Mark Twain Days full festival schedule for this weekend in Carson City, Virginia City
The wait is finally over. The second annual Mark Twain Days Festival returns to Carson City and Virginia City this weekend! Enjoy themed train rides, concerts, literature, book sales, kid's stories, and so much more all throughout the capital city and Virginia City.
Let's take a look at the full list of events for the weekend.
- Carson City
FRIDAY MAY 10
MARK TWAIN MEDALLION MINTING
8:30 am to 4:30 pm - Nevada State Museum Ticketed Event / Kids under 17 Free
NAC’S TRAVELING EXHIBITION - GEOGRAPHICAL DIVIDES: FINDING COMMON GROUND
9 am to 4 pm - Carson City Senior Center
CARSON CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY - GUIDED TOURS
10 am to 4 pm - Foreman-Roberts House
STORYTIME: TOM SAWYER WITH PADDLEBOAT STEAM ACTIVITY
10:30 am to 12 pm - Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada
Free - Does Not Include Museum Admission
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WRITING by the Silver State Storytellers
12 to 2 pm - Comma Coffee - Ticketed Event
MARK TWAIN’S INFLUENCE ON AFRICAN AMERICANS AND SOCIETY
12 to 1:30 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Ballroom Ticketed Event
DON KUHL: YOUR LIFE IS A STORY
12:30 to 1:30 pm - Carson City Senior Center
DR. AMY GHILIERI HISTORY OF BOOKS WORKSHOP (Hands On)
3 to 5 pm - Western Nevada College Print Room
CONNECTIONS - SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER MCAVOY LAYNE
5:15 to 7 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Ballroom
ELEMENTS OF WRITING WORKSHOP - SUZANNE MORGAN WILLIAMS
5:30 to 8:30 pm - Community Arts Building Ticketed Event
MARK TWAIN PAINT AND SIP
6:30 to 9 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Classroom Ticketed Event
LITERATURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE WITH SCOTT NEUFFER
7:15 to 9 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Performance Hall
NEIL SIMON’S FOOLS BY PPI
7 to 9 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Maizie Theater Ticketed Event
THE PLEASURES OF MUSIC BY THE CARSON CITY SYMPHONY
7:30 pm - Shepherd of the Sierras
HARMONIES, WESTERN WIT AND HIGH- YODELING WITH RIDERS IN THE SKY
7:30 to 10:30 pm - Nashville Social Club Ticketed Event
MARK TWAIN THEMED CRIME SCENE EXPERIENCE
All Day - Escape 36 - Ticketed Event
SATURDAY MAY 11
MARK TWAIN MEDALLION MINTING
8:30 am to 4:30 pm - Nevada State Museum
NEVADA STATE MUSEUM FREE ADMISSION
8:30 am to 4:30 pm - Nevada State Museum
NEVADA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM FREE ADMISSION
9 am to 4:30 pm - Nevada State Railroad Museum
ELEVATING FICTION WITH POETRY BY SILVER STATE STORYTELLERS
9 am to 11 am - Comma Coffee - Ticketed Event
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF NORTHERN NEVADA FREE ADMISSION
9:30 am to 4 pm - Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada
JUMPING FROG CELEBRATION
9:30 am to 4:30 pm - Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada
OPENING DAY FOR HISTORIC NEVADA STATE PRISON TOURS
9/10/11 am, 12 pm - Nevada State Prison Ticketed Event
CARSON CITY: THEN AND NOW WITH JED BLOCK
10 am - Brewery Arts Center - Ballroom
Ticketed Event
RARE BOOK AND AUTHOR FAIR
10 am to 3 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Performance Hall
