Laugh it up at Downriver's own comedy club, The Comedy Room, at Portofino, 3455 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte.
Tickets are $6 Thursdays (open mic, improv night), $10 Fridays and $12 Saturdays, with dinner/show packages at $23.95 Thursdays and $27.95 Fridays and Saturdays. Call 1-734-624-5561.
At 9 p.m. today, The Comedy Room will host Comedy for a Cause, featuring Kevin Naughton. The event is a benefit for Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society. Tickets are $20. For more information, call 1-989-965-0259.
Nationally acclaimed comedian and magician Chris Blackmore will be performing a family friendly show at Twin Oaks Christian Church, 22333 King Road, Woodhaven, at 7 p.m. next Friday.
Blackmore has performed in Las Vegas and around the country for community and corporate groups. His unique combination of comedy and magic and reputation for having a clean, professional act that all ages can enjoy has made him a frequently requested performer with corporations ranging from Disney to General Motors to Coca-Cola.
Tickets are $12 in advance, or $100 for a table of 10 in advance. Tickets at the door are $15 per person. For information or reservations, call the church at 1-734-479-1400.
The All Stars of Comedy, featuring Arnez J., Rickey Smiley, Earthquake and Anthony Anderson, are set to perform at the Fox Theatre at 8 p.m. May 25.
Tickets are $51.50, $66.50 and $78 and are available at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices and at all Ticketmaster locations. Charge by phone at 1-248-433-1515. For more information, call 1-313-471-6611.
The Second City, 42705 Grand River Ave., Novi, presents its all new revue, "Michigan Impossible: All Laid Off & No Place to Go."
The show celebrates the humor in the social, political and financial turmoil of living in the nation's second-worst economy through the eyes of the recently unemployed, but also some atypical airplane passengers, the cultlike employees of a warehouse store and one mixed-up monkey.
Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays; 8 and 10 p.m. Fridays; and 7 and 9 p.m. Saturdays. Tickets are $15 Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays; $20 Fridays and Saturdays.
Call 1-248-348-4448 or visit www.secondcity.com.