Presented by Old Towne Petersburg

Petersburg’s January 2020 Friday for the Arts! will bring us unseasonably warm weather, music, art, fun activities, food, new beers, and abundant good spirits. There will be music in six performing arts venues, and great exhibits at the new Cameron Gallery and at the Petersburg Area Art League.

VISUAL ARTS: The Art League will open two new exhibits: new sculpture in wood by Clyde Johnson, in the Main Gallery, and paintings in oils and acrylics by Marilyn Wheeler Pease, in the Members Gallery. The new Cameron Gallery at 325 Brown Street, opposite Gillfield Baptist Church)  will be continue Gus Dickens Art, featuring work in oils by Petersburg native Gus Dickens.

SPECIAL EVENTS: The first edition of Family Fun with the Arts will be staged in the Education Center at the Art League (free, six to eight, first twenty people). . Petersburg Skin Coach, on West Tabb Street, will have a Friday for the Arts! Open House.

MUSIC:  Matt Via & The Dirty Runaways will be at Old Towne’s Alibi, Bobby Horne at Abigails, the Sinatra-style crooner Joe LaLuna at Maria’s, Shelly Bonet (sultry vocals) in the Martini Lounge at Wabi Sabi, and Triple B Blues Band in the Music Room at Wabi. Clan Haggis will be at Tramonto Ristorante. Music this month from six to one!