The Iola Reads celebration will offer a festive glimpse of life in early 19th century Britain Saturday. A Recency Rave Dance party will run from 7 to 8 :30 p.m. Saturday at the John Silas…

The Iola Public Library will offer a free showing of “Pride and Prejudice” Friday evening, as part of the ongoing Iola Reads celebration of the book of the same name. The 6:30 p.m. movie will…

Iola Reads will celebrate Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” with a number of activities in the coming weeks. The romantic “novel of manners” follows the relationship of Miss Elizabeth Bennett and the wealthy Fitzwilliam Darcy,…

Who knew learning about Sir Isaac Newton could be so much fun? Iola middle school and elementary school students were treated to hands-on lessons Tuesday afternoon, courtesy of “Jetpack” Jason Kuceric of Mad Science of…

The book “Hidden Figures” is about breaking barriers: The speed of sound; a woman’s right to an education and professional career; and the struggles of African Americans during the 1950s and ’60s to be afforded…

Chris Belknap’s sleuthing skills topped all others Saturday at the Iola Public Library. Belknap was the first to correctly surmise the perpetrator — Dusty Tomes — in the dramatic conclusion of a dinner theater hosted…

Iola Reads offered a chance to meet Moose, a trained therapy dog that looks like the dog featured in this year’s children’s book selection, the “Ranger in Time” series, at the Allen County Historical Society…

Iola Reads has a family event this Saturday, Nov. 2, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Allen County Historical Society Museum and Funston Home. Families are invited to come hear about General Funston and…

Eight-year-old Hadley Thompson reads a book to her sister, Lilian Kelly, and therapy dog Charley at the Iola Public Library Friday afternoon. The reading event was sponsored by Iola Reads and Prairieland Visiting Animal Association…

Iola Reads is going to the dogs with several activities that celebrate both books and canine friends, along with a bit of history and time-travel. This year’s youth selection is a series of books by…