Music Festival, Restaurant Inspections and the Number of the Day

It’s Thursday, Aug. 15. Here are five things you need to know. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!

1. Today: Off-Centered Music Festival — Dogfish Head Alehouse in the Greenbriar Shopping Center will host a special music festival this weekend, with live music, happy hours, giveaways and more. The Off-Centered Music Festival begins on today with live music from Sookey Jump at 8:30 p.m. 13039 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy. More info.

2. You Said It: “Are people really going to go there over the Starbucks across the street?” A reader paints a battle of the baristas in Mount Vernon, with a Caribou Coffee planning to openin close proximity to the other popular coffee chain.

3. ICYMI: Restaurant Inspections: Burger King, Gourmet Halal Meat Market, Little Italy Deli — Find out how local restaurants performed during their latest health inspections.

4. Number of the Day: 19. That’s the expected number of named Atlantic Coast storms during the 2013 hurricane season, according to the National Hurricane Center. The peak hurricane period begins today.

5. Today…in History: Known as much for his height as for his historical significance, Napoleon Bonaparte was born on Aug. 15, 1769.