If the zany humor, silly magic tricks, joyous juggling and asounding acrobatics weren’t enough, a community pillow fight at the end put “Alice: Dreaming of Wonderland” over the top for a nearly packed crowd at…

A thrift store fashion show is returning for the second year, promising to be even bigger and better than before. The Iola Senior Citizens Inc., which runs a thrift store will present its Annual Fashion…

If only adults could remember the lessons learned in childhood, the world might be a better place. Iola High School drama students will offer a reminder with “All I Really Need to Know I Learned…

Puppeteer Brian Hull presents a multimedia puppet show “Kaytek, the Wizard” Tuesday morning at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center to middle-schoolers from Iola and Yates Center. The play, based on a 1993 children’s book by…

They’re not simply pictures of beautiful sunsets and cows grazing in fields across Kansas — they’re snapshots of a passionate journey. The collection of photos that comprise the “From the Seat of a Bike” exhibit…

The party is on. The Bowlus Fine Arts Center will commemorate its 60th anniversary on Sept. 14 with a fundraising gala that features a tribute to the 70s and multiple options to keep the celebration…

Iola Elementary School’s first- and fourth-grade classes presented “The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors” Tuesday in front of a packed house at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Participants in the skit were Taylor Chriestenson as…

Find additional photos of Friday’s performance here. Despite becoming extinct 65 million years ago, dinosaurs roared onto the Bowlus Fine Arts Center stage Friday evening, delighting show-goers of all ages for the “Dinosaur World Live”…

Dinosaurs are about to take over the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.  “Dinosaur World Live” features a pre-historic world of astonishing and remarkably life-like dinosaurs in a roaring, interactive show for all the family. It will…

Even famous, powerful people face rejection.  “Rejection can be brutal,” Paul Stetler, founder of Letters Aloud, told a group of Iola and Moran high school students Friday morning. “It creates self-doubt, anxiety and emotional turmoil.…