New Bar Harbor bookstore to open in renovated barn

New Bar Harbor bookstore to open in renovated barn

Hoping to address what she sees as a community need, a Bar Harbor resident has renovated a 19th-century barn in the downtown village and is planning to open a bookstore inside. Hidden Barn Books, located on Kennebec Place directly behind Reel Pizza Cinerama, is expected to open on June 14, according to owner Genie Thorndike. The barn, originally built in 1883, sat vacant for years but Thorndike has renovated the building while maintaining the ru…

All the bookstores of the city will participate: Helvetica (25 May 208), Universal (25 May 113), Mala Palabra (galería del Centro Comercial), Proa (Spain 14), Congreso (Spain 38) and Birkat Elohym (Alberdi 813). To them will be added the Popular Libraries “El Porvenir” and “La Buena Leación”. In this way, the city will again offer a day with a large grid of literary activities, training talks, book presentations, theatrical and musical stages, a…