop songs, at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s, every Thursday night. Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear the honkytonkin’ blues of Chickenshack. Smokey’s Farmland Band provides the strumming at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday.  Tommy Dean Trio honkytonks it down at Big Tex in Decatur.  Alfred Hitchcock’s DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954), the only movie the suspense master ever filmed in 3D, in digital 3D, plays a final night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho-Devilles. Photo courtesy of Hot Rod Walt.

Friday, April 19

The Psycho-Devilles, featuring Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt, bring their sizzling rockabilly sound (and maybe even set a guitar on fire) to celebrate the first anniversary of 120 Tavern and Music Hall in Marietta. The Atlanta Jazz Preservation Society‘s weekend-long 24th annual Atlanta Jazz Party, featuring veteran musicians such as ATLRetro fave, Joe Gransden, kicks off today at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North. The District Attorneys, featuring Kool Kat Drew Beskin, rock The Earl Athens-style with Dead Confederate and Teepee. It’s Salsa Dance Night, featuring Salsambo Dance Studio, under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Lady T Sings the Blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Head to Northside Tavern for down and dirty blues by Stoney Brooks.

Saturday, April 20

The Denim Demons take on the Sake Tuyas at 5 p.m. and the Rumble Bs play the Blue Ridge French Broads in this month’s Atlanta Rollergirls action at the Yaarab Temple. Take a time capsule back to the early ’80s music scene in Atlanta with the premiere of  TELL IT LIKE IT IS, a documentary about The Nightporters featuring REM’s Peter Buck, Rick Richards and others who were there at where else but the Plaza Theatre. Many of Atlanta’s best blues performers pay tribute to a great musician who left us way too soon during the 5th Annual Memorial Celebration for Sean Costello at Northside Tavern. All-star line-up includes the Cazanovas, Rockoholics, Little G. Weevil, the Georgia Flood, Stephen Duncan, Chicago Rock n Blues Camp and special guests. We posted a three-part tribute to Sean in 2011 and you can read part 1 here. The Psycho-Devilles, featuring Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt, bring their sizzling rockabilly sound (and maybe even set a guitar on fire) to American Tavern in Loganville. The Rainmen honkytonk it up at Big Tex.  The Radio Ramblers bring some hot and heavy blues to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. The Bonaventure Quartet swings into Red Light Cafe. 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.

Sunday, April 21

Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires bring some old-school soul to the Masquerade. Gwen Hughes and The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. DBA honkytonk up brunch at Big Tex at noon. Check out some down and dirty Fatback Dekuxe blues at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack. KRULL (1984) is back from one more night at Plaza Theatre getting the Cineprov! treatment – probably the best way to see it. Read our Retro Review here.

Frida Kahlo. Photo credit: Nickolas Muray

Ongoing

Make a date with FRIDA AND DIEGO: PASSION, POLITICS AND PAINTING, a blockbuster special exhibition showcasing the works of one of art’s most famous couples, at The High Museum of Art through May 12.

EXTREME MAMMALS from sabertooth tiger skulls and wooly mammoth fur to contemporary creatures such as the duck-billed platypus invade Fernbank Museum of Natural History through August 18.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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

Monday, April 8

Kirkwood Ballers Club is an open mic night of sort, tailored for free and wild musical experimentation. Bring an instrument, a device, a record, a beat, a turntable, a laptop, a prepared piece of music, a song, a voice, a bag of blood, a film projector, a boyfriend, a girlfriend, an agenda, a broken guitar, and all your hang-ups for an evening at the Star Bar of jazzy, noisy, and totally arty musical madness, improvisation, and some concerted songwriting as well. Sign up to perform begins at 10 p.m. downstairs in the Little Vinyl Lounge, with music beginning at midnight. There’s no cover and performers get FREE beer after midnight. Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Enjoy BBQ and Dry White Toast at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, April 9

EVENT HORIZON (1997), the sci-fi horror thriller about a spaceship that may have returned literally from Hell,  returns to the big screen at the Plaza Theatre as this month’s Splatter Cinema feature. Showtime is 9:30 p.m., but get there early at 9 p.m. for a chance to get your photo taken in a realistic reproduction of as set from the movie. Read our Retro Review here. William Holden plays a down-on-his-luck writer who ends up living in the mansion of aging movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) in director Billy Wilder‘s stunning SUNSET BOULEVARD, this week’s retro cinema classic  at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school R & B, rock ‘n roll and blues with JT Speed.

