pictured above: Linda Austin + Allie Hankins, photo by Jeff Forbes

Join Performance Works NW in 2021 to light your hearts, and faces, with these wonderful virtual events!

PWNW continues to spotlight Portland’s array of experimental artists in our (mostly monthly) Zoom Happy Hour Series. Late January, friends of PWNW help us present a Poets’ Benefit for PWNW. In February, another retrospective look at 20 years with a PWNW Watch Party featuring clips from Cabaret Boris & Natasha! And in March, a long awaited peek at Linda Austin + Allie Hankins’ work /ə ˈsɪŋgəl pɪŋk klɑʊd/

Mark your calendars and put on your sweatpants…

Free or by donation. RSVP required for online access.

HAPPY HOUR || DECEMBER 17 || JALEESA JOHNSTON & SOPHIA WRIGHT EMIGH

SPECIAL EVENT || DECEMBER 21 || LINDA AUSTIN & JEFF FORBES || Solstice Quartet

HAPPY HOUR || JANUARY 21 || FERN WILEY/LEAH WILMOTH & AYAKO KATAOKA

Poets’ Benefit for PWNW || JANUARY 31 || The dance moves on and prose limps hopelessly behind

PWNW WATCH PARTY || FEBRUARY 14 (Valentine’s Day) || Cabaret Boris & Natasha

HAPPY HOUR || FEBRUARY 18 || MAURA CAMPBELL BALKITS & INTISAR ABIOTO

LAD || MARCH 26-28 || LINDA AUSTIN + ALLIE HANKINS /ə ˈsɪŋgəl pɪŋk klɑʊd/

HAPPY HOUR || APRIL 15 || STEPHANIE LAVON TROTTER & IXNAY (MAXX KATZ/JOHN NIEKRASZ)

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PWNW ZOOM HAPPY HOUR SERIES

FEATURING ADVENTUROUS ARTISTS, CRAFTY COCKTAILS,

AND DELICIOUS DISCUSSION!

The Happy Hour series takes place every third Thursday on Zoom, from 5 to 6:20pm, with two different featured artists for each session, plus chat, cocktails, and bingo.

PWNW RETROSPECTIVE WATCH PARTIES

CELEBRATING 20+ YEARS OF AVID EXPERIMENTATION (& FUN!)

A Retrospective marking our 20th Anniversary offers a series of themed watch parties featuring glimpses of PWNW performance from 2000-2020. An occasional Sunday from 4-6pm.