Brewery Arts Center

In This Time: A Gathering of Poets Laureate from the West | Sunday | March 29th 2026 | FREE
2026-03-29 13:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Brewery Arts Center | West Building | Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
Join us for a special afternoon featuring state poets laureate and writers from cities and rural communities across the West. Whether you are a lifelong reader of poetry or simply curious, this is a rare opportunity to:

Hear poetry from nine distinguished Western state poets laureate and writers
Reflect, connect, and find inspiration
Engage with diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences

What is a poet laureate?
A poet laureate is a poet who is officially appointed to represent poetry for a community, region, or country. Hosted by the Nevada Arts Council and Nevada Poet Laureate Shaun Griffin, this gathering brings together poets laureate and writers from nine Western states. This is the largest gathering of poets laureate the country has seen in decades.
Meet the Poets Laureate

Maggie M's Beginning Art Classes for Adults | Tuesdays | March 31st 2026
2026-03-31 13:00 - 14:30 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
Classes will provide instruction in drawing, sketching, and painting with watercolors and acrylics. Classes will be taught every Tuesday.
Come and join us!

Kids After School Arts & Crafts with Maggie M | Tuesdays | March 31st 2026
2026-03-31 15:30 - 17:00 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
A weekly arts & crafts class for kids 6 to 13. Join Maggie M in exploring different art experiences and learning to use different creative mediums.

PPI presents: Improv at the BAC | Thursdays | April 2nd 2026 | FREE
2026-04-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Brewery Arts Center | East Building | The Maizie Theater, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
Join us every Thursday at 6:00 PM in the Maizie Black Box Theater at the Brewery Arts Center (449 W King St, Carson City, NV) for an evening of creativity, connection, and comedy!
Whether you’re a seasoned performer or totally new to the stage, this is your space to:
Learn improv techniques
Play fun and fast-paced games
Build confidence & communication skills
Overcome stage fright in a supportive environment
No experience necessary—just bring your curiosity and sense of humor!
Free to attend | Open to all | Weekly fun guaranteed

Adult Paint & Sip | Ladybug Stem | Fridays | April 3rd 2026
2026-04-03 18:30 - 21:00 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
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.

Loud As Folk presents: Charlie Parr | Friday | April 3rd 2026
2026-04-03 19:00 - 21:30 | Brewery Arts Center | West Building | Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
Loud As Folk began as a monthly songwriters showcase based out of Reno, NV in 2011 and has since grown into a touring revue, a recording studio, a radio hour, and a creative movement. The series has featured an eclectic mix of punk-gone-folk performers, underground legends, and fiercely original voices.
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Seating will open at 6:30 with music beginning at 7pm.
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In the music of Charlie Parr, there is a sincere conviction and earnest drive to create. The Minnesota-born guitarist, songwriter, and interpreter of traditional music has released 19 albums over two decades and has been known to perform up to 275 shows a year. Parr is a folk troubadour in the truest sense: taking to the road between shows, writing and rewriting songs as he plays, fueled by a belief that music is eternal and cannot be claimed or adequately explained. The bluesman poet pulls closely from the sights and sounds around him, his lyrical craftsmanship built by his influences. The sounds from his working-class upbringing—including Folkways legends such as Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie—imbue Parr’s music with stylistic echoes of blues and folk icons of decades past. Parr sees himself merely as a continuer of a folk tradition: “I feel like I stand on a lot of big shoulders,” he said in an interview. “I hope that I’ve brought a little bit of myself to the music.”

PPI presents: Improv at the BAC | Thursdays | April 9th 2026 | FREE
2026-04-04 18:00 - 2026-04-09 20:00 | Brewery Arts Center | East Building | The Maizie Theater, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Maggie M's Beginning Art Classes for Adults | Tuesdays | April 7th 2026
2026-04-07 13:00 - 14:30 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Kid's Clay Class | Magic Box | 3 Week Series | Fridays | Beginning April 10th 2026
2026-04-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Pottery Studio, 449 W KING ST, CARSON CITY, NV, 89703, United States
Join pottery artist, Alyse the Magnificent!
This is a great class for all levels and will definitely spark the joy of creation within your young one. Class includes hand building, underglaze and lots of fun! Ages 10 to 13.
Fee includes all supplies.

