Events, Steubenville

Movies at the Grand: Roman Holiday July 7th 2023

We are excited to announce that we’ve partnered with the Grand Theater Restoration Project to bring movies back to Steubenville on a regular basis – for the First Fridays on Fourth street festivals organized by the Harmonium Project! This coming Friday, with its “Fourth of July” theme, we will be showing Roman Holiday, the 1953 William Wyler classic starring Audrey Hepburn (in her debut!) and … Continue reading Movies at the Grand: Roman Holiday July 7th 2023

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Around the Store, Book Signings, Catholic, Events, Writers

Stories of the Saints, June 29th, 3:30 p.m.

We’re excited to announce that on Thursday, June 29th, at 3:30 p.m., Carey Wallace will be in the store! Carey is the author of Stories of the Saints: Bold and Inspiring Tales of Adventure, Grace, and Courage. This is the best-selling kids’ saints book on Amazon, and the best-selling one here in our shop too. And for good reason: intriguingly and beautifully illustrated, kids love … Continue reading Stories of the Saints, June 29th, 3:30 p.m.

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Events, Steubenville

Saturday Market Story Hour

Steubenville has a lovely local market for farm and home-baked goods, the Saturday Market on Fourth, running every third Saturday. The next one is June 17th. We’re proud to announce that for this Saturday and for the remaining Saturday markets, we will be featuring a kids’ story hour! Alicia Hernon, of the “Messy Family Project” (check out their great podcast!) will read to kids at … Continue reading Saturday Market Story Hour

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Steubenville

Rio Bravo and High Noon at the Grand Theater

Do you want to help bring movies back to downtown Steubenville? Would you like to be part of club that appreciates and shares old films? Read on! I found out that Steubenville Parks and Recreation has the necessary rights to show movies during this weekend’s Dean Martin festival. So I put together a program to highlight one of Dean Martin’s most remarkable contributions to Hollywood … Continue reading Rio Bravo and High Noon at the Grand Theater

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Book Signings, Events, Steubenville

Sibling Horror at Bookmarx

We’ve been wanting to do more author events at Bookmarx, and we think we’re just about ready to get the ball rolling. First up: Matt Fradd will be coming to Bookmarx on June 16th, 2023, at 7 p.m.! Matt Fradd is the host of the Pints with Aquinas podcast, which has become an important part of Steubenville’s cultural scene. When I tell people I live … Continue reading Sibling Horror at Bookmarx

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Around the Store, Literary

Wordsworth Editions

I took a visit a few months ago to what might be Ohio’s most successful bookshop – the Book Loft in Columbus. Nestled into Columbus’s (lovely) German Village neighborhood is one of America’s largest bookshops – 500,000 books stuck into every possible nook and cranny across multiple floors. It’s a place you can get lost in – a booklover’s dream. The Book Loft sells new … Continue reading Wordsworth Editions

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Catholic, Writers

Chesterton Graduation Card

We mentioned that we would be adding more Chesterton cards over time. We’re happy to announce the G. K. Chesterton Graduation card! A full-sized 5″x7″ card, it features Chesterton’s grin on the front – showing off his rather terrible teeth. Written on the front of the card is Chesterton’s line: “Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger…” And inside the card, Chesterton … Continue reading Chesterton Graduation Card

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First Friday Event: The Unlost Generation

Bookmarx Books Presents The First of our First Friday Literary Events! “THE UNLOST GENERATION” We tend to think of the 1920s as the time of “the Lost Generation,” writers like Hemingway and Fitzgerald, Joyce and Woolf—writers shaped by World War I and known for their particularly bleak world view. But World War I and the 1920s gave birth to another group of writers—the “Unlost Generation” … Continue reading First Friday Event: The Unlost Generation

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Events

The Healing Land

Beth (gesturing) and Shawn Dougherty from The Healing Land speak about how to feed your family from your own land, the last of a four-part series of lectures at Leonardo’s. Always committed to strengthening local ties, the Dougherties sell their books at Bookmarx, and have helped to curate our collection of homesteading books. Beth, Shawn, and lots of other local homesteaders will be running a … Continue reading The Healing Land

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