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But Clay’s psychosexual and personal freefall does not land him at a Long Island orgy for the super rich.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025 -
There’s the contest itself, the Big Game, and then there’s the week leading up to it, a jubilee of parties and promotions, a glad-handing orgy for the sports-entertainment complex and a bucket-list indulgence for fans who can spare the time and the expense.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Punk in the Park is headed back to Denver for a grizzled bacchanalia of punk rock, craft beer and nostalgia, following its single-day debut in 2021.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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Designed as a cyberpunk bacchanal at the end of time, the Chromatica Ball’s aesthetic was harsh and uncompromising, an honest reflection of how Gaga was feeling at the time.—
Jaeden Pinder,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2025
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By now, the regular fans, who, although not quite working stiffs, were obliged to recognize the traditional boundary between week and weekend, were arriving in New Orleans, and the proceedings were morphing from a corporate convention and media event into a mass happening and citywide bacchanal.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Nicola Coughlan supports Bowen Yang at The Wedding Banquet opening gala in London, and Pedro Pascal looks as handsome as ever in Oakland, California.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Cheers to Change 2025: A charity gala hosted by the Victim Service Center of Central Florida.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Saturnalia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saturnalia. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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