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New Shop Brings Antiques, Art, Writers Guild and Charity Events To Old Town, Lilburn, Ga.

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from:The Little Shop Of Arts And Antiques category:Arts and Entertainment posted:January 7th, 2011

The Little Shop Of Arts And Antiques, located at 94 Main Street in Old Town, Lilburn, Georgia, will open its doors for business on Saturday, January 15th, with live music and a charity event.

The shop's focus is to, not only sell antiques, but to promote events that will enhance Lilburn's art and writing community.

The shop will be open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with events on weekends and evenings.

Owner, Barbara Barth, is a self-published author, writer on many blogs and a former antique dealer. The last two years have been spent writing and developing contacts in the writing, publishing and art world. The shop will bring her back into the antique main stream.

A resident of DeKalb County, she plans to bring together the arts and animal rescue communities from the surrounding counties into the hub of Old Town. Barbara's love of Old Town developed when she was an antique dealer at Antiques In Old Town some years ago.

"This is a perfect spot to start a new business. The community is one of the nicest and friendliest I have found!"

The grand opening of The Little Shop Of Arts And Antiques will feature a charity event for Friends Of  Dekalb Animals, an animal transport non-profit rescue group associated with Animal Action Rescue. 50% of all sales on January 15th will go to FODA.

On hand will be Dr. Max Katz, North DeKalb Veterninary Clinic, with his "Ask The Vet" question and answer period.

In addition, January 15th will kick off a month long exhibit of photos of Haiti by Atlanta writer and photographer, Cheryl Lewis. She was a member of a volunteer team that went to assist Haiti after the devastating earthquake January 12, 2010. Her photos show the spirit of the people and children of Haiti.

The shop is open normal business hours on January 15th, from 11AM to 5PM, with live music performed by Larry Joe Hall, from noon until 3PM.

The next event at the shop will be a book signing on February 5th by Emilie P. Bush, local author of the Steampunk novel, Chenda and The Airship Brofman, which was a 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Award entry.

Additional book singings and writing workshops are being developed now and will be announced shortly.

Barbara Barth is an advocate of animal rescue and many events and special sales at the shop will be geared to raise money for various non-profit animal shelters.

The Little Shop Of Arts And Antiques is a meeting place for friends to visit and drink coffee. Purchases are nice, but not necessary, a friendly hello is a must. Please drop by and introduce yourself.

If you are an artist, or author, and would like to be featured at the shop, you can contact Barbara Barth at 404-326-7306
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Visit the shop's blog to keep up on the latest events, news and sales.
http://theyellowloveseat.blogspot.com/

Learn more about Lilburn, Ga. at http://www.americantowns.com/ga/lilburn