Rachel Saslow

1 week ago | wweek.com | Rachel Saslow

It takes local sports magnate Alan Miller a minute to figure out how many teams he co-owns. “A few,” he says. “Three. At least three. Depending on how you count them.”Let’s try: baseball’s Portland Pickles, soccer’s Portland Bangers, and the Lake County Captains, a minor league baseball team outside of Cleveland. He is working on a fourth, a women’s soccer team in Portland that he can talk more about come fall. His business partner is Jon Ryan, a former Seattle Seahawks punter.

1 week ago | wweek.com | Rachel Saslow

By Rachel Saslow [email protected]’s one of the first Portland Bangers soccer games and the weenie jokes will not quit. “Bring your wurst” T-shirts hang in the merch tent at the May 30 game. A lively cheering section chants a variation of the 2000 Ricky Martin song “She Bangs.” The 11-foot mascot, Saucy T. Sausage, roams the stands, visible grill marks along its girth.

1 week ago | wweek.com | Rachel Saslow

Portland audiences will receive the first look at comedian Chris Grace’s newest show, 27 Hours, when it debuts at Kickstand Comedy this Friday, June 20. “Call this a preview of a work in progress,” Grace says. “I don’t know if I can lower the bar any more than that.”Grace plans to write and perform a new show every day of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, for a total of 27 shows in August.

1 week ago | wweek.com | Rachel Saslow

JinJu Patisserie earned a James Beard Award for Outstanding Bakery at a ceremony at the Lyric Opera in Chicago tonight, June 16. This was the second year in a row the North Williams Avenue patisserie was a nominee in this category, and its first win. Owners Kyurim “Q” Lee and Jin Caldwell accepted the honor for their signature croissants, bonbons and more in front of a room of the best chefs and restaurateurs in the country.

2 weeks ago | wweek.com | Rachel Saslow

Summer in Sumner is not easy to say three times fast. But summer in Sumner goes down as easy as a My-O-My-Tai, one of the many cocktails available at the tiki bar east of 82nd Avenue, My-O-My. Next weekend, June 20-22, My-O-My is hosting its first-ever Oh My! Summer Bash as a celebration of its one-year anniversary of new ownership and its northeast Portland community.