Thirteen local dancers will get to take the stage when a Canadian ballet troupe brings Anne of Green Gables — The Ballet to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center this weekend.  Canada’s Ballet Jörgen has selected…

There’s something special about a Steinway piano. “Just by hearing one note, you can hear a difference,” Jeffrey Anderson, music director for Allen Community College, said. They are among the finest instruments in the world,…

Hope is powerful. And when you bring hope to an entire community, that’s even more powerful. The Allen Community College Theatre Department brings hope to Iola with “Spitfire Grill,” a musical based on the 1996…

More than 1,000 band and choir students descended on Iola Wednesday for the KSHSAA State Large Ensemble Music Festival. Students from 21 schools gave a total of 33 performances. Band students competed at Iola High…

Ten years ago, the world was horrified by the Sandy Hook massacre.  A shooting at an elementary school on Dec. 14, 2012, killed 20 first-graders and six school employees in Newtown, Conn. The shooter, Adam…

Iola plays host to two members of the Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday and Friday. Chief Justice Marla Luckert and Justice Evelyn Wilson will be in town to visit with area students, meet with local…

Big-city jazz, blues and soul music will make its way to Iola Saturday night. Ron Jackson, a New York City jazz guitarist, and his band will have two performances at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.…

“I can barely contain my excitement,” said Robin Schallie at the news that the Iola Chamber of Commerce is relocating to the downtown square. “We’re shooting for April 10,” said Schallie, who serves as Chamber…

As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, ticket sales at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center are going back up. Bowlus Director Dan Kays gave the good news update on Monday to USD 257 board members, who also…

A Celtic harpist described as “a phenomenal harp player who can make her instrument ring with unparalleled purity” will visit Iola on Friday.  Maeve Gilchrist will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Creitz Recital…