HUMBOLDT — Around these parts, the locals like to joke that it takes two hours to drive to a big city from any direction: Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, Tulsa, Joplin. If that’s true, it would…

Are you ready to rock? The Fifth Annual Traumafest returns to the Time Out Tavern with a free concert on Saturday. Nine bands will take the stage, along with a guest speaker who will talk…

Jenna Morris arrived in Iola in January, unaware she soon would become a part of local history. Morris is midway through the 2022 Iola Municipal Band season as the band’s director, just months after earning…

The Iola middle and high school bands performed a spring concert at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Wednesday evening.

Big-city jazz, blues and soul music will make its way to Iola Saturday night. Ron Jackson, a New York City jazz guitarist, and his band will have two performances at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.…

A Celtic harpist described as “a phenomenal harp player who can make her instrument ring with unparalleled purity” will visit Iola on Friday.  Maeve Gilchrist will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Creitz Recital…

The Allen Community College Music Department presents a concert tonight at 7 o’clock in the Creitz Recital Hall of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The ACC jazz band, concert choir and concert band will perform.…

Members of the Iola Middle School Intermediate Orchestra performs “Dragonhunter” during a concert Wednesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The concert featured middle and high school orchestra students, with a special performance from…

McKinley Elementary School students perform a spirited rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” as part of their recital, “A Kindergarten Christmas” Tuesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The show included a…

Like an old friend we’ve not seen for far too long, the Iola Community Theatre is back, and with a flourish. In its first public performance in nearly two years, ICT fittingly brings forth a…