Vintage Tools Provide Form and Function at Bookmans
Bookmans carries an exciting new product line–vintage tools. When we look at these hand-crafted items for hand crafting, it is difficult to decide if they are for function or art. Who are we kidding? They are for both!
Top Five Dumbest Attempts to Ban a Book
Now we know what you’re thinking and you are correct — all book banning is dumb. Bookmans is on it, fighting for your freedom to read ’em. We remain the pro free speech advocate and all around rebel that you know and love. The reasons…
Collectable Comics at Bookmans Speedway
We all know Bookmans is the place to find treasures. In every corner of the store a geeking out moment awaits you. One of the best places to find that treasure is in our Collectable Comics section. You never know what might fly in to…
Ticket Tuesdays — Buckwheat Zydeco with Carnivaleros and Easy Star All-Stars
****CONTEST CLOSED**** Across the whole state of Arizona, The Rialto Theatre has to be one of our favorite venues for live music. They book a solid schedule of interesting, electric performers and they are always willing to spread the joy. This week, Buckwheat Zydeco with…
The Law of Attraction Is Strong at Bookmans Mesa
By Megan Maiden, Assistant Manager at Bookmans Mesa For Bookmans Mesa there is no task or department that is too small. Every opportunity we can take to sell awesome stuff and make our customers reminisce or giggle is taken very seriously. Enter: The Magnet Department….
New Bookmans Phoenix Series Features Kids’ Yoga and Storytelling
Exciting changes are underway this fall at Bookmans Phoenix. Our favorite storyteller, Mr. Eden will join us for Kids’ Yoga and Storytelling from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoons starting on September 20. We are partnering with Eden and yoga instructor, Shaila Parthasarathi, to…
New Bookmans Phoenix Series Features Kids' Yoga and Storytelling
Exciting changes are underway this fall at Bookmans Phoenix. Our favorite storyteller, Mr. Eden will join us for Kids’ Yoga and Storytelling from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoons starting on September 20. We are partnering with Eden and yoga instructor, Shaila Parthasarathi, to…
Girl Power: Leading Ladies of Banned Books
In honor of Banned Books Week, September 21-27, 2014, we count down our top five heroines in banned or challenged fiction. These loveable yet powerful characters play an important role in challenging the minds of countless readers and that is in itself a timeless story….
We’re Already Pining for Next Year’s Pickin’ in the Pines
Every year in early September, music fans in our little mountain town gather to celebrate all things bluegrass at the annual Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival. Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music first held the 3-day festival in 2006 and steadily gathered…
We're Already Pining for Next Year's Pickin' in the Pines
Every year in early September, music fans in our little mountain town gather to celebrate all things bluegrass at the annual Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival. Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music first held the 3-day festival in 2006 and steadily gathered…
Ticket Tuesdays — Summer Ends Music Festival V.1
**CONTEST CLOSED** Mark your calendar for September 26, 27 and 28! The first annual Summer Ends Music Festival V.1 comes to Tempe Beach Park and promises to be the event of the year. Summer Ends is a three day event featuring top local and national…
Ticket Tuesdays — 2014 AZ Underground Film Festival VIP Passes
***CONTEST CLOSED*** The Arizona Underground Film Festival (AZUFF) is back for its 7th year playing some of the best cult/midnight films from Sundance, Cannes and Tribeca. AZUFF will also show world premieres and North American premiere screenings. Be a part of the entire counter culture…
Exploring Graphic Censorship
One of the issues nearest and dearest to the heart of Bookmans is free speech. In fact, we devote the month of September to the discussion and exploration of censorship. Many of us are familiar with famous novels like Alice in Wonderland and Animal Farm…
Bookmans Grant Author Event Connects Writing to Brain Benefits
Bookmans Grant hosts a local authors fair from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 13. This event got us wondering about how writing effects the mind. What we found made us want to exercise all the parts of the brain that are involved.
Bookmans Speedway Finds for Enterprise-ing Trekkies
Long ago in a time far far in the past (1966) a man named Gene Roddenbery was touched by God. Well, maybe not exactly touched by God but touched by some kind of super powerful, all-knowing muse who knocked on the door of his imagination…
Words and Images Uncensored
Have we got some uncensored material for you! We celebrate revolutionary artists pushing boundaries and taking their art to the streets. They risk it all for the sake of expression, rearranging our world in an attempt to understand and reinterpret that all-allusive reality, the truth….
Meet Miss Jenna of Read to Me Story Time at Bookmans Flagstaff
Bookmans Flagstaff’s Read To Me Story Time has a new face as we welcome Miss Jenna to the Bookmans family. Story time at Bookmans Flagstaff has always been fun. We enjoy sharing our favorite children’s stories with you and your families. But when Jenna Dickerson…
Make Sweet Music with Bookmans Speedway
Bookmans is the place for musicians, even if you haven’t started yet! Bookmans Speedway has an unusual selection of instruments, sheet music and tutorials for all types of music and every skill level. Head over to check out our Wall of Sound. Be amazed at…
Tattoos of Bookmans Speedway: Part 2, Bethanny
Given that every employee at Bookmans Speedway works in a bookstore, it might seem obvious that we would have literary tattoos. For those of us who have tattoos (not all of us do) it is true that literary tattoos are prominently featured, but never as…
Kachina Doll Artistry at Bookmans Ina
One of the great things about living in the southwest is the exposure to a melting pot of different people and cultures. Our desert surroundings are home to a diverse array of people. We live in close proximity to several Native American tribes whose ancestors…
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