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Mind Games

Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation hosts

lighthearted tribute to Oakland County judge.

Judge Edward Sosnick with his Michael Kratchman of Bloomfield Hills, Linda Benson of Ann

wife, Darlene, of Bloomfield Hills Arbor and Jane Ruzumna of Bloomfield Hills

Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation President Sonia Pone

Alan Gelfond of Farmington

of Farmington Hills, Judge Edward Sosnick and Michigan

Hills and Doris Werner of

Psychoanalytic Institute President Dr. Dwarakanath Rao of

West Bloomfield

Ann Arbor

BY ROBIN SCHWARTZ I PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARMANDO RIOS

Have you heard the one about nine lawyers putting their serious courtroom
demeanor aside to prance around on stage? It's no joke! The Detroit-based musical
parody troupe A (Habeas) Chorus Line, made up of local attorneys, poked fun at
local issues, national events, politicians and celebrities during the 24th annual bene-
fit of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation, which was established in June 1987
to provide financial support for the educational, clinical, and research programs of
the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, the primary provider of advanced continuing
education for mental health professionals in southeastern Michigan. More than 300
people attended the Nov. 14 event at Rock Financial Showplace in Novi honoring
Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Edward Sosnick. "Judge Sosnick has been
continually praised for his dedication to disadvantaged and at-risk youth, victims of
domestic violence, and substance abuse prevention and rehabilitation," read a pas-
sage in the event program. "He is personally invested in the outcomes of the chal-
lenges faced by the adolescents he adjudicates." The evening also included enter-
tainment by young musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Civic Youth
Ensembles, dinner and dessert.

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Culture Club

A private showing of "Monet to Dali"

at the DIA draws a crowd.

BY ROBIN SCHWARTZ I PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANGIE BAAN

Francine Krasner and Phil Arbit of Caroline Marks of Grosse Pointe Park, Doug Wolfe of

If the modern masters had painted the scene at the Detroit Institute of Arts on
Nov. 20, they would have filled their canvases with movement, color, light and per-
haps the blur of the crowd. More than 300 young adults wended their way through
the museum — mixing and mingling; enjoying wine, cheese and crackers; and tak-
ing in the works of such greats as Cezanne, Degas, Monet, Dali, Picasso, Renoir
and van Gogh among others.
"The galleries are set up thematically," said Mallory Seide of Troy. "In one room,
`City Life' was the theme. The pieces were not connected by artists or time but by
an urban setting." The ArtSeen event was jointly sponsored by the Young Adult
Division of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and the DIM Founders
Junior Council. The exhibit "Monet to Dali: Modern Masters from the Cleveland
Museum of Art" runs through Jan. 18.

West Bloomfield

Chicago and Shirley Cetner of Birmingham

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Mallory Seide of Troy with Brian Satovsky and Stefenie

Alex and Lilly Stotland of

Sasson, both of Birmingham

Birmingham

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