NEVADA INSPIRED SHORTS HOSTED BY JESSE JAMES ZIEGLER
10 am to 3 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Performance Hall
WAGON RIDES Featuring the Mule Stylings of Valkyrie, Svana, and Freydis
10 am to 3 pm - Brewery Arts Center
Ticketed Event
TWAIN DAYS ART FAIR
10 am to 3 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Parking Lot
FAMILY FUN SATURDAY - GRATITUDE CARDS
10 am to 3 pm - Nevada State Museum
STATE CAPITOL BUILDING TOURS FREE ADMISSION
10 am to 3 pm - Nevada State Capitol Building
CARSON CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY GUIDED TOURS
10 am to 4 pm - Foreman-Roberts House
TREASURE HUNT PRESENTED BY DBA
10 am to 4 pm - Downtown Carson
PRINT MAKING WORKSHOP (Hands On)
10 to 11:30 am - Community Arts Building Ticketed Event
DBA PASSPORT ADVENTURE
11 am to 2 pm - Midtown Marketplace start
GHOST WALK: THE FABULISTS
11 am to 12:30 pm - Bob McFadden Plaza Ticketed Event
NEWSPAPER WORKSHOP
11 am to 2 pm - Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada
WRITING FOR THE SILVER SCREEN BY SILVER STATE STORYTELLERS
12 to 2 pm - Comma Coffee - Ticketed Event
FAMILY FRIENDLY LITERARY WORKSHOP
12 to 1:30 pm - Community Arts Building
Ticketed Event
OGRES-HOLM POTTERY MAKE YOUR OWN CALAVERAS FROG
12 to 6 pm - Ogres-Holm Pottery Studio
THE WIND: LIVE WITH FIL CORBETT AND MICHAEL BRANCH
12 to 2 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Ballroom Ticketed Event
FAMILY STORYTIME - THE TAIL OF TIKKI THE QUAIL
1 to 1:30 pm - Nevada State Museum
STURO ARTIST TALK AND DEMONSTRATION
1:30 to 2:30 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Exhibition Hall
FAMILY STORYTIME - THE TAIL OF TIKKI THE QUAIL
2 to 2:30 pm - Nevada State Museum
WE MUST-ACHE YOU TO JOIN US FOR A MUSTACHE PHOTO OP WITH MARK TWAIN
2:30 to 3 pm - Brewery Arts Center
RIVER AND BRIDGES: THE WAYS WE MOVE THROUGH AND TOWARD WITH GAILMARIE PAHMEIER AND COURTNEY CLIFTEN
2 to 4 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Ballroom
Ticketed Event
CARSON STREET RAGTIME BAND
4 to 6 pm - The White House
SPOKEN VIEWS COLLECTIVE
7 to 9 pm - Western Nevada College
BOW TIE BALL
6 to 9 pm - Nevada State Museum Ticketed Event
SNOWSHOE THOMPSON: SUPER HERO OF THE SIERRA NEVADA CHAUTAUQUA PERFORMANCE BY DAVID AND GAYLE WOODRUFF
6:30 to 7:30 pm - Foreman-Roberts House Ticketed Event
MARK TWAIN PAINT AND SIP
6:30 to 9 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Classroom Ticketed Event
NEIL SIMON’S FOOLS BY PPI
7 to 9 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Maizie Theater - Ticketed Event
AN EVENING OF BLUES WITH COCO MONTOYA
7:30 to 10:30 pm - Nashville Social Club Ticketed Event
MARK TWAIN THEMED CRIME SCENE EXPERIENCE
All Day - Escape 36
SUNDAY MAY 12
MARK TWAIN MEDALLION MINTING
8:30 am to 4:30 pm - Nevada State Museum Paid Admission
HISTORIC NEVADA STATE PRISON TOURS
9/10/11 am and 12 pm - Nevada State Prison Ticketed Event
CARSON CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY GUIDED TOURS
10 am to 4 pm - Foreman-Roberts House
FAMILY ART WORKSHOP CREATE POETRY AND CARDS
10 to 10:45 am - Community Arts Building Ticketed Event
GHOST WALK: THE FABULISTS
11 am to 12:30 pm - Bob McFadden Plaza Ticketed Event
FAMILY ART WORKSHOP CREATE POETRY AND CARDS
11 to 11:45 am - Community Arts Building
Ticketed Event
FAMILY ART WORKSHOP CREATE POETRY AND CARDS