Wednesday, April 10

DKA Disco down to Mary’s in East Atlanta every second Wednesday of the month. Take another trip down Billy Wilder‘s SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the gospel blues to Northside Tavern. The Hollidays bring a little soul to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

A-Bones.

Thursday, April 11

Ultra-legendary New York racket squad The A-Bones are making a sooper-rare Southern sojourn to The Earl, along with the legendary Charlie Pickett and super-special guest Norton Records recording artist Gaye Blades. Cover Me Badd: A Tribute To What We Like, a free show at the Star Bar, features tribute sets to Bad Brains (Banned in ATL), Nirvana (Nameless, Nameless), The Smiths (Smithsonian) and The Cramps (The De Lux Interiors).Your Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band shakes up Atlanta’s favorite famous dive strip bar, the Clermont Lounge. Relax with a cocktail while listening to Tongo Hiti playing Retro-Polynesian luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as trippy takes on iconic pop songs, at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s, every Thursday night. Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear the honkytonkin’ blues of Chickenshack. 8th of January provide the strumming at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday.  Tommy Dean Trio honkytonks it down at Big Tex in Decatur. Billy Wilder‘s SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) plays a final night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Friday, April 12

John Scofield Hollowbody Band plays Variety Playhouse. Singer-songwriter Peter Case has straddled multiple genres from folk to new wave. Catch an intimate show with him at The Red Light Cafe. The Jagged Stones, featuring Kool Kat Keef Richards, show off their sympathy to the Rolling Stones in a rockin’ tribute show at Steve’s Live Music. Derryl Rivers and the Flying Circus bring blues, jazz and a slight bit of funk under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Listen to the vintage jazz of Joe Gransden and his quartet play two shows at the Velvet Note in Alpharetta. Rumble Fish blues it down at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Head to Northside Tavern for the Beverly “Guitar” Watkins Birthday Bash. Zydeco Ya-Ya plays Big Tex in Decatur. Bonaventure Quartet swings into Boulder Creek Coffee  near Mall of Georgia.

They Might Be Giants

Saturday, April 13

This weekend (April 13-14) marks the inaugural edition of Atlanta’s own “all Sherlock Holmes” convention, 221B Con at the Holiday Inn Select Atlanta-Perimeter.  To find out why it’s elementary you should attend, read our Kool Kat interview with founder Heather Holloway. They Might Be Giants play the Variety Playhouse, with Moon Hooch opening. Frank Barheim honkytonks it up at Big Tex. Blues piano maestro Ike Stubblefield tickles the ivories at Northside Tavern. The Stooge Brothers bring some hot and heavy blues to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. 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.

Sunday, April 14

Investigate the second day of Sherlock Holmes-themed 221B Con at the Holiday Inn Select Atlanta-Perimeter. Catch the unique sounds of affable miscreants Till Someone Loses An Eye featuring Kool Kat Aileen Loy  during Stripped Down [second] Sundays at L5P Corner Tavern. Gwen Hughes and The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. Cedar Hill honkytonk up brunch at Big Tex at noon. Check out some down and dirty Fatback Dekuxe blues at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack. Cineprov makes horrific fun of the new EVIL DEAD at the Plaza Theatre.

Ongoing

The Italian Film Festival offers four days of contemporary Italian cinema (April 11-14, 2013) at the historic Plaza Theatre.

Make a date with FRIDA AND DIEGO: PASSION, POLITICS AND PAINTING, a blockbuster special exhibition showcasing the works of one of art’s most famous couples, at The High Museum of Art through May 12.

