Tag: music

Think of it as a pub crawl, but with music. That’s how Carri Sailor, owner of Rookies Sports Bar & Grill, describes the Downtown Music Tour, offered Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. The event will…

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.…

As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, ticket sales at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center are going back up. Bowlus Director Dan Kays gave the good news update on Monday to USD 257 board members, who also…

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.…

Lincoln Elementary School third- and fourth-graders gave an enthusiastic tribute to patriotism with their winter program Thursday, titled “We Honor Our Veterans.” The students regaled a packed Bowlus Fine Arts Center crowd with an assortment…

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…

“Everyone is a reader. Some just haven’t found their favorite book yet.” — Anonymous Music teacher Mikaela Crotchett wasn’t a big reader until she came to Iola schools this fall. She soon learned she’d need…

As an 8-year-old bumblebee in the production “Wicked,” Alexi Fernandez fell in love with the stage.  “I was so inspired as I watched the older performers. That’s when my dream of being on Broadway began,”…

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…

Allen Community College Music Department will present its Fall Music Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The concert features the jazz band, concert choir and concert band. Admission is free.