(Browse photos of the performance here.) Perhaps the most immaculately acted theater event you?ll see this year, Iola High School?s musical version of ?The Wizard of Oz? runs tonight and tomorrow at the Bowlus Fine…

The students of Allen, Fort Scott, and Neosho County community colleges will perform a combined concert, “Music from the Movies!” at 7 p.m. April 10 at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. This collaboration among the…

New Rules for Business Success will be offered at a two-day workshop, April 3 and 4, at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The event is offered through Allen County E-Community, NetWork Kansas and the City…

Whistling backstage at a performance venue is taboo. There?s a reason for that. Also, unlike other performance venues, the seats in Bowlus Fine Arts Center auditorium are set back farther from the stage. There?s a…

Despite a plethora of statistics, nothing could keep down the emotion and energy Tuesday night in a wide-ranging discussion about the April 2 school bond issue. About 125 local residents battled torrential rains to attend…

The National Weather Service is hosting a storm spotters training session at 6:30 tonight in the Creitz Recital Hall at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The workshop, “Storm Fury On The Plains,” is a multimedia…

Area experts hope to answer the questions of citizens concerned about local schools at a public forum Tuesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. With the vote on whether to build a new elementary…

The Bowlus Fine Arts Center will cap the ongoing Iola Reads campaign Saturday with a retelling of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” Years ahead of its time, the story has since become the inspiration for countless film…

Ask most Iolans about Tom Bowlus, and they’ll point to his most visible gift to the community: The Bowlus Fine Arts and Cultural Center. Fewer know of the Bowlus family’s fingerprints on Iola’s history that…

For more than 50 years, the Bowlus Fine Arts Center has brought waves of entertainment to Allen County and the surrounding areas.  The center’s history will be brought under the spotlight at 7 p.m. Tuesday,…