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Arts, Culture                                                           A    s a regional hub for cultural



                                                                                    preservation and the arts, Wilkes
         & History                                                              County has many ways for residents and
                                                                                visitors to learn, experience, create and grow.

                                                                                Galleries & Performance venues

                                                                                Bleu Moon Productions
                                                                                Bleu Moon Productions supports Wilkes
                                                                                County tourism through stage productions,
                                                                                and children’s, dessert and dinner theater
                                                                                performances. The troupe’s most notable
                                                                                annual performance, “Tom Dooley: A Wilkes
                                                                                County Legend,” is held outdoors and
                                                                                attracts an audience of Wilkes residents and
                                                                                visitors from around the region.

                                                                                216 9th St.
                                                                                North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
                                                                                (336) 426-2538
                                                                                bleumoonproductions.com
                                                                                The Stone Center for the Performing Arts
                                                                                This state-of-the-art, 8,000-square-foot
                                                                                performance center offers performance,
                                                                                banquet, dance and meeting space for
                                                           WILKES HERITAGE MUSEUM  Wilkes County public school students. The
                                                                                Stone Center accommodates 280 people
                                                                                in banquet-style seating and 560 people in
                                                                                theater-style seating. Modern sound and
                                                                                lighting systems provide a professional
                                                                                presentation and training opportunities for
                                                                                students. The Center also houses the Wilkes
                                                                                County Hall of Fame, and the adjacent
                                                                                Wilkes County Schools Central Office holds
                                                                                a large art gallery displaying the work of
                                                                                students in grades K-12.

                                                                                613 Cherry St.
                                                                                North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
                                                                                (336) 667-1121
                                                                                wilkescountyschools.org

                                                                                The Walker Center
                                                                                On the Wilkes campus of Wilkes Community
                                                                                College, The Walker Center has a 1,130-seat
                                                                                performing arts auditorium and 38,731
                                                                                square feet of multi-purpose meeting space
                                                                                used for management training, business
                                                                                meetings, civic meetings and a variety of
                                                                                cultural activities.

                                                                                1328 S. Collegiate Dr.
                                                                                Wilkesboro, NC 28697
                                                                                (336) 838-6260
                                                                                walkercenteronline.org

                                                                                Wilkes Art Gallery
                                                                                Wilkes Art Gallery strives to make the
                                                                                diversity, creativity and critical thinking
                                                                                found in the visual arts more accessible to

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