Adult Paint & Sip | Spring is Coming | Fridays | April 10th 2026
2026-04-10 18:30 - 21:00 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Brewery Arts Center's 50 Year Golden Jubilee | Saturday | April 11th 2026
2026-04-11 17:30 - 22:00 | Brewery Arts Center | East Building | Grand Ballroom, 449 W KING ST, CARSON CITY, NV, 89703, United States
Purchase your tickets here!
Brewery Arts Center is celebrating 50 years as Carson City’s cultural hub. To commemorate this monumental milestone we will be pulling out all the stops for an over the top gala on April 11th. Black ties are not required though we do ask you dress to impress. In honor of the anniversarry the theme is GOLD!
Tickets include:
– A tantalizing multi-course meal in the Grand Ballroom prepared by Celebrity Chef Mark Estee (Great Basin, Cucina Lupo, Liberty).
– An open bar including custom cocktails, craft beer, and wine.
– A two piece box of Moondance Chocolates.
– Passed apps and dessert in the Exhibition Hall.
– After dinner entertainment with Vancouver’s own Bob Sumner in the Maizie Theater.
Silent auction items include:
– Festival passes
– Hotel packages
– Event Tickets
– Custom art commissions
– Works by Salvador Dali
Not only will you be enjoying a night to remember, you will also be supporting your community. This major fundraiser will help generate the operating support BAC needs to facilitate hundreds of events year round.
Thank you to our generous sponsors Kilpatrick Bullentini Law, Western Nevada College, Liberty Food Group, Jon & Sally Rogers, Timi Baxter, Cellar 8 Wine Bar, Carson Digital Billboard, and Visit Carson City.
Menu:
Appetizers –
Caviar Tots, Shrimp Toast, Mushroom Tarts, Brie Cheese Puffs
Entrees –
Braised Beef Short Ribs, Halibut Provencal, Spring Vegetable Risotto
Assorted Desserts
Purchase your tickets here!

BAC Campus Beautification | Sunday | April 12th 2026
2026-04-12 10:00 - 15:00 | Brewery Arts Center | Outdoor Stage, 449 W KING ST, CARSON CITY, NV, 89703, United States
Love the BAC and the great outdoors? Join us for our annual campus clean up day as we get ready to jump into summer festival and concert series! We are looking for people of any age and experience to help with general campus clean up, like weeding, planting, garbage clean up, and other general landscaping. A great day to meet and mingle with the BAC crew and volunteers!
Don’t have the time, but still want to help? We will happily accept cash donations, or gift cards to Lowe’s or Greenhouse Garden Center to purchase flowers and plants for this summer. Donate Here!

Questions about participation? Email Val at val@breweryarts.org!

Maggie M's Beginning Art Classes for Adults | Tuesdays | April 14th 2026
2026-04-14 13:00 - 14:30 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Kids After School Arts & Crafts with Maggie M | Tuesdays | April 14th 2026
2026-04-14 15:30 - 17:00 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Spoken Views Poetry Open Mic Kickoff | Tuesday | April 14th 2026 | FREE
2026-04-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Brewery Arts Center | East Building | Exhibition Hall, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
Featuring rotating hosts from Spoken Views. Kicking off April 14 with Elisa Garcia (Reno Poet Laureate)

Poets may sign up at the event and have 3-5 minutes to share their work. There will be space for many voices. Poets are welcome to perform original work or share a cover poem – just be sure to give credit where credit is due.

Spoken Views Collective has a mission to provide a platform and safe spaces for spoken word expression as well as build a community of spoken word artists and poets. With the help of many local businesses SVC has been able to throw events and open mic nights, sharing the spoken word experience, elevating the organization to the premier spoken word hub and collective in Northern Nevada.

"A Life's Work Not Planned but Answered" with Guest Speaker, Retired Fire Chief, Charles Moore | Connections Central | Third Thursday Each Month | April 16th 2026 | FREE
2026-04-16 17:00 - 18:30 | Brewery Arts Center | East Building | Grand Ballroom, 449 W KING ST, CARSON CITY, NV, 89703, United States
Retired Fire Chief, Charles Moore, began his career with a profound change–not of the head, but of the heart. What led him to that change is a story of answering a call, not an alarm bell, but something deeper, more enduring, and more human.
Have you ever had an experience that not only changed the course your life, but uncovered a new you? Come and share it!
Come at 5:00 for complimentary refreshments.
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 from the experiences of one another.
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Being Creative with Ceramic Clay | Session 3 | 5 Week Series | Thursdays | Beginning April 16th 2026
2026-04-16 17:30 - 21:30 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Pottery Studio, 449 W KING ST, CARSON CITY, NV, 89703, United States
Session 3 is a continuation of our creative series clay class. In this workshop we will explore the sculptural side of hand building through 2 engaging projects. The first will be a demonstrative piece to get your creativity flowing and the second piece will be student choice. We will go over sculptural practices the first day of class and there will be many options to choose from for the students’ choice.

