Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) turned 30 this year, making it both a millennial and the creator of the city’s shiniest experimental performance jewel, the Time-Based Art Festival (TBA). Returning September 4-14, this year’s fest brings a full-force two-weekend lineup packed with multimodal poetry, queer opera, and shape-shifting dance.

You’ll find programming at four venues—PICA’s cavernous Hancock headquarters, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), Winningstad Theatre, and Reed College—featuring a lineup that leans West Coast, with artists hailing from Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles.

Earlier this year, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) withdrew PICA’s $30,000 project grant, funding which was earmarked for artists participating in TBA 2025. The l

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