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...country's large Christian minority. Wine-making began in this part of the world thousands of years ago, and such was the importance of the Bekaa to the global wine industry of classical antiquity that the Romans built a massive temple in Baalbek to the wine god Bacchus, which still stands today. In fact, it was Arabs who invented the art of distilling fermented beverages into alcoholic spirits, and then exported it during the Islamic conquests of the Middle Ages. They practice it still by making arak, a grape-based anise-flavored drink. Today, the majority owners of Lebanon...
...Costume Institute until Aug. 5. Fifty ensembles showcase Poiret's eclectic exoticism. Harem pants worn by his wife, Denise, at his legendary Arabian-themed Thousand and Second Night party in 1911 are displayed with the Hellenic evening gown worn by dancer Isadora Duncan to his Bacchus party in 1912. Denise, whose lithe body was perfect for his creations, was his muse. The couple divorced in 1928, but she had the foresight to stow away the treasures in her wardrobe. In pristine condition, they premiered at an event as sought after as one of Poiret's parties. www.metmuseum.org
According to FiCom member Vivien G. Wu ’08, who describes herself as an “unofficial member” of the Bacchus Society, the group applied for a student group grant because the UC party fund had not been instituted for that particular weekend...
...Bacchus Society members maintain that their party was worthy of UC funding...
...party we threw was absolutely essential,” Bacchus Society President Patti L. Zadnik ’08 wrote in an e-mail to the UC open list. “We were literally the only party that welcomed everyone with open arms that evening and most likely that weekend in general...