Arts & Entertainment THE BEST OF EVERYTHING Dynamic Duo Sam and Sandra as Lorio are local singing legends. ack in the early 1970s while doing the Las Vegas scene, Lorio was a four-person singing group making it big in the fun town ... Circumstances caused the group to disband in 1978, but two members stayed together and retained the Lorio name ... As Lorio, Sam Locricchio and Sandra Mandella later became a huge favorite when Sam was co-owner of Arriva Ristorante in Warren ... With Sandra, they were tremen- dous hits ... playing the dining room Saturday evenings and downstairs with Johnny Trudell on Wednesday nights. Today, the refreshing and enjoyable duo is a stalwart togetherness couple whose sparkling personalities put over song after song with constant applause-gathering ... Their corporate dates and private shows are interspersed with featured appearances that have guys and gals follow- ing them from venue to venue. Sam and Sandy make up the key entertainment on Friday evenings now at Mezzaluna Ristorante, Metro Parkway (16 Mile) in Sterling Heights, almost the same distance between Mound and Van Dyke as his former Arriva on 12 Mile in Warren. Their vivacious personalities, enjoyed onstage weekly in Mezzaluna's lounge bar with its rocking soft armchairs, gives enjoyment to followers like Jack and Lois Anstandig, Nettie Weiss, Lita Friedman and Mort Krosnick, there this evening to also take pleasure in the excellent Mezzaluna Italian cuisine ... while hearing a couple who have become a local legend in show business. Starting out with "Something's Gotta Give" and "Side By Side," the Lorio duo of Sam and Sandy put on a series of nonstop shows that have their audiences gaping with smiles of highly satisfied approval. Sandra's solo on "The Man Who Got Away" is choice ... along with the rest of her solo medley, "Over the Rainbow" and "The Trolley Song" (Clang, Clang, Clang Went the Trolley) ... Sam's solos bring out a strong, yet B -1. tender, style of vocalizing that carry much appeal. The house rocks with rhythm on Sam and Sandra's medley of Louis Prima and Keeley Smith renditions that show immense talent of show business love and professionalism. Sam Locricchio and Sandra Mandella are not to be missed ... Danny Raskin They are ingredients that make up Senior Columnist a fun evening ... Have a fine dinner at Mezzaluna and enjoy this cou- ple's wonderful offerings for a fully entertaining experi- ence. NEWEST DELI in town, Moe 'n Al's, on Hamilton between Woodward and Old Woodward, Birmingham, has a nice comeback twist attached to it ... When owner, for- mer Feldbro Meats gent Alan Feldman, worked at Sy's Deli years back, his boss was owner Sy Ginsberg ... Today, Alan returns the favor by buying his deli meats from Sy's United Meats ... The Moe part of Moe 'n Al's is that of his late grandfather, Morris Feldman ... Feldbros was origi- nally started by Alan's father, Harold Feldman, and his uncle Bob Feldman, in 1952 on Seven Mile and Evergreen in Detroit ... Moe 'n Al's is big on carryout with seating of 30, making its fat-free chicken salad and fat-free tuna salad, serving all-beef kosher hot dogs and an already popular very thin "slider"-type hamburger on a bun. IT IS SATISFYING a lot of wants by giving folks their favorites in Mexican dishes, and now Ole Ole on the corner of 14 Mile and East Lake Road, Novi (across from Walled Lake Road), has top-notch entertainment every Friday night, 7-9 ... Local recording artist and Grammy Award nominee Salvador Torres with his five-piece Mariachi band (four guitars and Torres on trumpet) stroll among tables playing South of the Border rhythms. -- -..Budget Generators Call For Your FREE Estimate 11:30 - 3:00 10% OFF w/Coupon November 10 2005 Dine in or carry-out Not good with any other offer Open Hours Repairs Oil Changes 4a, „TN Featuring Chinese & Japanese Cuisine All You Can Eat Sushi Saturday & Sunday Only Mike Hovey 248.722.5090 '3995 - In Merchant Marketplace Shopping Plaza 12 Mile & Middlebelt Power Problems Outages? Lose paver Again! Installed I Permits Additional Danny's e mail address is dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net . oaftwer afteeefe Home & Commercial Generator Systems Back Up Sump Pump Systems Neve r FOLKS WHO TUNE IN would see her every year host- ing the pre-Academy Awards show on the E! Entertainment TV channel ... A far cry from when she and other comedy gals like Totie Fields and Phyllis Diller played sleazy New York niteries in the late 1950s ... This will be Joan Rivers' third appearance at the Andiamo Italia Showroom, 14 Mile between Mound and Van Dyke, Warren, Friday, Nov. 11 ... She sold out both in 2001 and 2002. THIRD SINGALONG by Yossi's Israeli Cuisine, in the Robin's Nest center off Orchard Lake Road, north of 14 Mile, is Saturday, Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m.... No charge for the funfest with live entertainment. CONGRATS ... To Linda Zalla, Paula Goldberg and my wife, Frieda Raskin, on their birthdays. WHEN HE PERFORMS with his band in December at a Four Seasons Hotel wedding in Palm Beach, Fla., it will be one of five out-of-state marriage engagements Mel Ball and Colours have received following their playing at President George Bush's Inaugural Ball ... In February, Mel and the group will do a Jewish biggie for over 600 at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Mel and Colours played the recent wedding of Tribute co-owner Larry Wisne ... Former Tribute chef Takashi Yagahashi and Tribute's present chef, Don Yamauchi, pre- pared a 10-course dinner for Larry and Christine, who flew Mel and his 11-piece Colours into Wisne's Stone Pine Estates in Carmel, Calif. REUNION DEPT. ... 60th by Central High's 1946 January and June classes, is Sunday, June 4, 2006, at Glen Oaks Country Club ... January grads can contact Al Weiss, (248) 737-9313, or Esther Bornstein, (248) 851-6625; June grads' contacts are Barbara Keidan, (248) 646-7199, and Saul Saulson, (248) 932-5177.E1 Mon-Thur: 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM Fri & Sat: 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM Sunday: 12:00 Noon - 10:00 PM !"0 ,13 R (248) 474-8183 a Lunch Hours Mon - Sat: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Sunday: 12:00 Noon - 3:00 PM 7 Days a Week Except Thanksgiving Day I 27626 Middlebelt I Farmington Hills 55