Laugh it up at Downriver's own comedy club, The Comedy Room, at Portofino, 3455 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte.
Mark Knope headlines Comedy for a Cause, supporting The Breast Cancer 3-Day and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, at 9 p.m. today.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling 1-734-231-3538 or 1-734-284-1677. Tickets also will be available at the door.
Knope will entertain in The Comedy Room at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow, as well. Laura Lew and Mike Stanley double the laughter Sept. 14 and 15.
Tickets are $10 Fridays and $12 Saturdays. Dinner and show packages are $25.
Call the box office at 1-734-624-5561 or visit www.portofinoontheriver.com.
Norm Stultz and Shane McConnaghy perform at Joey's Comedy Club, inside the Kickers Complex, 36071 Plymouth Road, Livonia, today and tomorrow.
Keith Ruff brings his clean and laidback comedy stylings to Joey's from Wednesday through Sept. 15, along with Kevin Kramis.
Shows are at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and at 8 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $5 Wednesday and Thursday, and $12 Friday and Saturday.
Call 1-734-261-0555 or visit www.kickerscomplex.com for reservations or information.
"Laugh All Night" with Paul Aldrich, part of the St. Paul Concert Series, at 4 p.m. Sept. 23 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 2550 Edsel, Trenton.
Alrich, a 20-year veteran of the standup comedy circuit, has a "100 percent clean, 100 percent funny act" the whole family can enjoy.
Tickets are free, but can be reserved by calling 1-734-676-2942 or visiting www.splconline.com. Doors will open one hour before show time for those with advance tickets. If there is any seating left, it will be given away five minutes before the show.
Laugh-A-Palooza, a mini comedy festival featuring Ted Alexandro, Connie Ettinger, Dave Bell and Chili Challis, with Mike Bobbit as the master of ceremonies, will perform at Meadow Brook Music Festival at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $15 pavilion, $10 lawn, and can be purchased at Palacenet.com, The Palace and DTE Energy Music Theatre box offices and all Ticketmaster locations.
Special "Superfan" seating also is available. Discounts for groups are available by calling 1-248-371-2055.
Comedian Artie Lange heads to the Fox Theatre for a night of laughter at 8 p.m. Sept. 15.
One of the most sought-after comedians and talk show guests, Lange has appeared on "The Late Show With David Letterman," "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "The Best Damn Sports Show, Period" and has been a regular on Howard Stern's radio show for the past five years.
Recently, Lange starred in, co-wrote and produced his own feature film, "Beer League."
Tickets range from $40 to $75 and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices and at all Ticketmaster locations. To charge tickets by phone, call 1-248-433-1515. For more information, call 1-313-471-6611.

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Alonzo Bodden, third-season winner of "Last Comic Standing," will perform at Meadow Brook Music Festival at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22.
Tickets, $29.50 and $19.50 pavilion, $10 lawn, can be purchased at Palacenet.com, The Palace and DTE Energy Music Theatre box offices and all Ticketmaster locations. Special "Superfan" seating also is available.
Charge tickets by phone at 1-248-645-6666. Special group discounts also are available by calling 1-248-371-2055.
"Comedy Explosion," featuring Bruce Bruce, Sheryl Underwood, John Witherspoon, Don DC Curry and Dominique Witten, heads to the Fox Theatre at 8 p.m. Sept. 29.
Tickets, $51.50, $66.50 and $78, can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices and at all Ticketmaster locations. Charge tickets 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, "Night of the Living Debt."
The show takes a comic look at a nation of change.
Through the horrors of losing a job, the paranoia of never knowing just who might be watching and the ongoing fright of looking for love in all the wrong places, The Second City proves that the only thing we have to fear is everything.
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, and $20 Fridays and Saturdays.
Call 1-248-348-4448 or visit www.secondcity.com for tickets or more details.
Comedian Jim Gaffigan will bring laughter to the Fox Theatre at 7 p.m. Nov. 17.
Best known for his many TV sitcom appearances and commercials, most recently for Sierra Mist, Gaffigan currently is a series regular on the TBS hit comedy "My Boys."
Tickets are $39.75, with a limited number of gold circle seats at $45, and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices and at all Ticketmaster locations.
Tickets can be charged by phone at 1-248-433-1515. For more information, call 1-313-471-6611.
America's foremost commentator on everything, comedian Lewis Black, will bring his brand of humor to Detroit's Fox Theatre at 8 p.m. Nov. 24.
No matter the stupidity, the illogic or the injustice, the most indignant, exasperated man in America will find it and tell audiences about it, as he does in his "Back in Black" spotlight on "The Daily Show" as the most acerbic of commentators.
Tickets are $37.50, $47.40 and $70 and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices and at all Ticketmaster locations. To charge tickets by phone, call 1-248-433-1515. For more information, call 1-313-471-6611.