EXTREME MAMMALS from sabertooth tiger skulls and wooly mammoth fur to contemporary creatures such as the duck-billed platypus invade Fernbank Museum of Natural History through August 18.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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

Joe Gransden.

Monday, March 18

First and third Mondays are Big Band Nights at Cafe 290 with 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. Special guests at this show are The Cambridge Middle School Band directed by Ryan Borger.  Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Enjoy BBQ and Pead Boy and the Pork Bellies at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, March 19

Thrash to iconic LA punk band BAD RELIGION in heaven at The Masquerade. Minneapolis-St Paul gypsy-rock Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles play the Earl. St. Patrick’s Day may be over, but Irish-themed  THE QUIET MAN (19952), starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, is this week’s retro cinema classic  at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school R & B, rock ‘n roll and blues with Gray Sartin.

Wednesday, March 20

Head to Centennial High School in Roswell at 7 p.m. for a special concert by Joe Gransden and his amazing 16-piece orchestra featuring jazz and swing standards in the tradition of the Glen Miller Orchestra and other legendary groups. Catch THE QUIET MAN (1952) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the gospel blues to Northside Tavern. Billy George blues it down at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Thursday, March 21

The third annual weekend-long Southern Fried Burlesque Fest at the Wyndham Atlanta Galleria kicks off with a happy hour mixer which also will double as the monthly meet-up of the Atlanta Burlesque & Cabaret Club from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., then get a sneak peek at burlesque’s future stars at the Just Hatched Newcomers Showcase and catch the Atlanta premiere of  THE BURLESQUE ASSASSINS, a Canadian comedy/spy action indie feature film set in a 1950s Burlesque theater starring d’Lite and other top burlesque performers from around the world. Read our spicy SFBF preview here. THUNDER ROAD (1958), the Robert Mitchum moonshine exploitation flick, is a ridiculously fun and culty movie, and it’s playing in its natural habitat at the Starlight Drive-In as part of the Atlanta Film Festival at 8:45 pm. It’s a super alt-garage night with Abby Go-Go, Bambara, Religious Girls and Nung River at 529. JB Walker & the Cheap Whiskey Band brings Southern rock to Atlanta’s favorite famous dive strip bar, the Clermont Lounge. Relax with a cocktail while listening to Tongo Hiti playing Retro-Polynesian luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as trippy takes on iconic pop songs, at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s, every Thursday night. Joe Gransden joins the Sal Gentile Trio for a jazzy night at Pricci. Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear the honkytonkin’ blues of Chickenshack. Plectophelia provide the strumming at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday.  THE QUIET MAN (1952) plays a final night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Friday, March 22

The Southern Fried Burlesque Fest at the Wyndham Atlanta Galleria teases into full gear with classes and vendors during the daytime, the Free Range International Showcase headlined by Miss Exotic World 2010 Roxi D’lite and featuring performances by local and national stars including Reigning King of Burlesque Russell Bruner and legends Judith Stein and Toni Elling at 9 p.m. and an after-party at 11:30 p.m with music by Till Someone Loses An Eye featuring Kool Kat Aileen Loy and  Good Golly Svengali. More details in our preview here  Leonard Cohen brings his one-of-a-kind performance to the Fox Theatre. The Electromatics play a combination of Chicago/West Coast blues, blue-eyed soul and an essence of standard Jazz and Sinatra under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho-Devilles rockabilly it up at The Alamo in Newnan. The Blues Barons blues it down at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Head to Northside Tavern to hear blues legend Robert Lee Coleman. Grim Rooster, featuring Kool Kat Phil Stair, honkytonks it up at Big Tex in Decatur.

