The Rabbit & the Dragonfly, a coffee shop and bookstore (selling new and used titles) "that will also host a variety of community events," is expected to open next month in downtown Lancaster, Pa., at the Place Marie Mall, 51 N. Market St., LancasterOnline reported. You can follow the work-in-progress on the shop's Facebook page.
The business is owned by seven partners, including Jason Zimmerman, Dave Seyfried, Dr. David Eisenberg, Laurie Keener, Stephanie Todoroff, Melissa Garland and Wendell Hurst. On the Rabbit & the Dragonfly's Indiegogo campaign page, they describe themselves as "a group of local artists and musicians inspired by 20th century writers who called themselves 'The Inklings.' This group of writers consisted of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and many others."
