Local Businesses Are Catalysts for Social Change
November is Shop Local, Give Local month for Bookmans, which allows me to give a shout out to my favorite local businesses in Tucson. November also marks the 30th anniversary of IBT’s. I recently celebrated Tucson Pride and awaited the release of Stonewall. (Whatever you…
Shop Local, Give Local in November
This November, Bookmans highlights ways to support local business and give back to the community. Each store hosts free activities to inspire awareness of Arizona-grown non-profits, shops, restaurants and other businesses. It pays to shop local! Statewide non-profit organization, Local First AZ shows that just…
Sweat for Pets with Bookmans
Sunny and 83 degrees is the expected forecast for Sunday, November 1, and it’s one of the many reasons to join Bookmans and the Humane Society of Southern Arizona (HSSAZ) for Sweat for Pets Walk, Run and Roll on the University of Arizona mall. Your…
Terrifying Tales from AHHHH-rizona
The Old West is full of spooky tales and ghostly sightings. From specter sightings of Virgil Earp in Tombstone or rogue ghost cats haunting hotel rooms in Jerome, we have sepulchered frightful tales in the dust of Arizona history. With so many cowboy shootouts and…
Shop Local Twitter Treasure Hunt
Across Arizona, Bookmans collaborates with Local First AZ (LFA) to bring you an action-packed Shop Local Twitter Treasure Hunt! Bookmans and LFA hid prize baskets at local businesses around the state and it’s up to you to make the discoveries. Join us for three weeks…
Ticket Tuesdays — The Loft Film Fest
***CONTEST CLOSED*** This contest has ended but tickets are still available. Ticket information included at end of post. The Loft Film Fest reflects the films The Loft Cinema plays all year round–classics, documentaries, the best foreign films from around the world, new indie comedies, horror…
Bookmans Sells Dead People
Revel with hauntingly charming characters this October as Bookmans Sells Dead People. Capture the genius and great works of those authors, artists and filmmakers who have transcended this world. Whether spooky cinema hits the spot or you prefer a Southern Gothic tale, we have you…
Autumn Celebrations at Cornucopia Fall Festival
by Kelsey Hontz, Bookmans Flagstaff Cashier and Future Bestseller “Autumn” conjures images of colorful crisp leaves, sweaters and boots, hot apple cider and a bite of frost in the morning. The second annual Cornucopia Fall Festival at the Thorpe Park Softball Fields in Flagstaff was…
Bookmans Attends the 10th Annual Pickin’ In the Pines
The 10th annual Pickin’ In the Pines took place this past weekend and Bookmans was once again fully participating in the bluegrass and acoustic music celebration. Brought to you by Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music and arguably the biggest party to take place in our…
Bookmans Attends the 10th Annual Pickin' In the Pines
The 10th annual Pickin’ In the Pines took place this past weekend and Bookmans was once again fully participating in the bluegrass and acoustic music celebration. Brought to you by Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music and arguably the biggest party to take place in our…
Ticket Tuesdays — VIP Tickets to the Cornucopia Fall Festival
***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…
Ticket Tuesdays — Arizona Underground Film Festival
***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…
Taboo Tastes: Eat Courageously Across Arizona
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…
Pluto Has a Heart and Other Cool Facts
Pluto has a special place in the hearts of Flagstaffians. After all, we discovered it. Okay, we as a community aren’t responsible for what once was considered the 9th planet in our solar system, but it was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory. So…
Dos and Don’ts: Pet Ownership
Bookmans partnered with Tucson radio stations to host our first ever Pet Fiesta in 2015 and it was a huge success. It got us thinking about the Dos and Don’ts of pet ownership. Let’s have a look at what does work with man’s best friends…
Dos and Don'ts: Pet Ownership
Bookmans partnered with Tucson radio stations to host our first ever Pet Fiesta in 2015 and it was a huge success. It got us thinking about the Dos and Don’ts of pet ownership. Let’s have a look at what does work with man’s best friends…
#LoveWins and Pride In the Pines 2015
Oh, happy day! Nationwide marriage equality affirmed by SCOTUS and Bookmans Flagstaff celebrated at the 19th annual Pride in The Pines the very next day. We couldn’t ask for a better way to commemorate this occasion than by handing out sexy prizes to Pride participants….
Flagstaff Celebrates Hullabaloo 2015
The un-official kick off to summer in Flagstaff took place Saturday, June 6 at Wheeler Park. Flagstaffarians and other Arizona inhabitants took to the park, sporting neon colors, feather boas and complete viking attire as the 6th annual Hullabaloo once again celebrated Northern Arizona in all…
Civic Orchestra of Tucson Brings the Zoo
Our Tucson Bookmans locations hosted the Civic Orchestra of Tucson as part of our Summer Kids Events series. They offer a unique opportunity for kids of all ages to try out real orchestra instruments including horns, trumpets, violins basses and xylophones during their very hands…
Geek Games 2015 Recap
While our Mesa and Phoenix brethren attended Phoenix Comicon in all its geeky glory, we up north put on a geek culture celebration of our own — Geek Games 2015. The first annual Geek Games took place with all the tournaments, activities and competitions we…
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