Mantzoukas will play Dionysus/Mr. D., the “irritable and sarcastic” wine god who runs Camp Half Blood, a camp for demigods. Walker Scobell is set to play Percy Jackson, and lead the show with ...

The Humanities Institute is hosting Recreating Dionysus in 69, a preshow talk with Richard Schechner and the Rude Mechs Friday, Dec. 4, 7pm, at the Off Center, 2211 Hidalgo. The performance of ...

Directed by Samantha Van Der Merwe, this play/visual art installation/concert will get your heart pumping. It will also make you thoughtful about how far we haven't progressed in the last 2,500 years.

Similarly addressing the realm of mysterious gods and heroic women—but from a slightly different angle—is “Ecstasy” by Ivy ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, the archaeological site said Wednesday.

The frescoes depict a procession of bacchantes, female followers of the wine god, as hunters and dancers; satyrs playing flutes and drinking wine; and a woman with a torch flanked by Dionysus's ...