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…

HOUSTON (AP) — Investigators are expected to examine the design of safety barriers and the use of crowd control in determining what led to a crush of spectators at a Houston music festival that left…

It’s a new season with a new energy for the Iola Area Symphony Orchestra. Raúl Munguía, director of orchestras for Pittsburg State University, is the Iola orchestra’s new conductor, replacing longtime conductor Gregory Turner of…