Events

To schedule readings or other events, email me at: jp [at] jenniferperrine.org

Upcoming Events:

Saturday, May 17, 2025, 7:00-8:30pm PT – UnderBar, Vancouver, WA

I’ll be performing as part of Comic Babies: New Voices in Queer Comedy, alongside 7 other up-and-coming comics. Doors open at 6:30pm. Suggested donation of $5-10, but all are welcome to attend.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 7:00-8:30pm PT – Literary Arts, Portland, OR

I’ll be co-hosting the bimonthly Incite: Queer Writers Read with Vinnie Kinsella, on the theme of “Ritual.” The featured readers are T. Thorn Coyle, Miranda Schmidt, and Juan Antonio Trujillo, and the reading will be followed by a community discussion.

Friday, June 20, 2025, 3:00-4:30pm PT – Portland Chinatown Museum, Portland, OR

I’ll be in conversation with Ingrid Hu Dahl about her new memoir, Sun Shining on Morning Snow. Admission is free, and the event will be followed by a book signing.

Sunday, June 22, 2025, 9:30-11:30am PT – Online

I’ll be teaching an online class, “Poetry Under Pressure: Finding the Freedom in Constraints,” through the Hudson Valley Writers Center. We’ll write using several playful and poetic constraints—such as lipograms, acrostics, and bout rimés—to discover what happens when we write our way through tricky restrictions. Find more details and registration info here.

Thursday, August 14, 2025, 7:00-8:00pm PT – Hidden Creek Community Center, Hillsboro, OR

I’ll be teaming up with improvisors from Kickstand Comedy, as they create a night of comedy inspired by my writing. Tickets are available here.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 5:30-7:30pm PT – Online

I’ll be the guest speaker at the Central Oregon Writers Guild online meeting, which is free and open to the public. I’ll be talking about “Finding the Freedom in Form,” and there will be a couple of opportunities during the talk for everyone to experiment with some unusual formal constraints.

Saturday, September 13, 2025, 1:00-4:00pm PT – Downtown Library, Bend, OR

I’ll be facilitating an in-person workshop, “Contents Under Pressure: Using Constraints to Stretch Your Creativity.” We’ll play with “extreme” constraints inspired by everything from music to math, from dictionaries to daily walks, and invent some of our own constraints to try out after the workshop ends. Tickets for the workshop are available here.

Saturday, October 18, 2025, 9:30am-1:30pm PT – Online

I’ll be teaching an online class, “Assembling Your Poetry Manuscript,” through the Hudson Valley Writers Center. The class includes exercises to help you identify themes, experiment with sequence and structure, and recognize opportunities for further development. Find more details and registration info here.

Jennifer Perrine