Can a new comedy club bring the laffs back to Portland?
by Andrew R Tonry
Suki's is a dump. But here, in the basement of the Travelodge on SW 4th, Portland's stand-up community gathers almost religiously. They've done it for years—not for the horrible sight-lines or for the tweakers more interested in chewing away their own teeth at the poker machines or yakking mindlessly across the pool table, but because the comedians made it their home. There are open mics like the one at Suki's almost every night of the week across Portland, and they…
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