Event Type 2: Social Gathering

Join us at Bookmans for a day celebrating the ukulele! Our guest instructor Steve has years of ukulele performance and teaching experience. We will learn simple chords and how to play two or three songs. This beautiful instrument was brought from Portugal to Hawaii and is recognized all around the world as an island instrument.

The event is free and open to the public. All skill levels are welcome. Bring your own ukulele or pick one up here at Bookmans’ Musical Instrument Department for a low price and join in!

Bookmans is your place for educational and interactive events. Check out our events calendar for a list of all of our upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you!

Hey, teens! Are you ready to put your ideas on the page? Our Comic Book Workshop will guide you through the creative process of creating your very own comic book! Learn all of the steps to designing intriguing characters, writing a page-turning plot, and drawing your own storyboard.

This workshop meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month from 1-2 pm at Bookmans Phoenix. Please confirm event dates or email PhoenixEvents@bookmans.com

Teens Create: Comic Book Workshop is led by local comic book creator Karaoke Fanboy Press.

Please NOTE: We have moved the time to 5:30pm, the 3rd Sunday of every month!!

Sound Baths are a healing modality that has been used for centuries. Some of the oldest sound bowls date back 5,000 years! Its origins are mysterious, but the monasteries in the Himalayan mountains are said to be the most trusted place of origin. Tibet gets a lot of credit for the distribution of sound bowls, but this is because family names were inscribed on these bowls and sold during times of hardship and war. Today, research shows many benefits to sound therapy, from relaxation to pain relief and direct relationships to brain function.

About our Host: Gregory Dwyer is a Level II Reiki Practitioner trained in the “Usui Shiki Ryoho” or “The Usui System of Natural Healing” and certified through the Reiki Alliance. His practice includes Reiki, Sound Baths, and Meditation to facilitate a moment of relaxation and regeneration to promote mental and physical well-being.

No registration is required and we welcome you to join us for this FREE event!

Independent Bookstore Day (IBD) is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Just like Bookmans, every store is unique and independent, and every party is different. And as you know, Bookmans is more than a bookstore, we are a celebration of all things community!  To celebrate, we’ve put together a day of fun events and giveaways for you!  Not only that, you’ll be able to shop for Exclusive IBD merchandise, as well!

All Day IN-STORE Enter to Win a Bookmans Themed Gift Box

Our Bookmans boxes are hugely popular! We’ll be raffling off several boxes created by Bookmans employees with various themes featuring a variety of awesome merchandise found at Bookmans. Oh yeah, and there is also $50 gift card in each one!

10 AM Where the Wild Things Are-Interactive Wild Rumpus with AZ Curriculum Theater

Join AZ Curriculum Theater (ACT) for a live and interactive reading of Maurice Sendak’s, Where the Wild Things Are.  While the story is read the audience acts it out. The Wild Rumpus involves jumping in place with noise makers, streamers and large paper confetti. It’s a wild rumpus, after all! Bookmans loves working with ACT Inc., a 501(c)(3) educational charity that connects the arts and the curriculum in the classroom.

12 Noon-3PM Collage Making with Cut +Paste PHX

3PM Dungeons and Dragons Heist Night

Are you a fan of D&D and want to try something different or have you been wanting to learn how to play but don’t know where to start? Hearken to the call of adventure and join us this afternoon at 3 PM where we will be hosting a “heist” where glory or failure awaits!Bring your own fifth level character or play with one of the characters provided. This event is all inclusive and everyone is welcome.

* Now Hosted at Bookmans River (River & Stone)*

Love is in the air at Bookmans River (River & Stone)! We’re extremely excited to announce our meeting of the Romance Book Club, hosted by Book Riot Contributing Editor, Jessica Pryde! Yearning for those extra-sweet moments you can only get from romance novels, this is the club for you! The Romance Book Club will be meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00! Come hang out with like-minded bookaholics and bring your suggestions for what to read!

About Jessica Pryde:

Jess is a black reader, writer, and librarian in Tucson, Arizona. She doesn’t get to work with books during the day, so she surrounds herself with them at home. Whether she’ll ever make it through said books? No one knows. She loves kissing books of all kinds but prefers them with a Happily Ever After. Basically, give her a romance novel and she’ll be set.  Jess is a contributing editor for Book Riot and co-host of the When In Romance podcast. You can catch her on her website, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as her Pima County Public Library profile.

