***CONTEST CLOSED*** This contest has ended but tickets are still available. Ticket information included at end of post. Leapin’ lizards! The musical Annie comes to Tucson from September 29 through October 4, 2015 at University of Arizona’s Centennial Hall. One lucky Bookmans Ticket Tueday winner…
***CONTEST CLOSED*** This contest has ended but tickets are still available. Ticket information included at end of post. Leapin’ lizards! The musical Annie comes to Tucson from September 29 through October 4, 2015 at University of Arizona’s Centennial Hall. One lucky Bookmans Ticket Tueday winner…
***CONTEST CLOSED*** This contest has ended but tickets are still available. Ticket information included at end of post. Flagstaff unofficially welcomes fall with the Cornucopia Fall Festival. Brought to you by the good people at Greenhouse Productions, who are also responsible Hullabaloo, Cornucopia celebrates the…
**CONTEST CLOSED**Creatures large and small are in luck! Wild Kratts brings adventure and imagination to Phoenix. Starring real life brothers and zoologists, Martin and Chris Kratt of the wildly popular PBS Kids® television show Wild Kratts, this live performance steps out of animation and onto…
Everyone who is into music makes lists of influential albums. It’s a never-ending obsessive process. I’m willing to admit that I categorize all of my music in one way or another, but I won’t expose all my personal habits. We all have “those” albums that…
Everyone who is into music makes lists of influential albums. It’s a never-ending obsessive process. I’m willing to admit that I categorize all of my music in one way or another, but I won’t expose all my personal habits. We all have “those” albums that…
No case of censorship gets us more hot under the collar than book banning. Every time a book is removed from library shelves we feel like Guy Montag goaded by Captain Beatty in Fahrenheit 451. Yeah, we know it’s dark! But we’re bookworms and how…
We could publish an article a week for the rest of our existence featuring scandalously brilliant women and still not scratch the surface of their contributions. From across the entertainment spectrum women are ridiculed, demeaned and suppressed. Countless women endure hardships for letting their creative…
Freedom of speech encompasses the marketplace of ideas — both free expression and free consumption. This noble ideal comes with some responsibility to listen with an open mind and seek opposing points of view. In our world of personalized news and targeted ads, it is…
***CONTEST CLOSED*** This contest has ended but tickets are still available. Ticket information included at end of post. The 8th annual Arizona Underground Film Festival’s (AZUFF) full schedule of films includes World Premieres, North American Premieres and some of the best genre cinema on…
September is Banned Books month for Bookmans. We talk about free expression all month long, in fact, all year long. When discussing censorship and banned books, music, movies and video games, it might be a good idea to start at the beginning. Most of us have…
September at Bookmans is a time to rejoice in rebellious reading, watching, playing and listening. We celebrate the fight against censorship with a venerable free-expression feast for the senses. But what about the taste buds? As to not forget these important receptors of flavor, we…
By C’loni Bailey, Assistant Manager at Bookmans Mesa I’ve been a Felicia Day fan since her comedy web series The Guild debuted on YouTube in 2007, introducing the world to the trials and tribulations of Cyd Sherman and her gaming guild as they try to…
By C’loni Bailey, Assistant Manager at Bookmans Mesa I’ve been a Felicia Day fan since her comedy web series The Guild debuted on YouTube in 2007, introducing the world to the trials and tribulations of Cyd Sherman and her gaming guild as they try to…
By Megan Maiden, Bookmans Enthusiast Like most rebellious children, I never liked being told what to do. I never liked being told that I couldn’t watch a certain kind of movie, couldn’t listen to a certain kind of music or couldn’t read a certain kind…
Bookmans Flagstaff acquired a galaxy’s worth of Star Wars collectibles. From rare action figures to Star Wars fiction to lightsabers complete with sound effects, come see the out-of-this-world display in the front of our store. We love the tale from a long time ago in…
Obviously we’re biased, but Bookmans has the best employees. Marshall, Book Department Supervisor at Bookmans Grant, is one such person. Few others can share the raunchiest video on YouTube and then politely and respectfully show a customer where Little Women is, all the while keeping…
Technology is wonderful. We live in a charmed age where information and technology has never been easier to access. This almost magical ability to enjoy a variety of media does not exclude appreciating the good stuff from the past. Vintage and retro machines are still…
Disney’s female protagonists are on the receiving end of backlash for the “Princess Effect”. For many us who grew up watching and loving these films while still managing to become strong and independent people, we take issue with the idea that Disney is single handily ruining generations…
Bookmans combats censorship all year around, but September holds a special place in our free-expression hearts. 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 location hosts free…