Students at the Rural Regional Technical Center in LaHarpe likely will spend much of their next semester renovating a house.  The USD 257 school board approved spending up to $100,000 to move a house from…

A long-delayed desire to teach construction students how to build a house got an assist from an unlikely source, the performing arts. Staff at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center offered a win-win suggestion to allow…

Iola Reads, a collaboration between Iola Public Library, USD 257 and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, has announced its Young Adult Selection 2020, “Defiance” by Valerie Hobbs. In the 14 years of the program, this…

If any Allen County criminal cases go to jury trial during the coronavirus pandemic, they’ll do so at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The 31st Judicial District Court on Wednesday announced its plan to conduct…

A different kind of time requires a different kind of play. And Allen Community College Theatre Department’s version of “The Inspector General” is delightfully different, at any time. The coronavirus pandemic put the kibosh on…

Daniel Kays, director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, couldn’t help but get a little emotional as he listened to musician Albert Cummings and his band perform in September. The audience tapped along to the…

Opening today at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, the special Smithsonian exhibit “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” challenges viewers to critically engage nearly all their senses. Drop by anytime from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,…

Dear editor, For the past year Humanities Kansas has had the pleasure of working with Daniel Kays at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center to bring the Smithsonian traveling exhibition, “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” to…

Small towns often get a bad rap because they don’t appear to be the “bargain” that some people assume them to be. The tradeoff to doing without big museums and parks, airports, athletic stadiums and…

Hundreds of photos documenting the earliest days of Allen County, are being prepared for an upcoming Smithsonian Institution Exhibit. The Mary L. Martin Art Gallery and Creitz Recital Hall will serve as the starting point…