About Suzannah Herron

Suzannah loves books (especially if they have diversity and an HEA) and has a TBR pile that is approximately a mile long. She works for the publishing company Lee & Low Books and is a data analyst for the romance book podcast Heaving Bosoms.

Join us at Bookmans for a day celebrating the ukulele! Our guest instructor Steve has years of ukulele performance and teaching experience. We will learn simple chords and how to play two or three songs. This beautiful instrument was brought from Portugal to Hawaii and is recognized all around the world as an island instrument.

The event is free and open to the public. All skill levels are welcome. Bring your own ukulele or pick one up here at Bookmans’ Musical Instrument Department for a low price and join in!

Bookmans is your place for educational and interactive events. Check out our events calendar for a list of all of our upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you!

Hey, teens! Are you ready to put your ideas on the page? Our Comic Book Workshop will guide you through the creative process of creating your very own comic book! Learn all of the steps to designing intriguing characters, writing a page-turning plot, and drawing your own storyboard.

This workshop meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month from 1-2 pm at Bookmans Phoenix. Please confirm event dates or email PhoenixEvents@bookmans.com

Teens Create: Comic Book Workshop is led by local comic book creator Karaoke Fanboy Press.

Please NOTE: We have moved the time to 5:30pm, the 3rd Sunday of every month!!

Sound Baths are a healing modality that has been used for centuries. Some of the oldest sound bowls date back 5,000 years! Its origins are mysterious, but the monasteries in the Himalayan mountains are said to be the most trusted place of origin. Tibet gets a lot of credit for the distribution of sound bowls, but this is because family names were inscribed on these bowls and sold during times of hardship and war. Today, research shows many benefits to sound therapy, from relaxation to pain relief and direct relationships to brain function.

About our Host: Gregory Dwyer is a Level II Reiki Practitioner trained in the “Usui Shiki Ryoho” or “The Usui System of Natural Healing” and certified through the Reiki Alliance. His practice includes Reiki, Sound Baths, and Meditation to facilitate a moment of relaxation and regeneration to promote mental and physical well-being.

No registration is required and we welcome you to join us for this FREE event!

* Now Hosted at Bookmans River (River & Stone)*

Love is in the air at Bookmans River (River & Stone)! We’re extremely excited to announce our meeting of the Romance Book Club, hosted by Book Riot Contributing Editor, Jessica Pryde! Yearning for those extra-sweet moments you can only get from romance novels, this is the club for you! The Romance Book Club will be meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00! Come hang out with like-minded bookaholics and bring your suggestions for what to read!

About Jessica Pryde:

Jess is a black reader, writer, and librarian in Tucson, Arizona. She doesn’t get to work with books during the day, so she surrounds herself with them at home. Whether she’ll ever make it through said books? No one knows. She loves kissing books of all kinds but prefers them with a Happily Ever After. Basically, give her a romance novel and she’ll be set.  Jess is a contributing editor for Book Riot and co-host of the When In Romance podcast. You can catch her on her website, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as her Pima County Public Library profile.

About Suzannah Herron

Suzannah loves books (especially if they have diversity and an HEA) and has a TBR pile that is approximately a mile long. She works for the publishing company Lee & Low Books and is a data analyst for the romance book podcast Heaving Bosoms.

The Phoenix Herpetological Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is a statewide facility that includes a surrender facility, education program, summer camps and rescue and rehabilitation.

PHS focuses on two specific goals:

Rescue and Rehabilitation
The need for a sanctuary was not only for non-native but native species as well. Currently PHS is home to animals of which 90% are pet trade type animals. We assist the general public, humane societies, animal welfare leagues, animal control departments,  law enforcement and other organizations across the United States.  For example, PHS assisted the SPCA on a rescue in Texas a few years ago where we picked up 572 animals. Many of these animals were rehabilitated, some were adopted, and many still call PHS home.

Conservation Education
Conservation begins with education. Our desert (and our planet) is in serious jeopardy. It is imperative to teach our youth the importance each animal plays in our eco-system. Last year the PHS outreach program touched 250,000 people. These were primarily school-aged children and teenagers.

