• You might have heard that today is the big day for celestial events. The weather is expected to cooperate for the eclipse, so head outside before 1:28 p.m. if you work near downtown.
• If the eclipse isn’t enough to get your week started, a whole bunch of restaurants are offering two dollar tacos around town for the Nashville Scene’s “Taco Week”. ???
• Two Germantown intersections picked up some pretty awesome artwork to celebrate the eclipse. You can find them at Junior Gilliam Way / Fifth Avenue North and Madison Street / Fourth Avenue North.
• Metro Schools are closed today for the eclipse, but one familiar voice (at least, the voice belonging to the guy in the suit) won’t be announcing school closures this winter. Snowbird was first introduced in the 1990s by the late Bill Hall, longtime WSMV weatherman who died in 2011.
• Speaking of MNPS, they are offering a $6,000 signing bonus for new teachers that sign on for about 100 hard-to-fill positions in math and science in low-performing schools.
• Traffic downtown stinks, and the Nashville Business Journal says that construction-related road closures are to blame.
• Another day, another case of racist vandalism in Murfreesboro, this time a swastika painted on a street. This comes after a a mosque was vandalized with grafitti and bacon and a member’s car was covered in bologna and condoms in July.
• The Tennessee Titans picked up a 27-34 win over the Carolina Panthers on Saturday’s preseason game in front of the home crowd. They are now 1-1 in the preseason, with the next game coming up noon Sunday at Nissan Stadium against the Chicago Bears.
• The Powerball lottery jumped to $650 million for Wednesday’s drawing, the second largest in history. A yet to be identified Tennessean has won a $2 million prize, while another outside of Memphis is $200,000 richer.
• A group formed by the Nashville Chamber has weighed in on the city’s transit plans, and it does not focus on light rail as much as it wants other priorities expedited.
• In a blast from the past, a local historian has found a guide produced in the late 1950s on how to survive an atomic attack on Nashville. Spoiler: It says get the hell out of town if at all possible.
• We here at Nashvillest are confused by the premise of this article, but here is a guide for properly storing that never-seen-around-us leftover wine. ???

Photo by Donnie King.