If you didn’t join us for the first 2 workshops and you have experience please consider joining us. This will be an engaging, fun and creative clay class that you’re sure to learn from and come away with an amazing sculpture and a new appreciation for 3 dimensional art. The examples shown are just that, examples of what’s possible.

About the Instructor, Deborah Mae Corona:
As a sculptural artist, I enjoy the process from the initial concept to the finished piece and the evolution that inevitably occurs during the making. I have had the extreme pleasure of being mentored by world class artists like Eric Blome, Anne Stryke and Wanxin Zhang to name a few, whom I credit with the trajectory of my career. I received my master’s of fine art from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In a city with a history rich and diverse in both art and culture taught me that skills are important but so is the intuitive aspect that comes from years of practice. It is ingrained that an artist’s job is to interpret the world around them, but more important is that art is a universal language that the viewer doesn’t need to necessarily know or speak that the art should speak for itself. With that mindset, I strive to impart that wisdom through my teaching. Art is invaluable, it matters and that’s my goal.

Dates, times and fees are a follows:

April 16, 23, 30, May 7 and 14
These classes will be on Thursday’s from 5:30 – 9:30pm
The first 3 classes will be building and May 7th will be the glazing class.

***Saturday April 25th will be a make-up – catch-up class which you will need to sign up for and is included in the price of this workshop.

The last class period 5/14 will be the final critique and picking up your completed work. This final class will be approx. an hour.

The cost for this class is $150 and includes all materials, instruction and firings to complete the projects. A $20 lab fee will be collected the first day of class to the instructor.

PPI presents: Improv at the BAC | Thursdays | April 16th 2026 | FREE
2026-04-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Brewery Arts Center | East Building | The Maizie Theater, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Adult Paint & Sip | They're Blooming | Fridays | April 17th 2026
2026-04-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Wild Horse Children's Theater presents: Madagascar Jr. | Friday | April 17th 2026
2026-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Brewery Arts Center | West Building | Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
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Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto your stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. follows all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.
Filled with outlandish characters, adventure galore and an upbeat score, Madagascar JR. will leave audiences with no choice but to “Move It, Move It!”

Wild Horse Children's Theater presents: Madagascar Jr. | Saturday | April 18th 2026 | 2 & 7pm
2026-04-18 14:00 - 21:00 | Brewery Arts Center | West Building | Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
Buy Tickets!
Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto your stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. follows all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.
Filled with outlandish characters, adventure galore and an upbeat score, Madagascar JR. will leave audiences with no choice but to “Move It, Move It!”
Shows at 2 and 7pm

Wild Horse Children's Theater presents: Madagascar Jr. | Sunday | April 19th 2026
2026-04-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Brewery Arts Center | West Building | Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Maggie M's Beginning Art Classes for Adults | Tuesdays | April 21st 2026
2026-04-21 13:00 - 14:30 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Kids After School Arts & Crafts with Maggie M | Tuesdays | April 21st 2026
2026-04-21 15:30 - 17:00 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

PPI presents: Improv at the BAC | Thursdays | April 23rd 2026 | FREE
2026-04-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Brewery Arts Center | East Building | The Maizie Theater, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Adult Paint & Sip | Spring Gnome | Fridays | April 24th 2026
2026-04-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
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.
There will be a stencil provided for this class.
Please arrive through 2nd St entrance.

Wild Horse Children's Theater presents: Madagascar Jr. | Friday | April 24th 2026
2026-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Brewery Arts Center | West Building | Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Wild Horse Children's Theater presents: Madagascar Jr. | Saturday | April 25th 2026 | 2 & 7pm
2026-04-25 14:00 - 21:00 | Brewery Arts Center | West Building | Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Wild Horse Children's Theater presents: Madagascar Jr. | Sunday | April 26th 2026
2026-04-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Brewery Arts Center | West Building | Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, NV, 89703, United States

Maggie M's Beginning Art Classes for Adults | Tuesdays | April 28th 2026
2026-04-28 13:00 - 14:30 | Brewery Arts Center | South Building | Painting Studio, 449 W King St, Carson City, NV, 89703, United States
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