The Phoenix Herpetological Society will be here today showcasing some of their exciting reptiles from “AROUND THE WORLD”!

No registration is required and all events are free.

Join us at Bookmans for a day celebrating the ukulele! Our guest instructor Steve has years of ukulele performance and teaching experience. We will learn simple chords and how to play two or three songs. This beautiful instrument was brought from Portugal to Hawaii and is recognized all around the world as an island instrument.

The event is free and open to the public. All skill levels are welcome. Bring your own ukulele or pick one up here at Bookmans’ Musical Instrument Department for a low price and join in!

Bookmans is your place for educational and interactive events. Check out our events calendar for a list of all of our upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you!

Hey, teens! Are you ready to put your ideas on the page? Our Comic Book Workshop will guide you through the creative process of creating your very own comic book! Learn all of the steps to designing intriguing characters, writing a page-turning plot, and drawing your own storyboard.

This workshop meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month from 1-2 pm at Bookmans Phoenix. Please confirm event dates or email PhoenixEvents@bookmans.com

Teens Create: Comic Book Workshop is led by local comic book creator Karaoke Fanboy Press.

Please NOTE: We have moved the time to 5:30pm, the 3rd Sunday of every month!!

Sound Baths are a healing modality that has been used for centuries. Some of the oldest sound bowls date back 5,000 years! Its origins are mysterious, but the monasteries in the Himalayan mountains are said to be the most trusted place of origin. Tibet gets a lot of credit for the distribution of sound bowls, but this is because family names were inscribed on these bowls and sold during times of hardship and war. Today, research shows many benefits to sound therapy, from relaxation to pain relief and direct relationships to brain function.

About our Host: Gregory Dwyer is a Level II Reiki Practitioner trained in the “Usui Shiki Ryoho” or “The Usui System of Natural Healing” and certified through the Reiki Alliance. His practice includes Reiki, Sound Baths, and Meditation to facilitate a moment of relaxation and regeneration to promote mental and physical well-being.

No registration is required and we welcome you to join us for this FREE event!

THIS EVENT STARTS AT 2PM!

In the animal kingdom, nothing is quite as it seems. Join us at 2 P.M. when the Phoenix Zoo will be here to teach us about the animals around us. We will play a fact or fiction game in the pursuit of the truth as well as meet some wonderful animals! Live animals, free event, how can you miss this?

Bookmans is your place for educational, interactive, and most importantly FUN events.  Check out our events calendar for a list of all of our events. We look forward to seeing you!

* Now Hosted at Bookmans River (River & Stone)*

Love is in the air at Bookmans River (River & Stone)! We’re extremely excited to announce our meeting of the Romance Book Club, hosted by Book Riot Contributing Editor, Jessica Pryde! Yearning for those extra-sweet moments you can only get from romance novels, this is the club for you! The Romance Book Club will be meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00! Come hang out with like-minded bookaholics and bring your suggestions for what to read!

About Jessica Pryde:

Jess is a black reader, writer, and librarian in Tucson, Arizona. She doesn’t get to work with books during the day, so she surrounds herself with them at home. Whether she’ll ever make it through said books? No one knows. She loves kissing books of all kinds but prefers them with a Happily Ever After. Basically, give her a romance novel and she’ll be set.  Jess is a contributing editor for Book Riot and co-host of the When In Romance podcast. You can catch her on her website, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as her Pima County Public Library profile.

About Suzannah Herron

Suzannah loves books (especially if they have diversity and an HEA) and has a TBR pile that is approximately a mile long. She works for the publishing company Lee & Low Books and is a data analyst for the romance book podcast Heaving Bosoms.

Jungle Jill’s Animal Encounters was founded in 2006 as a way to educate, inform and entertain audiences. Jungle Jill brings live, exotic, and domestic animals to you, up close and interactive, for an unforgettable experience!

Join us LIVE in-store today at 1 PM for this FREE event and meet these LIVE animals up close!

Bookmans is your place for educational, interactive, and most importantly FUN events. Check out our events calendar for a list of all of our events. We look forward to seeing you!

Join us at Bookmans for a day celebrating the ukulele! Our guest instructor Steve has years of ukulele performance and teaching experience. We will learn simple chords and how to play two or three songs. This beautiful instrument was brought from Portugal to Hawaii and is recognized all around the world as an island instrument.

