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First Posted: 1/5/2014 The weather will likely be wintry for the Downtown-Go-Around on Friday, Jan. 10, but if you&#8217;re feeling some cabin fever lately as a result of the recent cold snap and snow, committee member Mari Walker invites music and art fans to warm up at Duffy&#8217;s Coffee House, 312 S. State St., Clarks Summit.
Russello Project Trio will start off the evening entertainment at 6 p.m. with guitar-based instrumental rock/fusion/new age music by band members Charlie Russello, guitar, John Carpenetti, drums and Mike Bosi, bass and synth.
Local blues musicians, &#8220;Abstract Cat,&#8221; will play some new and familiar songs from 7 to 10 p.m.
According to Brian Tonart, bass player and vocalist, &#8220;Abstract Cat is now lately becoming known as a high energy fun filled boogie woogie rocking blues band.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;I am quite happy it is still an avenue for my original music. Writing music is an expression from the core of a person. I&#8217;m always writing new music about good situations and bad ones,&#8221; said Tonart.
&#8220;Sometimes I let the bad situations have a funny twist&#8230;&#8221;Rehab Blues&#8221; or &#8220;Addict in the Attic&#8221;&#8230;.then there&#8217;s &#8220;Facebook Blues.&#8221;
The band&#8217;s new lineup includes Tonart and Steve Hertzog on bass, along with newer members, Eddie Czarkowski on harmonica and Nate Montella on drums.
&#8220;We have a lot of new material we have worked on including some more good ol&#8217; rocking blues, and of course some new originals of mine.&#8221;
Austin Burkey, 22 of Waverly, is the featured artist at Duffy&#8217;s. The Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia senior is majoring in painting with an art history minor.
&#8220;I favor painting with oils as a medium. I repeatedly find myself interested in the gaps between abstraction and representation when it comes to depicting objects and spaces,&#8221; he said.
At Everything Natural, 426 S. State St.,a photography exhibit will be featured, with extended hours to 9 p.m. Music is also planned for the venue.
Artist and Downtown-Go-Around committee member, Shirley W. Eagen, said, &#8220;You can come down and hang out and stay as long as you want. It (the Downtown-Go-Around) gives you something to do whether you&#8217;re in a group or you&#8217;re single.&#8221;

Warm up with some arts and music on Friday