Meet the Past Festival at the Margaret Mitchell House

Margaret Mitchell's modern-day doppelgänger.

Atlanta History Center hosted Meet the Past Festival at the Margaret Mitchell House on Saturday, Aug. 22.  The festival allowed guests to experience the past while encountering Margaret Mitchell as a young reporter, a budding novelist, and a World War II philanthropist. Attendees enjoyed kid-friendly activities, lawn games, live music and Southern food.

Highlights below:

A Sea Turtle Adventure on Ossabaw Island

"We Are Family" loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings.

Boy George and Culture Club at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Aug. 12

Roy Hay, Boy George and Mikey Craig.

The original members of Culture Club appeared on stage to loud applause, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay and Jon Moss, followed by Boy George. The band featured a horn section with saxophone, trombone and trumpet, along with drums, bongos, bass, two guitars and three background singers.

Boy George revealed a dramatically different voice -- an octave lower, a deeper pitch and rougher edge due to vocal damage.  He used his recalibrated voice wisely and delivered a superb performance.

They started things off with three blasts from the past, "Church of the Poison Mind," "It's a Miracle," and "I'll Tumble 4 Ya."

This is the band’s first tour in 15 years with the original lineup and coincides with the fall release of "Tribes," their first studio album since 1999’s "Don’t Mind If I Do."

Shinedown at Tabernacle Atlanta, July 31

Fist-pumping rockers Shinedown ignited the stage at Tabernacle Atlanta.  After a three-year wait, the crowd was most pleased with tunes like "Cut the Cord."

Nothing More at Tabernacle Atlanta on July 31

With the good looks of Jim Morrison, Jonny Hawkins wowed crowd, as the Texan alt-metal quartet Nothing More performed their hits - including "Jenny"- at the Tabernacle on July 31.