Tag: Bowlus Fine Arts Center
A party is in the works for the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. This fall will mark the 60th anniversary for the performing arts center. A gala is planned for Sept. 14, promising an event that…
Rising star Michelle Foster with her six-piece band will bring “What Christmas Means to Me” to Iola this weekend. The show begins at 7 p.m. at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. It combines Foster’s love…
Iola Middle and High School bands performed a winter concert filled with holiday tunes on Monday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The middle and high school orchestras will wrap up a series of…
Kindergartners and third-graders from Iola Elementary School delighted the audience with a variety of snow-themed holiday songs Thursday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Songs included the classics “Frosty the Snowman” and “White Christmas.”…
Iola Middle and High School choir students performed a holiday concert Wednesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, offering a mix of classic and contemporary songs along with holiday favorites. The choir is directed…
‘Tis the season for holiday music.Iola schools and Allen Community College will have concerts almost every evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center during the next couple of weeks.On Tuesday, Iola Elementary School’s preschoolers will…
Susan McKinnis, English instructor at Allen Community College, did Iola proud Tuesday evening when she interviewed author Erik Larson on the Bowlus Fine Arts Center stage. For the better part of an hour, McKinnis peppered…
“Stray Cat Strut” starts with a hum, then a thrum, then a throb. Lee Rocker, founding member of the iconic 1980s rockabilly band Stray Cats, launched onto the stage at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center…
“Rockabilly” is the original rock-and-roll, according to Lee Rocker. “It started, arguably, in the 1950s. It’s really a combination of blues and country, with rhythms that are just purely an American form of music,” he…
