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Photo by Veronica Heath The Sklar Brothers performing at Suki’s open mic On December 18, Suki’s Bar & Grill held its last comedy open mic. Sure, there are plenty of other mics in town, but the Suki’s mic had become somewhat legendary among both comedians and fans—for better and for worse. It was known as […]

It’s about time. The rest of the country is catching on to something we’d already known here in Portland for a long time: Ron Funches is fucking awesome! Now that three different publications of varying repute have called him “a comic to watch,” it’s time for us to just accept that 2013 is going to […]

So that whole end of the world thing was pretty underwhelming. But you know what ISN’T underwhelming? Three kickass comedians who just spent almost two months on the road on The Biggest Tour Ever Ever, and are back now to tell us all about it. Right after getting back from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Kristine […]

Vote/Funny 2012 came about because show producer Joe Hieronymus didn’t think he was going to vote. “I had to be convinced to vote this year,” he said, “by my good friend Shawn Fleek.” Fleek is a fellow comedian who also works for the Bus Project — and anyone who’s been even remotely in contact with […]

Hey, I don’t know if you heard, but there’s an election happening right now. And according to my Twitter feed, voters’ principal concerns are whether or not Big Bird should be allowed in women’s binders, and restricting the ability of privileged white dudes to get driver’s licenses. From the presidential debate to whatever Jefferson Smith […]

Portland’s comedy scene is killing it these days. Doubt it? Go read the hilarious Ian Karmel’s love note to all things Portland as fuck. This town is sick with the funny, and someone besides us finally took note. Comedy Central, arbiter of all things funny but relatively safe for a mainstream audience, is checking out […]

For a who’s-who of Portland comedy that doesn’t involve having to go to every damn open mic or showcase in town, drop by Helium tonight and tomorrow at 8pm. The talent scout from the Seattle International Comedy Competition (SICC) (held in November) is here to check out our comedians and maybe advance a few of […]