1958 photo of the Healey from Georgia State University. (You can see this view today at https://www.atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/healey2.htm)

Saturday, March 23

Get on up to Southern Fried Burlesque Fest at the Wyndham Atlanta Galleria with classes and vendors during the daytime, then see some of the south’s and nation’s finest compete in the Southern Fried Burlesque Pageant, hosted by Cora Vette with “farewell” performances by last year’s pageant winners Orchid Mei and New Orleans’ Slow Burn Burlesque! Then close out the night with the Southern Scorcher Showcase featuring Talloolah Love, Kisa Von Teasa and talent from all over the Southeast! Again, read more in our preview here. Celebrate the centennials of two landmark downtown Atlanta high-rises the neo-gothic Healey Building and the Kessler City Lofts in a highlight of the Atlanta Preservation Center‘s 1oth annual Phoenix Flies. Read our ATLRetro preview here. Mon Cherie Presents a Rocky Horror Fetish Night at The Masquerade, so dig out your favorite costume from the cult classic and do the Time Warp again. Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho-Devilles shake up The Depot in Covington. Bonaventure Quartet swings into Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs. Cruise-O-Matic plays at Big Tex. Chicken Raid 2013 honors the memory of blues legend Mr. Frank Edwards with a variety of performers at Northside Tavern. Big C and Velvet Delta bring some hot and heavy blues to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. 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.

Sunday, March 24

Get your final shopping done and catch up with the stars before they leave town at Southern Fried Burlesque Fest at the Wyndham Atlanta Galleria. Francine Reed and The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. Porch Bottom Boys honkytonk up brunch at Big Tex at noon. Chicken Raid 2013 continues at Northside Tavern to wrap up your weekend or check out some down and dirty Snake Legs blues at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack.

Frida Kahlo. Photo credit: Nickolas Muray

Ongoing

The Atlanta Film Festival offers 10 days of programming (March 15-24, 2013) for all the cinema junkies who need a fix (or merely a break from the cold wasteland known as March at the multiplex). Headquartered at the historic Plaza Theatre, the festival is overflowing with content from new feature films, documentaries and shorts to seminars on the business and craft of filmmaking, and meet-and-greets around town. For a quick guide to what’s retro at AFF this year, click here.

The Atlanta Preservation Center‘s 1oth annual Phoenix Flies offers more than 200 opportunities to tour or otherwise experience Atlanta’s mist significant historic buildings and sites, many of which are not regularly open to the public. Read our ATLRetro preview here.

Make a date with FRIDA AND DIEGO: PASSION, POLITICS AND PAINTING, a blockbuster special exhibition showcasing the works of one of art’s most famous couples, at The High Museum of Art through May 12.

EXTREME MAMMALS from sabertooth tiger skulls and wooly mammoth fur to contemporary creatures such as the duck-billed platypus invade Fernbank Museum of Natural History through August 18.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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.

Joe Gransden.

Monday, March 4

First and third Mondays are Big Band Nights at Cafe 290 with 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. It’s a Dead Man’s Party at Monday Nite Resurrection at Mary’s in East Atlanta Village, featuring episodes of THE WALKING DEAD (8-10) and then DJ Wolf digging up the best in 80s new wave/pop/dance (10 – 2:30). Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Enjoy BBQ and Pead Boy and the Pork Bellies at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, March 5

John Travolta disco-fest SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977) is this week’s retro cinema classic  at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school R & B, rock ‘n roll and blues with Gray Sartin.

Wednesday, March 6

Self-described “rockabilly-porno-metal” band Fiend Without a Face headlines with Till Someone Loses an Eye, featuring this week’s Kool Kat Aileen Loy, and Ricer to make it not just another dark and interesting night at the Star Bar. Catch SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977) for a second night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the gospel blues to Northside Tavern. Billy George blues it down at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Thursday, March 7

