ENTERTAINMENT 049e e Queen Continued from preceding page Catering to SUCCESS Radisson Plaza Hotel At Town Center When life's landmark occasions demand the best, your choice is clear...the new Radisson Plaza Hotel at Town Center. Greater Detroit's finest hotel caters to your success, from weddings and bar mitzvahs to receptions and parties. You can expect the ultimate — incomparable cuisine, elegant yet unpretentious service, and a renowned chef eager to translate your tastes and ideas into truly memorable menus. We invite you to discuss plans for your next event with our Director of Catering. Make if unforgettably Radisson. 1500 Town Center Southfield, Michigan 48075 (313) 827-4000 In U.S. and Canada, call toll-free 1-800-228-9822 56 FRIDAY, AyG. 14 1987 !, of parties at the house, and I was brought up as a hostess." Sarko's introduction to music was through her older sister Barbara. "Barbara started it. Every week she had to know the top 100 records," recalls Sarko. It was not unusual for Sarko to pur- chase records and clip and chart the weekly record ratings for her sister. "She and her sister supported Mumford Music," says Eleanor Sarko. Barbara Sarko died about ten years ago from Crohn's disease, but her sister re- mains close to her daughter, Stacey Karr. Karr, 22, refers to her aunt as Auntie Mame. "She is like the famous aunt you always dreamed about and never thought was real," says Karr. Her childhood friend, Linda Feldman of West Bloomfield, has Sarko and her mother every Thanksgiving for din- ner. "Anita was always very creative and artistic," says Feldman, recalling the days when they both designed doll clothes. Feldman also notes that Sarko cannot be defined along traditional lines. After graduating from Mumford, Sarko attended the University of Arizona for one year. She was graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in special education and a major in psychology. She then attend- ed the University of Miami Law School for one year. "I just didn't fit in. I didn't look like a law student," says Sarko who wears outlandish clothing. However, the following year she married a lawyer and moved to Atlanta. There she attended a course at Georgia State University called Commercial Music and Recording. With her Midwestern, sexy voice, she immediately got a job at WRAS in Atlanta, a univer- sity radio station. She also got a job at a top 40 station WFOX, and became a per- sonality deejay. After a divorce and being dismissed from the radio sta- tions for not conforming to the rules (Sarko would play music the managers deemed as weird), she left for N.Y., knowing that there she wouldn't be bored, and that her non-conforming style would be accepted. She work- ed at the Mudd Club in the late '70s. "I knew this was the place for me when I saw the Sex Pistols and Pat Boone next to each other on the jukebox." Eventually she met Steve Rubell, of Studio 54 fame, and he needed a deejay at his new Anita Sarko cues up some records for the dancers at New York's Palladium. club, the Palladium. He showed her the Michael Todd room and said, "It's yours. Make it happen." Sarko has "made it hap- pen" at the club and with her career. The Palladium is a haven for the elite N.Y. crowd. She recently put the music together for the Andy Warhol memorial service. "I tried to provoke happy memories. It was the party of the decade," notes Sarko. Sarko does not like to namedrop. In fact, to those who grew up with her, Sarko was never a snob even grow- ing up with sports cars, credit cards and a fabulous war- drobe. Reporters interrogate her in order to find out her celebrity status. She finally admitted that Robert Palmer, of Addicted to Love fame, wanted to meet her, and they plan on exchanging tapes. "You're it. Don't let it go to your head," cautioned Rubell. "And I haven't," says Sarko. "But you know, my feet have grown one size." ❑ GOING PLACES Continued from preceding page 24, admission, 661-1000 ext. 342. SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY 26000 Evergreen, Southfield, special children's program, 2:30 Wednesday, 354-5342 or 354-9100. PUPPETS IN THE PARK Bloomer Park, Richardson Road, West Bloomfield Ilawnship, Cinderella, 2 p.m. Tuesday, free, 334-5660. COMEDY DUFFY'S ON THE LAKE 3133 Union Lake Rd., Union Lake, Bob Posch and John Cionca, 9 and 11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday through Aug., admission, 363-9469. THE COMEDY CASTLE 2593 Woodward, Berkley, Vic Dunlop, 8:30 and 11:30 p.m.today and Saturday, Roger Peltz 8:30 p.m. Tuesday through Aug. 22, admission, 542-9900. THEATER SHAW FESTIVAL Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, Peter Pan, today until Oct. 11, Fanny's First Play, now until September 27, Augustus Does His Bit, now until Aug. 30 and Night Of January 16th, now until Sept. 27, (416)468-2172. DOWNTOWN DINNER THEATER Veterans Memorial Building banquet hall, They're Playing Our Song, presented by Jimmy Launce Productions, cocktails 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., curtain at 8:45