Celebrate #ArrestedReading at Bookmans
Bookmans promotes avant-garde expression all year around, but September holds a special place in the hearts of rebellious readers. In conjunction with Banned Books Week, we focus on the freedom to read, watch, play and listen to whatever media we want. This month, each Bookmans…
Dedicated to The Dark Knight – Written by Paul Lee
With the recent release of Batman Vs. Superman last Spring, Suicide Squad and Batman: The Killing Joke this Summer, I’ve rediscovered my obsession with the Dark Knight. Ever since I was a wee lad, I’ve been a Batfan and my love of Batman began when I watched reruns…
I Wanna be a Cowboy Baby – Part 1
Arizona is a place ripe with history, and with local authors and historians. We convinced one of our favorite local authors and western historians David Grasse to lend us his expertise on the subject of Arizona history and the legend of the American cowboy. Today’s…
Meet Tom Leveen! Local Storyteller & Author
An exciting new Story Time is coming to Bookmans Phoenix. Accomplished local author and storyteller, Tom Leveen will be joining us on Tuesday mornings at 10am starting on September 6th for a brand new program called Music & Movement. Bookmans is partnering with Tom and…
Meet Tom Leveen! Local Storyteller & Author
An exciting new Story Time is coming to Bookmans Phoenix. Accomplished local author and storyteller, Tom Leveen will be joining us on Tuesday mornings at 10am starting on September 6th for a brand new program called Music & Movement. Bookmans is partnering with Tom and…
Flavz Top 10 Punk Rock Bands
A while back I noticed that Rolling Stone did an article on the Ramones sitting on the uldunter, which included their Top 40 Punk Rock albums of all time. I was intrigued and couldn’t help to flip through to find out which bands made the cut,…
Movie Madness: Tales From the VHS Video Vaults, Part III
August is Movie Madness all month long at Bookmans! Sure, everyone is talking about Suicide Squad or the latest Hollywood hits – but what about those films that are very often overlooked? We’re talking about those oddball films filled with nostalgia, usually made with no…
World of Warcraft Demon Hunter Preview
World of Warcraft is about to release their latest expansion, Legion, that officially drops August 30. However the new Demon Hunter class went live on August 9th allowing any players who pre-ordered the World of Warcraft Legion expansion through Battle.net to play the new class….
Ticket Tuesday Giveaway: Poncho Sanchez at the MIM
***Contest Closed*** It’s Ticket Tuesday yet again! Get ready for a soul-touching, musical masterpiece: Poncho Sanchez. The Los Angeles Times stated, “As Elvis is to rock and James Brown is to soul, Poncho Sanchez is to salsa.” A living legend, percussionist Poncho Sanchez illuminates conga rhythms by expertly…
10 Under-Rated Family Films
These family films are sure to make you smile, and we all have that one movie from our childhood that we watched over and over again. We’d wear out the VHS tape, drive our siblings crazy with our continual demand to watch it every night…
Movie Madness: Tales From the VHS Video Vaults, Part Two
It’s still Movie Madness month at Bookmans! Sure, everyone is talking about Suicide Squad or the latest Hollywood hits – but what about those films that are very often overlooked? We’re talking about those oddball films filled with nostalgia, usually made with no budgets, the not-very-common,…
5 Movies With Phenomenal Soundtracks
When we sit down to watch a film it’s never the soundtracks we intend to fall in love with, however, some of our favorite movies are not only cinematic geniuses they’re compilations of brilliant sounds and songs. We tried not to go into the world…
5 Must See Horror Movies
August is Movies Madness month, so we gave ourselves an impossible task to recommend (just) 5 must-see horror movies. Horror is the great un-sung movie genre, being what many feel is the most difficult to do well. Take away the jump scares, black cats, gratuitous…
Art Can Create Change
If there is one thing that I’ve obtained from art, music, and literature it’s the gratitude of connection. Connection to yourself personally, to one another, to the world we live in, even to our passage of life. Art always has some way of making connections….
Misheard Disney Lyrics
“Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba (Here comes a lion, Father) Sithi uhm ingonyama” (Oh yes, it’s a lion). Yes, that did just happen. The Lion King’s opening song, The Circle of Life, had to be the opening sentence. Complete with translation, because that’s what us Disney…
Movie Madness: Foreign Film Recommendations
August is Movie Madness at Bookmans! Thus, we have some foreign film recommendations for you. As everyone knows, Tucson has been alternately hot and stormy so we thought we would combine these two elements to give you a chance to get out of the heat…
Meditation & Books to Consider – Written by Paul Lee
One book that is top on my list for learning non-secular meditation is Jon Kabatt-Zinn’s Wherever You Go, There You Are. It’s a short and straightforward book written by one of the top teachers and scholars on meditation. Kabatt-Zinn created the “Mind Body Stress Reduction” program that…
Meditation & Books to Consider – Written by Paul Lee
One book that is top on my list for learning non-secular meditation is Jon Kabatt-Zinn’s Wherever You Go, There You Are. It’s a short and straightforward book written by one of the top teachers and scholars on meditation. Kabatt-Zinn created the “Mind Body Stress Reduction” program that…
Lion King Experience
I can remember back to sitting on the floor in my living room in-front of our small (at that time seemed so big, and well now antique) tube TV, about 5 years old and full of wonder watching The Lion King. I’ll never forget what…
Movie Madness: Tales From the VHS Video Vaults, Part One
It’s August, and here at Bookmans that means Movie Madness! Sure, everyone is talking about Suicide Squad or the latest Hollywood Hits – but what about those films that are very often overlooked? We’re talking about those oddball films filled with nostalgia, usually made with…
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