SONNY SIDE UP

A native of Detroit and graduate of
Wayne State University, Sonny Elliot
began his broadcasting career in uni-
versity productions and network radio
shows like The Lone Ranger and The
Green Hornet. After World War II, he
started at WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV)
and spent 32 years as a weathercaster
and host of shows like At the Zoo.
Since 1979 he has done weather for
WJBK-TV, hosted movies on WKBD-
TV and continued his weather broad-
casts on WWJ-AM (which he has
done since 1950).
Who better than Sonny to host a
tour of the
Detroit
Historical
Museum's
"On the Air"
exhibit, which
allows adults
and children
alike to take a
walk through
time and the
area's radio
Sonny Elliot hosts
and television
a tour of the Detroit
broadcast his-
Historical Museum
tory. He'll do
exhibit "On the
just that as a
Air" on Sunday.
"celebrity
tour guide" 1-
3 p.m. Sunday, March 19.
Ask Your Neighbor's Bob Allison will
serve as tour guide for the exhibit,
which closes April 30, 1-3 p.m.
Saturday, March 25; and WXYT-AM's
afternoon drive host John McCulloch
takes over 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 1.
Admi'ssion to the Detroit Historical
Museum is $4.50 adults/$2.25 seniors
and children 12-18/free for children
under 12. (313) 833-1805.

IT'S A DOG'S WORLD

The Detroit Kennel Club Dog
Shows take a distinct approach from
other high profile shows like last month's
Westminster extravaganza in New York
City. "The primary purpose of the DKC
Dog Shows is to educate people about
dog breeds and their traits. That's a big
part of what makes us different," says
DKC President Erik Bergishagen.

something powerful was
The DKC Dog Shows,
happening."
among the largest all-breed
At 3:30 p.m. Sunday,
benched dog shows in
March 19, Temple Israel
America, visit Detroit's
and the JCC Julius
Cobo Center this year 8:30
Chajes/Encore Concert
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday
series
host Debbie Friedman
and Sunday, March 18-19.
in
a
special
Purim concert
More than 2,000 dogs
open to the community at
from nearly 150 breeds are
the West Bloomfield JCC.
expected to compete for
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Tickets are $8 for Temple
honors each day. All day,
Arts & Entertainment
Israel and JCC mem-
except while being judged
Editor
bers/$10 nonmembers. For
or groomed, dogs entered
tickets, call (248) 661-7649.
in the competition are sta-
tioned on benches, providing an excel-
lent opportunity for "dog shoppers" to
INTUITIVE HEALING
learn all about "man's best friend."
Samantha, the English Springer
Dr. Judith Orloff, a board certified
Spaniel and recent winner of "Best of
psychiatrist and assistant clinical pro-
Show" at Westminster, will be on dis-
fessor of psychiatry at UCLA, wants
play, and the popular LAMS Wonder
to get inside your head, but not in the
World of Dogs SuperDog shows, as
usual way. In addition to her tradi-
well as many other demonstrations,
tional training, she also is a practicing
will be featured.
intuitive who believes psychiatrists can
Tickets are $9 adults/$6 children
develop and use their psychic abilities
and seniors/$25 family ticket that
to help patients.
admits two adults and three children.
In her new book, Dr. Judith Orloff
Tickets are available at the door or
Guide to Intuitive Healing: Five Steps to
through Ticketmaster. For informa-
Physical, Emotional and Sexual Wellness
tion, call (248) 352-7469.
(Times Books), Orloff explains the
benefits of combining traditional med-
icine with the use of intuition as a
QUEEN OF SOULS
diagnostic and healing tool. She has
Debbie Friedman's music fuses
the centuries-old techniques and
stylings of American folk music
with sacred lines of traditional
Hebrew prayer. The most popular
singer-songwriter of contemporary
Jewish music today, she clearly
remembers the first indication of
the impact her music could have.
"One night I went to synagogue
and realized sitting there that I was
bored," she told the Los Angeles
Times in an interview. "I realized
the rabbi was talking, the choir was
singing and nobody was doing any-
thing. There was no participation."
Then a melody came into her
head. She married it to the
"V'ahavta" prayer — "And thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart" — and taught it to
students at a conclave. "All of a
sudden they stood up, held hands
Debbie Friedman per forms a Purim concert
and joined in this prayer,"
Sunday at the West Bloomfield ICC.
Friedman recalls. 'I realized

been invited by the conservative
American Psychiatric Association to
present a talk at their May 2000 con-
vention on "How Intuition Can Be
Used to Enhance Patient Care."
In a recent interview with the Jewish
News, Orloff professed limited interest
in Judaism, although she loves being in
Israel and at the Western Wall. To
develop empathy, she employs her own
meditation center" — complete with
burning candles and incense — to help
quiet the mind and refocus attention
away from rational thought. Still, she
says, "if Judaism is what people res-
onate with, that's great."
Dr. Orloff will lecture and hold
book signings at the Church of Today,
11200 E. 11 Mile Road, in Warren, 1-
2 p.m. and 7:30-9 p.m. Wednesday,
March 22. For more information, call
(810) 758-3050.

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OSCAR NOTES

Get off the couch and enjoy the
Academy Awards broadcast in style at
two area events scheduled for Sunday,
March 26.
In a new setting and with more
fanfare than ever, the Detroit Institute
of Arts' fourth annual Oscar Night
America fund-raiser for the Detroit
Film Theatre will be held at the
Roostertail in Detroit this year, run-
ning from 6:30 p.m. until the last
Oscar is presented. Tickets are $125
per person and include a champagne
reception, movie-themed buffet din-
ner, open bar and a chance to view the
Academy Awards on large-screen TV.
WXYZ's Diana Lewis will host the
evening. Tickets are available by call-
ing the DIA at (313) 833-7967.
Benefiting the Detroit Area Film
and Television's (DAFT) scholarship
fund is Starry, Starry Night. Hosted
by the Star Southfield Entertainment
Center, the party begins at 7:30 p.m.
and lasts until the Best Picture stat-
uette is awarded. The evening includes
appetizers, dessert and champagne at
the pre-show lobby party and a live
simulcast of the Oscar show on the
largest screen in the city. Tickets are
$30 per person/$50 per couple. To
purchase tickets, contact DAFT at
(248) 547-0847.

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