Iola Elementary School’s second- and fifth-grade classes teamed up Thursday to present “Scrambled State of America,” a celebration of all things USA. The play is a light-hearted tale about each of the 50 states relocating…

Iola Elementary School’s first- and fourth-grade classes presented “The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors” Tuesday in front of a packed house at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Participants in the skit were Taylor Chriestenson as…

Iola High School’s Sheridan Byrd, from foreground, takes part in a drumming performance Tuesday during the IHS basketball games against Santa Fe Trail. Also taking part are Iola Middle School students Hadlee Stranghoner, Drake Genoble…

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a spectacle enjoyed by millions every year, but for Jenna Morris, a local musician and music educator, it became a dream come true as she recently took part in…

Rising star Michelle Foster with her six-piece band will bring “What Christmas Means to Me” to Iola this weekend. The show begins at 7 p.m. at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. It combines Foster’s love…

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…

Music students from Iola and Marmaton Valley schools took part in the Southeast Kansas Music Educators Association Honors Ensembles Concert on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts in Pittsburg. Both…

On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden. But as dedicated fans surely know — they were…

“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…