12 to 12:45 pm - Community Arts Building Ticketed Event
NEIL SIMON’S FOOLS BY PPI
2 to 4 pm - Brewery Arts Center - Maizie Theater - Ticketed Event
MARK TWAIN THEMED CRIME SCENE EXPERIENCE
Open at 12 to 9 pm - Escape 36 - Ticketed Event
- Virginia City
FRIDAY MAY 10
MARK TWAIN PHOTO OP AND MERCHANDISE
All Day - Mark Twain Casino
PAM BREKAS SPRING ART EXHIBITION St. Mary’s Art Center
MARK TWAIN EXHIBITION St. Mary’s Art Center
LOUISE CURRAN THEATER: MARK TWAIN AND THE ARTS SLIDESHOW
St. Mary’s Art Center
TWAIN TRAIN TO VIRGINIA CITY 2:30 to 8:45 pm - V&T Railroad
Ticketed Event
MARK TWAIN DAYS ART AFTER DARK 3:30 to 7:30 pm - St. Mary’s Art Center
Ticketed Event - $20.00/Members $15.00
ART LAB: CREATE MINIATURE PAINTINGS 3:45 to 7:30 pm - St. Mary’s Art Center
Ticketed Event
VIRGINIA CITY SHUTTLES 3:30 to 7:30 pm
LIVE MUSIC BY THE OTHERS BROTHERS
4 to 7 pm - St. Mary’s Art Center
TOURS OF TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE
4:30 to 7 pm - Territorial Enterprise
Ticketed Event
LEARN ABOUT MARK TWAIN’S FORMATIVE TIME IN VIRGINIA CITY FROM HISTORIAN JOE CURTIS
5 to 7 pm - Fourth Ward School and Museum Ticketed Event - Members Free
PRINTING PRESS DEMONSTRATION Fourth Ward School and Museum
“BUCK FANSHAW’S FUNERAL” BY MARK TWAIN
READING BY MARTIN A. DAVID
5:30 pm - St. Mary’s Art Center
SATURDAY MAY 11
MARK TWAIN PHOTO OP AND MERCHANDISE
All Day - Mark Twain Casino
V&T MOTHER’S DAY TRAIN
10 am to 4:15 pm - V&T Railroad Ticketed Event
CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND ON THE COMSTOCK
10 am to 4 pm - Gallery of the West
PAM BREKAS SPRING ART EXHIBITION St. Mary’s Art Center
MARK TWAIN EXHIBITION St. Mary’s Art Center
LOUISE CURRAN THEATER: MARK TWAIN AND THE ARTS SLIDESHOW
St. Mary’s Art Center
VICTORIAN TEA AND BRUNCH
12 to 2 pm - Fourth Ward School and Museum Ticketed Event
VICTORIAN HAT FASHION AND HISTORY PRESENTATIONS
12 to 2 pm - Fourth Ward School and Museum Ticketed Event
ART LAB: CREATE MINIATURE PAINTINGS
3:45 to 7:30 pm - St. Mary’s Art Center
Ticketed Event
VIRGINIA CITY SHUTTLES
3:30 to 7:30 pm - Virginia City
TOURS OF TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE
10 am to 4 pm - Territorial Enterprise Ticketed Event
ART & HISTORY EXPERIENCE
11 to 4 pm - St. Mary’s Art Center Ticketed Event - Members Free
SUNDAY MAY 12
MARK TWAIN PHOTO OP AND MERCHANDISE
All Day - Mark Twain Casino
V&T MOTHER’S DAY TRAIN
10 am to 4:15 pm - V&T Railroad Ticketed Event
CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND ON THE COMSTOCK
10 am to 4 pm - Gallery of the West
MARK TWAIN EXHIBITION - Learn more about other iconic Virginia City writers and newspapers
10 am to 5 pm - Fourth Ward School and Museum Ticketed Event
PAM BREKAS SPRING ART EXHIBITION St. Mary’s Art Center
Ticketed Event
MARK TWAIN EXHIBITION St. Mary’s Art Center
Ticketed Event
LOUISE CURRAN THEATER: MARK TWAIN AND THE ARTS SLIDESHOW
St. Mary’s Art Center
Ticketed Event
ART & HISTORY EXPERIENCE
11 to 4 pm - St. Mary’s Art Center Ticketed Event - Members Free
VIRGINIA CITY SHUTTLES
3:30 to 7:30 pm - Virginia City
ART LAB: CREATE MINIATURE PAINTINGS
3:45 to 7:30 pm - St. Mary’s Art Center
Ticketed Event
TOURS OF TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE
10 am to 4 pm - Territorial Enterprise Ticketed Event
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