A Wonderland of Local Love at Bookmans this November
Autumn has arrived in Arizona! Aspen leaves up north change from green to fiery golds and oranges. The saguaro and agave enjoy chilly temperatures (of 85 degrees) in southern climes of the state. Though our diversity shines from Ponderosa Pine country to the Chiricahua Mountains,…
Freebie Fridays: Shop Local, Give Local to Win with Bookmans Mesa!
In our ongoing effort to give back to our local community and support local business, Bookmans Mesa presents Freebie Friday, a giveaway starting every Friday throughout November. What is this crazy talk of free things AND Fridays? We assure this all to be true! Who…
Bookmans Recommends: Fox’s Revamped Horror Classic “The Exorcist”
Demonic possession is back, in a HUGE way. After years of domination by sparkly vampires and walking zombies, pop culture has fallen back in love with an good old-fashioned demon casting exorcism. What is the holy hype all about? “The belief in evil and the…
Bookmans Recommends: Fox's Revamped Horror Classic "The Exorcist"
Demonic possession is back, in a HUGE way. After years of domination by sparkly vampires and walking zombies, pop culture has fallen back in love with an good old-fashioned demon casting exorcism. What is the holy hype all about? “The belief in evil and the…
Frightful Fall: Halloween Hoedown – Bookmans Entertainment
It’s Frightful Fall around here and we couldn’t be happier! Halloween is a holiday we seem tailor built to host. We have many exciting events going on in all of our stores, not just for kids, but adults get to enjoy the season too. Check…
DragonCon 2016 (My First Experience) – Bookmans
DragonCon review, from our one and only C’Loni Bailey. With the ever increasing popularity of geek culture, conventions are popping up all over the place but only a few well established conventions have gained “bucket list” status, including but not limited to the famous San…
Play Back: String Recycling Program
Bookmans is forever dedicated to finding new ways to recycle and give back. That’s why we’re pleased to announce our partnership with D’addario, you know, the strings and musical accessories you see all over our instrument departments. Aside from continually encouraging our community to trade…
Hollow Hills for Young Adult Book Club – Bookmans
Bookmans is passionate about literature and there are few things we love more than helping young people get interested in reading. To that end, we have a Young Adult Book Club which meets several times a year to discuss our latest reads, snack, and be…
Banned: More Than Books – Bookmans Entertainment
With one day left in September we figured we would go out with a bang and highlight a bit more banned material. Banning doesn’t apply just to books. The censorship axe can fall on movies, music and video games as well. In fact any form of…
Bookmans Grant Pop-Up Gallery
*Calling all artists!* Bookmans Grant takes on a pop-up gallery to show talents from every medium, highlighting the importance of fighting censorship and our love for speaking out through art that is inspired by your favorite banned books. Every September Bookmans takes pride in bringing awareness to topics…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Bookmans Recommends: Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki: Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Author, Animator, Legend… Hayao Miyazaki has been highly praised for anything he has a hand in. From Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, or My Neighbor Totoro, Miyazaki has created fantastical realms with unbelievable striking colors, themes and complex characters….
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