Brewery Arts Center
Established in 1976 to enrich the quality of life by cultivating arts and culture for all.
Dr. Amy Ghilieri is a tenured faculty member at Western Nevada College. She teaches courses predominately in History, and also Core Humanities, EPY 150, and Book Arts. Her research specializes in 16th century printed books about witchcraft. In 2019 she began the Bristlecone Press at WNC in order to connect archival research, history of […]
The purpose of Connections is bringing people together to share stories, engage in conversation, and learn how to strengthen and build meaningful relationships that bring more joy to ourselves and to others. Join us for this special Connections with guest speaker McAvoy Layne as Mark Twain. Every third Thursday of the month, community members from […]
Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is […]
Gardnerville journalist and editor Scott Neuffer joins Reno poet Dani Putney to discuss literature in the Digital Age, from Twainian observations on social media to the advent of online literary magazines and new spaces for underrepresented writers. Gardnerville journalist and editor Scott Neuffer and Reno poet Dani Putney are Northern Nevada literary pals who have […]
Visit Carson City and Brewery Arts Center present Mark Twain Days! Mark Twain’s time in Nevada was fast, furious, and left a lasting impact. The region and Twain were changed forever and the dust he kicked up has never quite settled. To carry on with what Mark Twain loved most about Nevada—the characters, the excitement, and […]
Join Reno's Poet, Jesse James Ziegler, in hosting a day of readings by local writers. This event is free to the public.
Join us in meeting local authors and perusing rare, antique books.
Wagon Rides around Carson City's historic westside. Experience traveling around Carson City like Mark Twain would have! Tickets are $3/per person when you show up to the event.
Experience over 30 vendors, live music, food trucks, and wagon rides while enjoying all the best that Mark Twain Days has to offer!
Join Carson City native, Jed Block, in exploring Carson City then and now through a photographic history of the region that turned Samuel Clemens into Mark Twain.
Presented by the Brewery Arts Center, join us for a historic guided tour of westside Carson City to hear tales about Mark Twain and his influence in Carson City. This is a guided walking tour beginning in Bob McFadden Plaza.
A few years ago, radiomaker Fil Corbitt found a handsaw in the mountains and built a small desk out in the woods. High in the Sierra Nevada, flanked by an aspen grove and a lodgepole pine stand, this is where Fil makes "The Wind", a critically acclaimed podcast that investigates our relationship to place through […]
This workshop will encourage participants to write about and consider the “ancient and deeply American quest, the search for home,” to quote poet George Bilgere. For example, how does our culture encourage, or discourage, physical relocation and personal reinvention? We’ll use the metaphor of rivers during our discussion, how water moves us from place to […]
The second annual Bow Tie Ball will dazzle your senses with live music, dancing, enthralling performances, drinks, bites, and a museum wide scavenger hunt. Come dressed in your best! No costumes or period apparel required! Entertainment features The Sextones, and multiple other musical performance scattered through out the museum experience. Purchase a blank planchet and […]
Local authors and historians David & Gayle Woodruff assume the characters of “Snowshoe” Thompson and his wife Agnes in this 55-minute Chautauqua performance. Thompson carried the mail across the deep Sierra Nevada snow for 20 winters. Packing 80–pounds of mail over the 180-mile round trip in just 5 days on his hand-crafted snow skates (skis), […]
Enjoy a fun and easy acrylic painting class, as you follow along with instructor Debbie Corona in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Includes two complimentary beverages and all materials. Please arrive through 2nd St entrance.
Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is […]
Spoken Views Collective was founded in 2006 by Iain Watson. With the help of many local businesses around Reno, we were able to host events and open mic nights to share the spoken word experience. Our mission is to provide a platform and safe spaces for spoken word expression as well as build a community […]
Visit Carson City and Brewery Arts Center present Mark Twain Days! Mark Twain’s time in Nevada was fast, furious, and left a lasting impact. The region and Twain were changed forever and the dust he kicked up has never quite settled. To carry on with what Mark Twain loved most about Nevada—the characters, the excitement, and […]
Presented by the Brewery Arts Center, join us for a historic guided tour of westside Carson City to hear tales about Mark Twain and his influence in Carson City. This is a guided walking tour beginning in Bob McFadden Plaza.
Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is […]
In this class you’ll learn about problem-solving through art, as well as how to draw with instructor Kaleb Wyckoff. Whether you can sketch a stick figure or a portrait, this class is for you! All skill levels are welcome. Every class is different and designed to strive for accessibility. Classes take place every other week […]
Many amazing tales await at a very special edition of Connections with storyteller Mark Collie. Collie has lead an amazing career as both a songwriter and actor. The purpose of Connections is bringing people together to share stories, engage in conversation, and learn how to strengthen and build meaningful relationships that bring more joy to ourselves and […]
Enjoy a fun and easy acrylic painting class as you follow along with instructor Debbie Corona in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Includes two complimentary beverages and all materials. Please arrive through 2nd St entrance.
Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is […]
Firebird Light Opera promises an evening of laughter, love, and unforgettable music with their production of the uproarious comedy "The Pirates of Penzance" Set sail on a swashbuckling adventure for the timeless tale of Frederic, a young pirate apprentice who finds himself torn between duty and love on the rocky coast of Cornwall. Filled with […]
Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is […]
Firebird Light Opera promises an evening of laughter, love, and unforgettable music with their production of the uproarious comedy "The Pirates of Penzance" Set sail on a swashbuckling adventure for the timeless tale of Frederic, a young pirate apprentice who finds himself torn between duty and love on the rocky coast of Cornwall. Filled with […]
Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is […]
Firebird Light Opera promises an evening of laughter, love, and unforgettable music with their production of the uproarious comedy "The Pirates of Penzance" Set sail on a swashbuckling adventure for the timeless tale of Frederic, a young pirate apprentice who finds himself torn between duty and love on the rocky coast of Cornwall. Filled with […]
Enjoy a fun and easy acrylic painting class as you follow along with instructor Debbie Corona in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Includes two complimentary beverages and all materials. Please arrive through 2nd St entrance.
High Sierra Swing Dance Club's monthly lesson & dance welcomes a variety of guest instructors to teach Intermediate lessons from 6:30-7:30pm. Open social dancing follows from 7:30-9:30pm. All levels welcome, no partner needed. Lesson and Dance are each $15 ($10 for HSSDC Members). No advanced tickets, pay at the event. Click Here For More Information
In this class you’ll learn about problem-solving through art, as well as how to draw with instructor Kaleb Wyckoff. Whether you can sketch a stick figure or a portrait, this class is for you! All skill levels are welcome. Every class is different and designed to strive for accessibility. Classes take place every other week […]
Enjoy a fun and easy acrylic painting class as you follow along with instructor Debbie Corona in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Includes two complimentary beverages and all materials. Please arrive through 2nd St entrance.
Enjoy a fun and easy acrylic painting class as you follow along with instructor Debbie Corona in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Includes two complimentary beverages and all materials. Please arrive through 2nd St entrance.
With instructor Lee Netzle | Tuesdays @ 3:30 | June 11 - July 16 2024 Students start with drawing. The first step is choosing from a variety of reference pictures. They learn to study the picture they have chosen, determining the size of the drawing, the shapes involved, and the placement of one part to […]
Learn the basics of improv and play games. Free to the public. Questions? Email us @ ppicommunitytheater@gmail.com
Calling all filmmakers and sci-fi enthusiasts! Prepare to blast off into a world of imagination and creativity with our Moon Rocks Sci-Fi Short Film Competition! Beginning on Wednesday, May 22nd, and running until Wednesday, June 5th, filmmakers will have two weeks to create a short sci-fi film that will amaze and inspire. The Screening and Awards Ceremony will […]
Learn the basics of improv and play games. Free to the public. Questions? Email us @ ppicommunitytheater@gmail.com
The purpose of Connections is bringing people together to share stories, engage in conversation, and learn how to strengthen and build meaningful relationships that bring more joy to ourselves and to others. Every third Thursday of the month, community members from all walks of life and all ages gather for an hour of sharing, learning, and benefitting […]
Enjoy a fun and easy acrylic painting class as you follow along with instructor Debbie Corona in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Includes two complimentary beverages and all materials. Please arrive through 2nd St entrance.
High Sierra Swing Dance Club's monthly lesson & dance welcomes a variety of guest instructors to teach Intermediate lessons from 6:30-7:30pm. Open social dancing follows from 7:30-9:30pm. All levels welcome, no partner needed. Lesson and Dance are each $15 ($10 for HSSDC Members). No advanced tickets, pay at the event. Click Here For More Information
Adrian and Meredith have been tirelessly touring since 2015, playing over 150 energetic live shows per year across the USA and Europe. Their eclectic Americana embodies the spirit of the human story through a fusion of punk attitude, folk heart, polka flavor, and swing bounce. Reviewers praise their "barn-burner" concerts full of romantic storytelling, wry […]
Vera and Bert Joho were versatile and prolific painters, cherished and admired as teachers, designers of jewelry, fashion, and fashion accessories. Their works were exhibited in Germany until the rise of the Nazi party, and again after the end of World War II, well into the 1980s and 1990s. A successful and well-received exhibition of […]
Family friendly summer fun isn’t just for Saturday nights at Brewery Arts Center. Enjoy 10 weeks of street food and musical acts presented by Yates Law P.C. from 5-8pm every Wednesday night from June 26 - August 28, 2024. Each week a variety of food trucks will circle the BAC Performance Hall parking lot and […]
In this class you’ll learn about problem-solving through art, as well as how to draw with instructor Kaleb Wyckoff. Whether you can sketch a stick figure or a portrait, this class is for you! All skill levels are welcome. Every class is different and designed to strive for accessibility. Classes take place every other week […]
Learn the basics of improv and play games. Free to the public. Questions? Email us @ ppicommunitytheater@gmail.com
The Urban Renewal Project is a sixteen-piece collective known for its genre-bending original music that combines elements of jazz, hiphop and vintage soul, and for its explosive live performances that have captivated audiences from SXSW to the Java Jazz Festival. Building off the success of recent singles "Will to Survive" featuring Vic Mensa & "Don't Ask Y" featuring Camp […]
Family friendly summer fun isn’t just for Saturday nights at Brewery Arts Center. Enjoy 10 weeks of street food and musical acts presented by Yates Law P.C. from 5-8pm every Wednesday night from June 26 – August 28, 2024. Each week a variety of food trucks will circle the BAC Performance Hall parking lot and smaller acts […]
Learn the basics of improv and play games. Free to the public. Questions? Email us @ ppicommunitytheater@gmail.com
