Learn about how to keep you and your family during extreme weather at Monday’s “Storm Fury on the Plains,” at 6:30 p.m. in the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Center. The program is free…

Andrew Giza’s love of the performing arts began early. He was around 8 years old when he watched a live performance of “A Christmas Carol.” The actor playing Scrooge woke up Christmas morning a changed…

As the Bowlus Fine Arts Center prepares to celebrate its 60th birthday this fall, director Dan Kays is looking even further into the future.  At a meeting with USD 257 board members last week, Kays…

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…

The Bowlus Fine Arts Center will unveil its new parking lot and sculptures at a ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday.  The Bowlus has finished construction of a new parking lot for about 40 vehicles, with…

The performance of concert pianist Brian Woods, scheduled for Friday evening in the recital hall of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, has been rescheduled to Feb. 23, 2023, at 7 p.m.

Daniel Kays, director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, couldn’t help but get a little emotional as he listened to musician Albert Cummings and his band perform in September. The audience tapped along to the…

The shows will go on, but very carefully and with safety in mind. The Bowlus Fine Arts Center plans to move three shows to the fall, after being postponed from this spring because of the…

Jim Stukey and Sabra Stockebrand, center, are the hosts for the Iola Community Theatre production of “Christmas With Sabra and Friends,” which continues tonight at 7 and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Creitz Recital Hall…

By the end of the evening, Sabra Stockebrand and her fellow crooners have put visions of Bing Crosby dancing in our heads. Stockebrand is the tour de force behind a powerful Iola Community Theatre ensemble…