A country-pop foursome is coming to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Saturday. The Hall Sisters draw inspiration from past decades, combining their favorite bits and pieces of iconic sounds to create their own style. …

Infused with equal parts ambition, anxiety, and of course artistry, the dreams of Jonathan Larson take center stage this weekend at the Bowlus Fine Arts, courtesy of Allen Community College’s theatre and music departments. “tick,…

Murphy’s law says: “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” Iola High School’s drama students put that saying to the test with “The (One-Act) Play That Goes Wrong,” now showing at 7 o’clock Thursday…

Students read “The Day the Crayons Quit” during Iola Elementary School’s crayon-themed second and third grade music program on Thursday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

The Chipper Experience is exactly that: An experience. “Chipper is a wonderful magician and hilarious comedian. It’s hard to do one individually, and he does them both well,” Dan Kays, director of the Bowlus Fine…

A burst of interest in a concert featuring innovative guitarist Luca Stricagnoli means the show is being moved to the main stage at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Stricagnoli will perform at 7 p.m. Friday.…

Supporters of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center will need to get creative to entice visitors to return to shows. Attendance at the performing arts center has not recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and in fact…

There’s much more than just the visual aspect to making a cartoon special, Joel Pierson notes. Music is often as important as the animation to help tell the story. Heck, try thinking of Porky Pig’s…

Lake Wobegon, meet Iola. Garrison Keillor, famed storyteller/comedian and creator of the fictional idyllic Lake Wobegon through his “Prairie Home Companion” series, will be at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Saturday evening with Keillor &…

The Broadway Tenors will bring a bit of New York to Iola with a show on Saturday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.  They’ll also be bringing some Kansas connections. Music director Kimberly Grigsby…