A former intern, Conner served as Portland Monthly's arts and culture editor from 2019 until 2022.

Cinemas

The Hollywood Theatre Gets a Makeover

The iconic cinema’s façade receives a long-awaited renovation.

10/11/2022 By Conner Reed

Film Review

Showing Up Brings Portland to NYFF

Kelly Reichardt’s latest lowkey gem offers a portrait of the artist as a grunt worker.

10/10/2022 By Conner Reed

Feature

Remembering Vampira and Tarantula Ghoul, Oregon’s Scream Queens

Inside the legacies of two locally grown horror hosts

10/03/2022 By Conner Reed Illustrations by Patrick Leger

Visual Art

The Coolest Gallery Shows in Portland Right Now

Food by way of Warhol and Hockney, a dizzying look at German history, autumnal brushes with the occult, and more

09/27/2022 By Conner Reed

Books

5 Takeaways from Colin Meloy’s Eerie New Middle-Grade Thriller

The Stars Did Wander Darkling, an ’80s adventure set on the Oregon Coast, is on shelves now.

09/23/2022 By Conner Reed

Theater

Northwest Children’s Theater Finds a New Home in Downtown Portland

For nearly three decades, NWCT has operated in a former Christian Science church in Nob Hill. In January, it’s moving to Broadway.

09/21/2022 By Conner Reed

Theater

Artists Repertory Theatre Announces New Artistic Director

Jeanette Harrison will be just the third person in the company's 41-year history to hold the role.

09/20/2022 By Conner Reed

Pop Culture Deep Dive

What Is Going On with Our Relationship to Don’t Worry Darling?

As a movie, the Olivia Wilde–helmed thriller is drawing unflattering comparisons to Black Mirror. As tabloid fodder, it might mark a cultural inflection point.

09/12/2022 By Conner Reed

TBA

Our Top Picks for the 2022 Time-Based Art Festival

PICA’s wild, wonderful 10-day art party is back. Here’s what we’re most excited for at TBA this year.

09/08/2022 By Conner Reed

Film

The Trailer for Jordan Peele’s New Portland-Made Stop-Motion Feature Is Here

Wendell & Wild hits Netflix October 28.

09/06/2022 By Conner Reed

Theater Review

tick, tick ... BOOM! at Portland Center Stage Plays Plenty of Grace Notes

At its best, this production of Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical convinces us there really is no day but today.

09/02/2022 By Conner Reed

fall arts

Get Ready for Portland’s First Full-Blown Theatrical Season since 2019

Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, Profile, Lakewood, and other companies have big plans for local stages.

09/02/2022 By Conner Reed

Arts News

12 Portland Arts Orgs Receive $10K Education Grants from Oregon Arts Commission

The Arts Learning grants went to 24 organizations statewide to support residencies, haunted houses, original operas, and more.

08/29/2022 By Conner Reed

Film

Baby Fever Is a Monstrously Good Portland-Made Horror Flick

The pregnancy-centered, candy-colored short from Hannah May Cumming is making a splash on the festival circuit.

08/26/2022 By Conner Reed

Television

This Oregon Couple (and Their Goat) Star in a New Discovery+ Series

Chad, Cate, and Frankie make for lovely company on episode three of animal-centric docuseries The Bond.

08/05/2022 By Conner Reed

Pop Culture Deep Dive

A List of Things Less Gay Than Beyoncé’s Renaissance

The superstar’s seventh album is a glittering tribute to queer dance music through the ages, making it a hell of a lot gayer than, say, a bachelorette party at Darcelle's (all love).

08/01/2022 By Conner Reed

Audio

Bill Oakley’s Space: 1969 Is an Absurd, Rewarding Sci-Fi Romp

The Natasha Lyonne-starring “audiobook” imagines an alternate future where Kennedy was never assassinated.

08/01/2022 By Conner Reed

Real Estate

Every Portland Suburb in a Nutshell

Beaverton to Wood Village, Camas to Wilsonville.

07/26/2022 By Julia Silverman, Matthew Trueherz, Conner Reed, and Dalila Brent

Interview

Denial Presents a Compellingly Low-Key Vision of Post-Revolution Portland

Set in 2052, the latest novel from author/screenwriter Jon Raymond imagines a disillusioned future that looks a lot like the present, despite big policy victories.

07/22/2022 By Conner Reed

Movie Theaters

How the Clinton Street Theater’s New Owners Are Bringing It into the Future

The 107-year-old Southeast Portland punk palace is getting a light makeover—but its spirit is staying the same as ever.

07/19/2022 By Conner Reed