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3rd Annual Mark Twain Days returns to Carson City Oct.16-18
October 17 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
8:00 am – 5:00 pm October 16th, 17th, & 18th
Brewery Arts Center, in partnership with Visit Carson City, is excited to be hosting the 3rd Annual Mark Twain Days in Downtown Carson City!
• Thursday night we will kick it off at the Brewery Arts Center for an Opening Reception.
• Friday we will featured author workshops inside the historic rooms of the Nevada State Capitol Building and, of course, the Twain Train to Virginia City.
• Saturday the festivities are coming to North Carson Street! On Saturday, October 18th from 11am to 4pm, we will be closing North Carson Street from 4th Street to Proctor to fill it with vendors, family-friendly art, food trucks, and of course, all things Twain! State museums will be free for all, and we will close it out with the Low Brow Ball at the Nevada State Museum.
Go here and check out the schedule below to plan your weekend!
Thursday, October 16th – At the Brewery Arts Center (BAC)
- Mark Twain Reading Area Ribbon Cutting – 4 to 5pm Nevada State LibraryÂ
- Gold Hill News Reception – 5 to 8pm Exhibition Hall
- Connections Central – 5:15 to 7pm Grand Ballroom
- Hope Academy Twain Program, featuring McAvoy Layne – 7:30 to 9pm Performance Hall
- Ticketed – Mark Twain & Friends
- Tony Evans Jr. – 7:30pm Nashville Social Club
- Ticketed – Tony Evans Jr
Friday, October 17th –
- State Folklorist Brad McMullen Discusses Nevada’s Rich Folklore – 2 to 2:45pm Nevada State Library
- Twain Train – 2 to 6:45pm – V&T Railway Eastgate Depot
- Ticketed – Twain Train
- Dani Putney Discusses Poetry – 3 to 3:45pm Nevada State Library
- PPI presents Arsenic & Old Lace – 7pm BAC Maizie Theater
- Ticketed – Arsenic & Old Lace
- Mark Twain & Julia Bulette: Together Again – 7:30 to 9pm BAC Performance Hall
- Ticketed – Together Again Tickets
- Tin Drum Family Band – 7:30pm Nashville Social Club
- Ticketed – Tin Drum Family Band
Saturday, October 18th –
- Kids Fishing Day – 9am to 12pm Bailey’s Fishing Pond
- Harvest Train – 10am to 3pm Nevada State Railroad Museum
- Twain & the Fabulists Ghost Walk – 10 to 11:30am McFadden Plaza
- Ticketed – Mark Twain & the Fabulists
- Vendor Fair and Live Performances – 11am to 4pm BAC CampusÂ
- Impressing Twain: Hands-On Letterpress for Beginners with Dr. Ghilieri – 11am to 4pm BAC Exhibition Hall
- Ogres-Holm Pottery: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Workshop – 11 to 4pm BAC Pottery Studio
- Wagon Rides – 12 to 3pm BAC Campus
- Workshops at BAC
- Grand Ballroom
- Michael Branch – 11:15am to 12pm
- Jen Tune, 1:45 to 2:30pm
- Fil Corbert, 2:45 to 3:30pm
- Jed Block – 4pm to 5:30pm
- Performance Hall Lobby
- Suzanne Williams – 12 to 1:15pm
- Michael Smith – 1:30 to 2:15pm
- Bradford McMullin – 3 to 3:45pm
- Grand Ballroom
- Mark Twain From the Grave, a lecture by Janice Oberding – 1 pm Carriage House, 1207 North Carson Street
- Low Brow Social – 6 to 9pm Nevada State Museum
- Ticketed – Low Brow Social
- PPI presents Arsenic & Old Lace – 7pm BAC Maizie Theater
- Ticketed – Arsenic & Old Lace
- The Everly Brothers Experience – 7:30pm Nashville Social Club
- Ticketed – Everly Brothers
Sunday, October 19th –
- Harvest Train – 10am to 3pm Nevada State Railroad Museum
- PPI presents Arsenic & Old Lace – 2pm BAC Maizie Theater
- Ticketed – Arsenic & Old Lace
- Songwriter’s Round Presents: The Sibling Sessions – 4 to 6pm Nashville Social Club
- Ticketed – Songwriter’s Round
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