diff --git a/brewtils/models.py b/brewtils/models.py
index 7807b537..3fcb1748 100644
--- a/brewtils/models.py
+++ b/brewtils/models.py
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ def __init__(
         namespace=None,
         command=None,
         id=None,  # noqa # shadows built-in
+        is_event=None,
         parent=None,
         children=None,
         parameters=None,
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ def __init__(
             output_type=output_type,
         )
         self.id = id
+        self.is_event = is_event or False
         self.parent = parent
         self.children = children
         self.output = output
diff --git a/brewtils/rest/publish_client.py b/brewtils/rest/publish_client.py
index fa1a2ee3..e5552033 100644
--- a/brewtils/rest/publish_client.py
+++ b/brewtils/rest/publish_client.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class PublishClient(Object):
     **Topics are internal routing values for Beer Garden. These are not RabbitMQ/Pika topics.**
 
     PublishClient creation:
-        This class is intended to be the main way to create Beer-garden topic based requestes.
+        This class is intended to be the main way to create Beer-garden topic based requests.
         Create an instance with Beer-garden connection information:
 
             client = PublishClient(
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class PublishClient(Object):
                 bg_port=2337,
             )
 
-        Note: Passing an empty string as the system_namespace parameter will evalutate
+        Note: Passing an empty string as the system_namespace parameter will evaluate
         to the local garden's default namespace.
 
     Making a Request:
diff --git a/brewtils/schemas.py b/brewtils/schemas.py
index 2cb06be8..c571d584 100644
--- a/brewtils/schemas.py
+++ b/brewtils/schemas.py
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ class RequestTemplateSchema(BaseSchema):
 
 class RequestSchema(RequestTemplateSchema):
     id = fields.Str(allow_none=True)
+    is_event = fields.Bool(allow_none=True)
     parent = fields.Nested("self", exclude=("children",), allow_none=True)
     children = fields.Nested(
         "self", exclude=("parent", "children"), many=True, default=None, allow_none=True