Universal Horror meets funk when Here Come The Mummies unwraps their instruments at The Variety Playhouse. Give a rockin’ send -off to SXSW for the District Attorneys, featuring Kool Kat Drew Beskin, at 10 High. Also playing are Athens folk-pop singer-songwriter Ruby Rabbitfoot and more. The Atlanta Burlesque and Cabaret Society meets every first Thursday of the month at Elliot Street Pub. It’s a super alt-garage night with six bands headlined by Nashville via Memphis’ Useless Eaters and also including Abby Go-Go, Ghost Bikini and more at Star Bar, and best, of all there’s no cover – yup, it’s free! Ghost Riders Car Club, featuring Kool Kat Spike Fullerton, honkytonks it up at Atlanta’s favorite famous dive strip bar, the Clermont Lounge. Relax with a cocktail while listening to a live band or DJ playing Retro-Polynesian luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as trippy takes on iconic pop songs, at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s, every Thursday night. Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear the honkytonkin’ blues of Chickenshack. Culliton, Dean & Hall provide the strumming at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday.  SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977) plays a final night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Friday, March 8

Mosey on down to the Star Bar to hear Brooklyn’s the Defibulators, who blend bluegrass, country, honky tonk, rockabilly, Dixieland jazz, punk and maybe a touch of anti-folk into an intoxicating, good-time mélange that reinvents the conventions of country music with a CBGB-meets-Grand Ole Opry feel. Also playing are Julea and Her Dear Johns, featuring singer-songwriter Kool Kat Julea Thomerson of The Bareknuckle Betties, and Canton gritty honk tonk band The Mighty Bison. It’s An Evening with the Cowboy Junkies at the Variety Playhouse. Cooper Tisdale moves from funky jazz to groovy pop with special guest vocalist Octavia Jones Samba under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho-Devilles rockabilly it up at Cinema Tavern in Villa Rica. Little Joey’s Big Band blues it down at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Head to Northside Tavern to hear Mudcat and his Piedmont Playboys. Terry Flynn Band honkytonks it at Big Tex in Decatur.

Saturday, March 9

Aside from the Beatles and perhaps the Beach Boys, no mid-’60s rock group wrote melodies as gorgeous as those of the Zombies. Be sure to be there Saturday to see them Saturday night at Variety Playhouse. Carnivale strikes Red Light Cafe with a bonafide Southern Fried Sideshow featuring the incredible human feats of Atlanta’s own Captain & Maybelle; music by the lovely ladies of  all-female Elvis tribute band, the Pelvis Breastlies, as well as juggler extraordinaire Jamie Danger and ever-charming mustached hosts the Rose Bros. It’s Rockabilly Madness when Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho-Devilles shake up Marietta’s Dixie Tavern, Truett Lollis brings old-school Southern rock to The Family Dog. Tommy Dean Trio jazzes up Big Tex. Legendary blues pianist Ike Stubblefield plays Northside Tavern. The Jumpin’ Jukes leap into Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. 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.

Sunday, March 10

Support the horniest little performance art troupe in L5P and pick up some sweet and sinister eats at The Baphomettes’ Bake Sale from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club. Be sure to enter the raffle for a chance to win an ATLRetro T-shirt featuring our logo by DEREKArt, coffee from Coffee Shop of Horrors (co-owned by our wondrous webmistress Roxana Stan) and MANY other swell prizes! This week’s Kool Kat Aileen Loy sings again when Till Someone Loses an Eye launches the first of three monthly second Sunday concerts at The Corner Tavern in L5P. Recent Kool Kat Kitty Love‘s Cheeky Belles are back for a Spring Fling in this month’s Kitty Love’s Sultry Sundays at Red Light Cafe.  Francine Reed and The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. Join Uncle Sugar at Northside Tavern to wrap up your weekend or check out some down and dirty Snake Legs blues at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack.

Frida Kahlo. Photo credit: Nickolas Muray

Ongoing

Make a date with FRIDA AND DIEGO: PASSION, POLITICS AND PAINTING, a blockbuster special exhibition showcasing the works of one of art’s most famous couples, at The High Museum of Art through May 12.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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.

Monday, Feb. 25

Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Enjoy BBQ and Dry White Toast at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, Feb. 26

Collective Soul‘s Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project with Special Guests Kevn Kinney (Drivin n Cryin) and Davin McCoy make it an all-star night at Eddie’s Attic. Alfred Hitchcock suspense classic TO CATCH A THIEF (1955), starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, is this week’s retro cinema classic  at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. 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., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school R & B, rock ‘n roll and blues with Crosstown Allstars.

