Music students of Betty Cunningham and Kathleen McCollam performed Sunday at a recital at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Performing violin solos were Annabelle and Lilly Fernandez, Moira Springer, Maddie McDermeit, Evie Schooler, Kinsey Jelinek,…

“Beginnings: The Ultimate Chicago Tribute” is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, along with a meet-and-greet opportunity with new Bowlus director Daniel Kays. Previous reports indicated an incorrect day for the…

It’s the moment when a singer hits a note that sends chills down your spine. Or when an actor says his line with just the right punch or inflection. Those are the moments that only…

“Mamma Mia!,” the most ambitious, fully realized, light-filled production to adorn the Bowlus stage in a long while, begins its three-day run tonight at 7:30. The jukebox musical, a rare collaboration between the Allen Community…

The new director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center settled into his office Monday and introduced himself to the USD 257 Board of Education. Daniel Kays stopped by the board meeting Monday evening to thank…

You’ll be hard-pressed to find a bigger cheerleader for the Iola area than Mary Benningfield. A relative newcomer — she and her family moved to Iola about two years ago from her native Tulsa —…

54 Years Ago September 1964 Dale Creitz, coordinator of music in the Iola public schools, was named coordinator of fine arts for the new Bowlus Fine Arts Center last night at a meeting of the board…

Like any move, shifting art, choir and drama classes from the Bowlus Fine Arts Center to Iola High School came with challenges. Some were logistical: Where do you find space for the new classrooms? Others…

The next director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center says he wants to respect the center’s history as a cultural staple of southeast Kansas, while bringing back big-name acts and capitalizing on economic development efforts…

Now in its 22nd year, the Children’s Summer Theatre Workshop is once again providing local kids with a soup-to-nuts understanding of how to stage a play. Founded in the 1990s by former Bowlus executive director…