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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Music at Screen on the Green
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Blue Flashing Light (from left): Joshua Schwarber, Ian Schwarber, JJ Bower, Adam Monica and Ryan Cattie. Photo: Chris Mckay for ConcertShots.com. Stylist: Kim Singer.
When you think Screen on the Green, you think movies, right? Well, that’s not all you’ll get for free at the annual outdoor summer movie fest.
The weekly screenings, taking place this year at downtown’s Centennial Olympic Park, will be preceded by musical entertainment. Here is this year’s list of movies and the performers who’ll get things started each night. The music begins at about 7 p.m. with the movies scheduled to screen at about 8:30 p.m.
May 29: “Jaws” - opening entertainment: Blue Flashing Light
June 5: “Big Momma’s House” - opening entertainment: DJ Aaron Pittman
June 12: “Chicago” - opening entertainment: Damian Cartier
June 19: “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” - opening entertainment: Bria Kam
June 26: “Footloose” - opening entertainment: DJ Aaron Pittman
The event is normally held at Piedmont Park, but drought conditions have forced Screen on the Green to move to Centennial this year.
If you run into Blue Flashing Light’s frontman Ian Schwarber and his bandmates in the park during the opening night of Screen on the Green, ask them about their spring tour of China. See what Schwarber had to say about the experience here. The Athens band performed in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu in March, just a few weeks before the area was devastated by earthquakes.
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The Tabernacle Reopens Today
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Promoters for the Tabernacle say they have done more improvements in the past 18 months than it took to rehab the one-time Baptist church into a concert venue in time for the Olympics.
And tonight, concertgoers can judge for themselves.
(See the most recent photo gallery HERE)
Atlanta’s historic downtown facility has been closed since the mid-March tornado tore its roof and caused a broken water pipe, among other damages. Adam Cohen, vice president of booking for Live Nation SE — which operates the Tabernacle — says they had already spent approximately $1.5 million in recent months to improve the venue. But when the storm hit, they had to shut the doors in order to make the 98-year-old building structurally sound again, as well as do more cosmetic enhancements. Shows had to be moved, canceled or rescheduled.
In its down time, Live Nation lost “in excess of a couple of hundred thousand dollars” in business, Cohen said. But he estimates they’ve put between $5 million and $6 million into the building.
“People have already heard the news that we’re about to get back up and running,” Cohen continues, “and we have had no problems booking shows.”
And when fans of the progressive rock band Dream Theater come to the sold out Tabernacle show tonight, they’ll walk up a brand new stairwell, leading to new seating, bathrooms, and a reconfigured stage with a new lighting and surround-sound system — all under a brand new ceiling.
A dream Tabernacle, perhaps?
You make the call. If you’re going to the show, afterwards, share your critique here.
