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Did you know that as recently as June 2009, residents in West Bend, Wisconsin argued that having Francesca Lia Block's Baby Be-Bop available in the public library should be a hate crime? Can you imagine living in a country where merely owning a book, listening to an album, or watching a movie, is sufficient cause to throw you in jail? This month, Bookmans reinforces a few basic truths: Reading, watching, and listening, is not a crime. Censorship IS a crime. Join Bookmans for Fight Censorship 2009!
We'll be enjoying Labor Day ourselves this coming Monday, Sept. 7th, with abbreviated store hours - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - at all Bookmans locations, but we still have plenty of activity going on in the stores and the community this weekend.
The 31st annual Best of Phoenix Readers Poll is underway and Bookmans is one of five esteemed Best Bookstore finalists! Thanks to everyone who nominated us as a favorite business in the Valley - but is Bookmans your absolute favorite book store? If so, why not vote for us in the Best of Phoenix final poll?
Southern Arizona's best and most promising Blues musicians will descend upon Club Congress this Sunday at 1 p.m. for the preliminary round in Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation's annual Blues Challenge. A $5 cover (kids 12 and under are free) grants you access to an afternoon of amazing music and entertainment. The finalists from this round of the Challenge will move on to the Finals on September 27th.
This week: Browncoats & Dr. Horrible team up for Can't Stop the Serenity 2009 charity double headers
Can't Stop the Serenity 2009 - the annual charity event organized and presented by the Arizona Browncoats - kicks off this Thursday, September 17th, at the Loft Cinema in Tucson, followed by two Saturday screenings on September 19th at MADCAP Theaters in Tempe. We asked Jennifer Anderson, Vice Chairman/President of AZB, Inc. and this year's event coordinator, why the CSTS screenings continue to be so popular in Arizona and why you shouldn't miss this year's Serenity/Dr. Horrible double header.
Bookmans and Live Nation want to send you and a friend to see Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra when they perform the music of The Doors on Thursday, October 8th.
This weekend is packed with a plethora of community and in-store events for music and book lovers, families, geeks, and even roller derby enthusiasts.
"Being the adventures of a young man...who couldn't resist pretty girls...or a bit of the old ultra-violence...went to jail, was re-conditioned...and came out a different young man...or was he?" This Friday, September 25th, 8 p.m. at MADCAP Theaters: Bookmans presents a FREE Fight Censorship film screening of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, based on the controversial classic by Anthony Burgess, and starring Malcolm McDowell. Bookmans will be on hand to raffle off Fight Censorship t-shirts and gift cards.
Tucson Weekly's Best Of Tucson 2009 is out and readers have spoken: Thank you, Tucson, for choosing Bookmans as your favorite used book store for the 22nd year in a row! (And for runner-up "Best Independent Bookstore.") The fact we can claim that honor yet again is a testament to our customers' loyalty - we couldn't do it without you.
Controversial classics, free expression for kids, the best local blues southern Arizona has to offer, and lots more - we're eliminating boredom this weekend with some killer in-store and community events.
Bookmans is proud to be a Street Level sponsor of the 2009 Rainbows Festival, a family-friendly event that celebrates diversity! Each year, the Rainbows Festival draws a crowd in excess of 25,000 people, making it one of the largest LGBT events in the state of Arizona. This weekend - Saturday, October 3rd and Sunday, October 4th - the festival takes over Heritage Square in downtown Phoenix, boasting a schedule of entertainers (Voices in the Desert, Arizona Gay Idols, Freddy Prinze Charming, and lots more!), exhibitors, and other activities. And the best part? Admission is FREE.
Join us for an amazing celebration of chess at Bookmans Speedway on October 18th! In honor of National Chess Week, Bookmans, in partnership with 9 Queens, is proud to sponsor the first annual All Queens Chess Day, Tucson's first chess tournament exclusively for women and girls.