Wednesday, Feb. 27

Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff is at Eddie’s Attic. TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) plays a second night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd, though we hear some of Atlanta’s burlesque beauties are making a Cougar Crawl to jazz things up this week. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the gospel blues to Northside Tavern. Frankie’s Blues Mission blues it down at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Thursday, Feb. 28

Big Mike is back with Tongo Hiti all month at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s, where you can relax with a cocktail while listening to Retro-Polynesian luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as trippy takes on iconic pop songs, every Thursday night. Disco in the Village at Mary’s is your midweek neighborhood dance party, now on Thursdays.  Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear Chickenshack. Alfred Hitchcock suspense classic TO CATCH A THIEF (1955), starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, plays a final night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Friday, March 1

We can’t wait to celebrate the second anniversary of our BFF blog Wrestling with Pop Culture with the most exciting Monstrosity Championship Wrestling bout yet, crowning its first champion and featuring Metal Gaga performing heavy metal versions of Lady Gaga hits, all for a $10 cover at Famous Pub in Toco Hills. Get your steampunk on at Artifice Nights at XS Ultra Lounge with the eclectic rhythms of The Nathaniel Johnstone Band and zany vaudeville banjo-driven rock ‘n’ roll by Curtis Eller’s American Circus.Aku You bring back old-school late 70s/early 80s synth withe a contemporary twist at The Earl with White Gregg and Sharps. Ken Stringfellow of ’80s power-pop band The Posies rocks The Star Bar with special guests Kenny Howe and Blake Rainey & His Demons. One-of-a-kind Atlanta musician Col. Bruce Hampton plays Smith’s Olde Bar with special guests Lew Soloff and Johnny Knapp. Film Love presents ZOOM, a program of short classics of avant garde cinematography, Michael Snow‘s WAVELENGTH (1967) and Ernie Gehr‘s SERENE VELOCITY (1970) and MORNING (1968) at Atlanta Contemporaey Art Center. Catch up on our Kool Kat interview with Film Love founder Andy Ditzler here. Bonaventure Quartet, featuring Amy Pike, jazzes things up under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Head to Northside Tavern to hear Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck bring you the gospel blues.

Rod Hamdallah

Saturday, March 2

It’s a Kool Kat Star Bar double header with Rod Hamdallah and Caroline and the Ramblers with Chickens & Pigs also on the marquee. Americana music pioneers Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale play Variety Playhouse. Get your glam and glitter on at Pandemonium II, at The Shelter featuring four djs spinning classic glam to bleeding edge rock’n’roll. Kool Kat Nicolette Emmanuelle plays a live set starting at approx. 9:30 pm, so come early and stay late. The Hollidays brings some soul to The Family Dog. 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. Nat George & the Nat George Players bring a blend of R&B, jazz and gospel to Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint.

Sunday, March 3

Spend your Sunday afternoon with Professor Morte himself, Shane Morton, and learn old-school Monster Make-Up Class from the master to scare the yell out of everyone you know. $150 fee includes professional make-up kit, and open to anyone age 15 and over. Bonaventure Quartet jazz up dunch starting at 1 p.m. at The Earl. Francine Reed and The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. Cowboy Envy  bring Western swing/Americana/roots to Eddie’s Attic. Join Uncle Sugar at Northside Tavern to wrap up your weekend or check out the blues at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack with Tony Bryant.

Ongoing

The Plaza Theatre continues on a week-long run of cult classics, FLESH GORDON (1974) through Friday March 1. Read our Retro Review here.

Make a date with FRIDA AND DIEGO: PASSION, POLITICS AND PAINTING, a blockbuster special exhibition showcasing the works of one of art’s most famous couples, at The High Museum of Art through May 12.

Atlanta Lyric Theatre takes you back to the heyday of girl groups such as The Chiffons, The Supremes, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin in high-energy musical revue BEEHIVE at the vintage Earl Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta.  Through March 3.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

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.