The more than 15,000 square feet of banquet space of two grand ballrooms (seating 900 and up to 300), meeting rooms for groups 10 to 80, and four board- rooms, provide a lot of space for togetherness sessions. You'll seldom hear a Radisson Plaza employee say, "No, we can't" ... They are more apt to say "Yes", or "We'll try." It has always been a most in- novative hotel, with a lobby that just oozes warm comfort. Now comes its Simchah pack- age for breakfasts, luncheons and dinners ... with food geared to Jewish diets and kosher desserts supplied by Zeman's (kichel, mandelbrot, mini pastries, strussel fruit bars, rugelach, hamantashen, seven-layer cake, etc.) ... plus a regular assoz fluent of homemade desserts. And here's something that'll no doubt click on as quite a fa- vorite ... book 10 or more rooms with the Simchah package and Radisson Plaza will donate a por- tion back to favorite congrega- tions or charities. As for Tony C. ... looks like he is in the right spot at the right time ... His T.C. Linguini's that has taken over from the former Bouquets could be just what mom, pop and the kids have been looking for. T.C. Linguini's: Informal and delicious. CONGRATS ... to Dina and Alex Amcheslaysky on their 30th anniversary ... to Bill and Elaine Stoler ... on their 40th anniver- sary ... to Elaine on her 60th birthday ... both celebrated with family and friends at the La Posada Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... Bill did his own kind of cele- brating on Elaine's birth date ... with a hole-in-one at the Ah- watukee Country Club. FOURTH ANNUAL Taste of the Tropics Caribbean culinary festival ends Saturday night at Ocean Grille on N. Woodward, Birmingham ... There is fish baked in fresh banana leaves among many other Caribbean treats presented with the creative imagination of Executive Chef Tim Cikra Conch fritters, spe- cialty island drinks garnished with fresh orchids, traditional conch chowder with Jamaican pepper rum plus Caribbean- dressed fresh fish dishes with a variety of salsas and relishes ... Craig Dilworth's fine Ocean Grille is decked out in grand Caribbean style with a lot of flo- ral arrangements using orchids and greenery from the islands. Brightly dressed waitstaff and traditional island music of reg- gae and steel drums adds a good time with the good food at Ocean Grille. "I DO" DEPT.... Nothing like keeping it in the family as Sher- ry Kauffman and Howard Mal- off do the middle-aisle scene April 9 at Temple Israel ... Sher- ry's younger sister, Michele, is married to Howard's younger brother, Larry ... Sam "Naughty" Finegood and Susan Prady will have their ring session April 6 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. FOLLOWERS of Billy Rose are noticing that on vocals, like Buddy Greco, he gets better as the years come on ... As for his excellent pianist, Billy "Flying Fingers" Marr, there has never been a letup on his talent ... just the word, "Amazing!" The Billy Rose Quartet that plays Tuesday evenings down- stairs at Arriva, E. 12 Mile be- tween Mound and Van Dyke, and ends its stint at O'Mara's on 12 Mile in Berkley tomorrow night, brings out a lot of enter- tainment while playing for lis- tening and dancing ... And Billy Rose is well represented family- wise, too, with three generations in the group ... His son Tony on bass guitar and grandson Ryan Ehause on drums ... Billy's vo- cals and lead guitar are choice ... Billy Marr at the keyboard is a whiz ... The Billy Rose group opens April 6, Thursdays, Fri- days and Saturdays, at Timber's Seafood Grill, Grand River west of Haggerty. NANCY GURWTN is back in the role of Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at the Jewish Community Center ... The Saturday and Sunday performances will be through April 9 ... General ad- mission $15; senior citizens $12.50; students $10 ... For reservations and more info on show dates, call 352-3729 or 354- 0545 ... The very talented localite is also owner-producer of Nancy Gurwin Presents. HE'S STILL making the gals swoon with his romantic war- bling ... and Jerry Vale contin- ues to be considered one of the finest songsters of romantic mu- sic today ... He'll be at Macomb Center for the Performing Arts on April 9 ... $24 adults, $22 stu- dents and senior citizens. EIGHTH ANNUAL Interna- tional Folk Dance Festival, al- ways a fun thing, is set for the Southfield Civic Center April 23, 3:30 to 7 p.m. ... The event will have 10 dance groups with world- wide representation ... one after another continuously ... plus an ethnic buffet by area restaurants ... Jewish, Middle Eastern, French, Italian, Japanese, Indi- an, etc. SILENT and live auctions with some interesting things to bid on will highlight Auction Ex- traordinaire, by Temple Emanu- El Sisterhood, April 8, at the Temple in Oak Park. ❑ JEWISH ENSEMBLE THEATRE presents (IN STAGED READINGS) Become a part of the theatre process and voice your opinions to the playwrights, directors and the actors . . . and hear theirs. SING ME TO SLEEP by Barbara Mitchell & Terry Mitchell * Wednesday, March 22 — 7:30 p.m. ** Thursday, March 23 — 7:30 p.m. SHE RETURNED ONE NIGHT By Edward Rovener & Translated by Charles Thomas * Wednesday, March 29 — 7:30 p.m. ** Thursday, March 30 — 7:30 p.m. KISS ME by Carol Saturansky * Wednesday, April 5 — 7:30 p.m. ** Thursday, April 6 — 7:30 p.m. UN AMERICAN by Peter Ullian * Wednesday, April 12 — 7:30 p.m. ** Thursday, April 13 — 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $5.00 at the door NO RESERVATIONS • JET (810) 788-2900 WEDNESDAY PERFORMANCES In The Aaron DeRoy Theatre - J.C.C. 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