BARRY COURTER: Lisa, everyone is so excited about this Great American Eclipse event next Monday, I wonder if anyone is even aware that there are plenty of things happening between now and then. And I just want to be the first to say that I believe that whoever got the rights to have this celestial event happen only in the US of A was doing their job.
LISA DENTON: I know, right? Make Eclipses Great Again!
It is kind of a big deal. The last total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous U.S. was in 1979, and it didn’t extend this far South. The next one, which will extend from Northern California to Florida, will be on Oct. 14, 2023, and it’s only a partial solar eclipse here. So this one is worth playing hooky for.
But like you said, that’s still a week away. What else can we do in the meantime?
BARRY: The calendar is pretty full. Moon Taxi is at the Tivoli on Friday, and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan fame is there on Saturday. But on Friday at Revelry Room, local-boy-made-good artist Mitch Rossell returns to town. He’s been writing and working with none other than Garth Brooks, having written “Ask Me How I Know,” which is Brooks’ latest hit. Rossell graduated from Silverdale Academy before going to Virginia Tech and UTC and has his own album called “Raised by the Radio” out as well.