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Bookmans’ shelves are stocked by the community. That’s you! While you shop, we sort through your deal and set aside what we can use at that time. When you’re ready, we’ll have an offer in Bookmans trade credit or cash waiting for you. Our buyers consider items based on customer demand, current store stock, and item condition.

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Our Entertainment Exchanges buy books, magazines, comics, music, movies, video games, musical instruments, electronics, housewares, and more. If you are unsure whether we would purchase a particular item, bring it in and let us take a look. Each store reflects the local scene and our needs and stock change daily. To get an idea of what we are currently looking for, check out our What We Want news post.

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You have the choice of store credit or cash for those items we’re able to use from your trade-in. Bring your unwanted books, movies, music, video games, board games, and houseware in today for trade!

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Name: A Night of Spoken Word: Kevin Kantor
Start: 2020-4-7T19-19-00-00
End: 2020-4-7T23-23-50-00
Location: Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Phoenix

april, 2020

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07apr7:00 pmA Night of Spoken Word: Kevin Kantor7:00 pm Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Phoenix, 8034 N. 19th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85021

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Kevin Kantor is a spoken word poet, actor, teaching artist, & queer agent for social change. They are the founder & former artistic director of Greeley, Colorado’s SOAPbox Productions, a theatre company & poetry venue dedicated to furthering conversations that are politically engaged & culturally conscious through live performance art.

Kevin has toured nationally with their poetry, performing & leading workshops at colleges & universities across the country. Their collective work has garnered over 17 million views on YouTube.

Kevin’s writing, which aims to subvert toxic masculinity, explore survivorship & trauma, & raise queer voices, has been featured on The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Upworthy, & is forthcoming in the anthology We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out (Holt Paperback). Most recently, Kevin was featured on an episode of John Ridley’s ABC drama American Crime.

Kevin was the coach & competing member of the University Of Northern Colorado’s 2014 and 2015 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational Teams, both of which placed in Semi-Finals. At CUPSI 2015, they were awarded “Best of The Rest” and “Best Persona Poem.” Kevin was also a member of the 2012 Denver Minor Disturbance Poetry Slam Team, which took 1st in the world at Brave New Voices in Oakland, California.

Thank you to our partner, Arizona Theater Company for assisting us with this event. See Kevin Kantor perform in “The Legend of Georgia McBride” April 2-19, 2020. Tickets are found here.

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(Tuesday) 7:00 pm

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Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Phoenix

8034 N. 19th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85021

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07apr9:00 pm9:00 pmNeon Future IV - Steve Aoki9:00 pm - 9:00 pm Rialto Theatre, 318 E Congress Street

08apr5:30 pm7:30 pmLocal live Music5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Flagstaff, 1520 S Riordan Ranch St.

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Enjoy live local music by Matthew Henry Hall and Craig Yarbough at Bookmans Flagstaff, every 2nd Wednesday at 5:30 PM. Matt and Craig alternate to play at Bookmans every month. You can find Craig at Bookmans of odd-numbered months and Matt at Bookmans on even-numbered months.

About Craig Yarbough

About Craig Yarbrough

Craig holds a Master’s Degree from Arizona State University (where he studied classical guitar performance with Frank Koonce) and a Bachelor in Arts from the University of New Orleans, where he studied with John Rankin and Elias Barreiro.

Additionally, he has studied privately with Michael Lorimer, Bill Kanengiser, David Leisner, and in master classes with Jorge Morel, Manuel Barrueco, Christopher Parkening, Paul O’Dette, Eduardo Fernandez, and many others.

He is the founder and Executive Director of Grand Canyon Guitar Society, a non-profit arts group based in Flagstaff, AZ. This group provides performance opportunities to the community guitarists of Northern Arizona, educational opportunities through workshops and master classes, and a concert series that has introduced the Flagstaff guitar fans to some of the world’s finest classical guitarists.

Craig is also well known for his instructional abilities and style- he has taught a variety of guitar styles to all ages and levels for over 20 years. He has taught guitar privately, in the public school setting (MESA School in Flagstaff), charter school setting (Northland Preparatory Academy in Flagstaff), and University level (Coconino Community College). Many of his former students can be found studying guitar in some of the US’ finest music universities and conservatories.

About Matthew Henry Hall

Matthew Henry Hall is the author of two children’s picture books, The Lucky Hat (Grand Canyon Association, 2015) and Phoebe and Chub (Rising Moon, 2005), which was a finalist for a Western Writer of America Storyteller award. Matt also draws cartoons that appear in numerous publications, including The Missouri Review, Inside Higher Ed, and Reader’s Digest. A recording of Matt reading his original story for all ages, “What Coyote Brought” can be heard on “Border Songs,” a compilation album featuring work by Pete Seeger, Michael Franti, Amos Lee, and many others. All proceeds benefit the humanitarian aid non-profit, No Mas Muertes/No More Deaths. Matt sings and plays guitar and has opened shows for Richie Havens and Los Lobos. He is also kind to small animals, including insects.

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(Wednesday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Location

Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Flagstaff

1520 S Riordan Ranch St.

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“WHO DOESN'T LOVE BOOKMAN'S. I WAS THERE PRESENTING AT A SUMMER EVENT FOR KIDS. BOOKMANS INVITED US, ECOGRO. WE TAUGHT THE KIDS ABOUT SUCCULENT PLANTS AND PLANTING THEM. THE CHILDREN AND PARENTS PAINTED THE POTS AND THEN PLANTED THE SUCCULENTS, ALL PAID FOR BY BOOKMANS. SUCH A SUPER COMMUNITY ORIENTED BUSINESS. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. THEN, I WANDERED THE STORE, PURCHASED SOME BOOKS AND EXTREMELY COOL STICKERS MADE BY A LOCAL ARTIST. WHAT A NICE PLACE.”

- BRADFORD W.

"LOVE THIS PLACE! DOWN FOR A GOOD GAME OF SCRABBLE TONIGHT, THEY EVEN HAVE GREAT USED BOARD GAMES! ONE OF MY HAPPY PLACES."

- CHRISTOPHER D.

"COULD SPEND HRS IN BOOKMANS. FRIENDLY PEOPLE, GREAT READS AS WELL AS MOVIES AND GAMES! OVERALL A GREAT PLACE!"

- SARAH M.

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