The event is free and open to the public. All skill levels are welcome. Bring your own ukulele or pick one up here at Bookmans’ Musical Instrument Department for a low price and join in!

Bookmans is your place for educational and interactive events. Check out our events calendar for a list of all of our upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you!

Please NOTE: We have moved the time to 5:30pm, the 3rd Sunday of every month!!

Sound Baths are a healing modality that has been used for centuries. Some of the oldest sound bowls date back 5,000 years! Its origins are mysterious, but the monasteries in the Himalayan mountains are said to be the most trusted place of origin. Tibet gets a lot of credit for the distribution of sound bowls, but this is because family names were inscribed on these bowls and sold during times of hardship and war. Today, research shows many benefits to sound therapy, from relaxation to pain relief and direct relationships to brain function.

About our Host: Gregory Dwyer is a Level II Reiki Practitioner trained in the “Usui Shiki Ryoho” or “The Usui System of Natural Healing” and certified through the Reiki Alliance. His practice includes Reiki, Sound Baths, and Meditation to facilitate a moment of relaxation and regeneration to promote mental and physical well-being.

No registration is required and we welcome you to join us for this FREE event!

The Phoenix Herpetological Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is a statewide facility that includes a surrender facility, education program, summer camps and rescue and rehabilitation.

PHS focuses on two specific goals:

Rescue and Rehabilitation
The need for a sanctuary was not only for non-native but native species as well. Currently PHS is home to animals of which 90% are pet trade type animals. We assist the general public, humane societies, animal welfare leagues, animal control departments,  law enforcement and other organizations across the United States.  For example, PHS assisted the SPCA on a rescue in Texas a few years ago where we picked up 572 animals. Many of these animals were rehabilitated, some were adopted, and many still call PHS home.

Conservation Education
Conservation begins with education. Our desert (and our planet) is in serious jeopardy. It is imperative to teach our youth the importance each animal plays in our eco-system. Last year the PHS outreach program touched 250,000 people. These were primarily school-aged children and teenagers.

The Phoenix Herpetological Society will be here today showcasing some of their exciting reptiles that are “ENDANGERED SPECIES”!

No registration is required and all events are free.

* Now Hosted at Bookmans River (River & Stone)*

Love is in the air at Bookmans River (River & Stone)! We’re extremely excited to announce our meeting of the Romance Book Club, hosted by Book Riot Contributing Editor, Jessica Pryde! Yearning for those extra-sweet moments you can only get from romance novels, this is the club for you! The Romance Book Club will be meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00! Come hang out with like-minded bookaholics and bring your suggestions for what to read!

About Jessica Pryde:

Jess is a black reader, writer, and librarian in Tucson, Arizona. She doesn’t get to work with books during the day, so she surrounds herself with them at home. Whether she’ll ever make it through said books? No one knows. She loves kissing books of all kinds but prefers them with a Happily Ever After. Basically, give her a romance novel and she’ll be set.  Jess is a contributing editor for Book Riot and co-host of the When In Romance podcast. You can catch her on her website, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as her Pima County Public Library profile.

About Suzannah Herron

Suzannah loves books (especially if they have diversity and an HEA) and has a TBR pile that is approximately a mile long. She works for the publishing company Lee & Low Books and is a data analyst for the romance book podcast Heaving Bosoms.

Please NOTE: We have moved the time to 5:30pm, the 3rd Sunday of every month!!

Sound Baths are a healing modality that has been used for centuries. Some of the oldest sound bowls date back 5,000 years! Its origins are mysterious, but the monasteries in the Himalayan mountains are said to be the most trusted place of origin. Tibet gets a lot of credit for the distribution of sound bowls, but this is because family names were inscribed on these bowls and sold during times of hardship and war. Today, research shows many benefits to sound therapy, from relaxation to pain relief and direct relationships to brain function.

About our Host: Gregory Dwyer is a Level II Reiki Practitioner trained in the “Usui Shiki Ryoho” or “The Usui System of Natural Healing” and certified through the Reiki Alliance. His practice includes Reiki, Sound Baths, and Meditation to facilitate a moment of relaxation and regeneration to promote mental and physical well-being.

No registration is required and we welcome you to join us for this FREE event!