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Arts,

Culture

& HISTORY

The Stone Center caring for one of the area’s oldest buildings,
for the Performing Arts Wilkes Playmakers offers its home, Benton
The Stone Center is 8,000 Hall Community Arts Center, as a venue for
square-feet of performance, professional functions, social gatherings, and
banquet, dance, and meeting space community events.
for Wilkes County public school students.
The Center also houses the Wilkes County 300 D Street
Hall of Fame. The adjacent Wilkes County North Wilkesboro 28659
Schools Central Office holds a large art (336) 838-7529
gallery displaying the work of K-12 students. wilkesplaymakers.com
613 Cherry Street
North Wilkesboro 28659
(336) 667-1121
Wilkes County: wilkescountyschools.org
A Regional Hub The Walker Center
W for cultural preservation and the The Walker Center is a 1,130-seat
ilkes County is a regional hub
performing arts auditorium and 38,731
arts. Our residents and visitors have many square-feet of multi-purpose meeting
opportunities to learn, experience, create, space on the Wilkes Campus of Wilkes
and grow. Community College. It is used for
management training, business meetings,
Galleries & Performance Venues civic meetings, and cultural activities
including concerts and other shows.
Bleu Moon Productions
Bleu Moon Productions supports Wilkes 1328 S. Collegiate Drive WILKES HERITAGE MUSEUM
County tourism through stage productions, Wilkesboro 28697
and children’s, dessert, and dinner theater (336) 838-6260
performances. The troupe’s most notable walkercenteronline.org Museums, Tours & Historic Sites
annual performance, “Tom Dooley: A Wilkes Heritage Museum
Wilkes County Legend,” is held outdoors Wilkes Art Gallery The Wilkes Heritage Museum preserves the
and attracts an audience of residents and Wilkes Art Gallery offers a variety of classes
visitors from around the region. for all ages, workshops, and rotating fine past while celebrating the area’s particular
culture. Through a collection of artifacts and
art exhibits throughout the year. The gallery
216 9th Street images housed in the restored 1902 Wilkes
North Wilkesboro 28659 partners with community organizations for County Courthouse, the museum tells the
(336) 426-2538 special outreach projects. Admission to the many stories of early settlement, military
bleumoonproductions.com gallery is always free. history, industry, agriculture, medicine,
913 C Street communication, education, entertainment,
North Wilkesboro 28659 and transportation.
(336) 667-2841 100 E. Main Street
wilkesartgallery.org
Wilkesboro 28697
(336) 667-3171
Wilkes Playmakers – Benton Hall wilkesheritagemuseum.com
Wilkes Playmakers is committed to
providing entertainment, promoting
cultural awareness, and nurturing inclusion
EDDY MERLE WATSON through captivating stage performances
GARDEN FOR THE SENSES
and educational programs. Entrusted with
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