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A beach bash; musical acts come to Cattle Annie’s, The Whole Note and Rapunzel’s; and a call for cookbook submissions.

I don’t know about you but once the warm weather hits, all I want to do is be outside, preferably with a good meal in front of me and a drink in my hand.

Well, dear readers, we heard you loud and clear: Online voting is clearly the way to go.

Not so long ago, a wall existed between “real” beer makers and home brewers.

Real beer was what was produced in vast factories and sold in bars and convenience stores and supermarkets. Home brewing was just a hobby, spawning barely palatable concoctions that the hobbyists foisted upon their friends.

Now, that wall is cracking and crumbling all over the United States, allowing lots of very drinkable beer to flow through it.

Get the skinny on Geralds, Drug Store Grill and the Hash House.

Twenty-eight local restaurants will offer up samples of their food during Lynchburg Cooks Cook for Hunger Relief, scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Cattle Annie’s.

An American bistro. A downtown pizza joint. A “finer diner.” All three are the latest to join the ranks of Lynchburg’s restaurant scene: