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Arts, Culture & History
Arts, C ult ur e & Hist ory

Culture in the Spotlight

Inside a 1925 post office building, the
W ilkes County proudly presents the Wilkes Art Gallery (WAG), offers classes,
culture brought to the Appalachian
Mountains by early German and
Scots-Irish settlers. Farming, religion, music, workshops, meet-the-artist events, and special
outreach projects. WAG hosts exhibitions
and crafts are highly celebrated today in our for community artists to show their work;
many cultural offerings, festivals, and exhibits. admission is always free, plus enjoy the gift
shop with works from more than 60 regional The Walker Center
Galleries & Performances artisans. wilkesartgallery.org
Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina Wilkes Playmakers present captivating
honors traditional music that is a central stage performances and educational programs
piece of the fabric of community life. Fiddlers, in the Benton Hall Community Arts Center,
banjo players, and other musicians play from one of the area’s oldest buildings, available for Also in the Wilkes County Courthouse, the
porches to stages and keep the music alive. community events. wilkesplaymakers.com Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame showcases
For information on where to find these musical Bleu Moon Productions is dedicated to and preserves the rich musical heritage of the
experiences, visit blueridgemusicnc.com. theatre of all kinds. The troupe’s most notable greater Blue Ridge Mountains with exhibits and
The Stone Center for the Performing annual performance is in July: “Tom Dooley: A an annual celebration of inductees.
Arts has 8,000 square feet of performance, Wilkes County Legend,” is presented at Benton A free, self-guided Wilkesboro Architecture
banquet, dance, and meeting space, and also Hall in North Wilkesboro, in collaboration with Walking Tour stops at 13 buildings that
houses the Wilkes County Hall of Fame. The Wilkes Playmakers. collectively reveal the character of Wilkesboro
adjacent Wilkes County Schools Central Office as it developed. The buildings are included
art gallery displays works of K-12 students. Museums, Tours & Historic Sites in the National Register of Historic Places.
wilkescountyschools.org Inside the restored 1902 Wilkes County wilkesheritagemuseum.com
The Walker Center is a 1,000-seat Courthouse, the Wilkes Heritage Museum tells Hutchinson Homestead in Stone
performing arts auditorium and multi-purpose stories of early pioneering, military history, Mountain State Park features a log cabin,
event space on the campus of Wilkes industry, agriculture, medicine, communication, barn, blacksmith shop, corncrib, meat house,
Community College. walkercenteronline.org education, entertainment, and transportation. and original furnishings. The farm was built

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