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…

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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…

Preschoolers from Iola Elementary School, Munchkinland and Ready, Set, Learn performed a delightful variety of holiday classics at a concert on Tuesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Several music performances are planned throughout…

The annual Christmas Vespers concert returns Sunday. As in years past, the concert is free to the public, as a musical Christmas gift to the community.  Activities begin at 2:30 p.m. at Iola’s Wesley United…

“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…

The Allen Community College music department will offer its first concert of the school year at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. It is free to the public and will feature…

A cherished part of Iola’s Christmas season will return in 2023. The annual Christmas Vespers concert, which hasn’t been held since 2019, is planned for Dec. 10 at Iola’s Wesley United Methodist Church. “We’ve missed…