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This Random World – Serendipitous Interconnections the Audience Knows but the Characters Don’t

  George Cephus Montgomery (Gary) and Sam James Lander (Tim) Credit:  Carina Iannarelli Scottie (Lynne Martin Huber) likes to get up each morning to watch the sunrise. Bernadette (Apryl Lynne Peroney), her care giver, can’t see much difference from one dawning sun to another. As far as Scottie’s two adult children know, this is the only event that marks each day of their aging mother. No friends, no social activity, nothing else to fill her days. Or so they think. In reality, Scottie has a much more interesting life than she lets on, something she doesn’t want to tell them for fear they might worry too much. Lynne Martin-Huber as Scottie Credit:   Carina Iannarelli Scottie, her daughter, Beth (Katherine Ann Kerr) and son, Tim (Sam James Lander) are all members of the Ward family. In this cleverly devised play by Stephen Dietz, they randomly interconnect with four other characters in interesting ways, ways that are apparent to the audience, but ways the charac...

You Can Fuel the Future of AWAACC

  Make a gift today and FUEL THE FUTURE of the August Wilson African American Cultural Center AWAACC is for everyone - and today,  we are asking you to invest in the Center's future . Thanks to supporters like you, t he August Wilson African American Cultural Center is one of the largest Black multidisciplinary arts centers in the country. Since our building’s opening in 2009, we have: Welcomed 1.2 million visitors Provided 700,000 free admissions Engaged and inspired 20,000 students Employed 5,000 artists and cultural workers We are proud to honor  the legacy of August Wilson and to serve as a vital space for cultural connection, education, and storytelling. If you have been inspired, challenged, and uplifted  by the nationally and  internationally recognized artists and thought leaders who have shared their work on our stages and in our galleries,  we are asking for your support . As we celebrate our 15th Anniversary and August Wilson’s 80th birthday year...

Skimboarding Anyone?

  St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra & The Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau FloridasHistoricCoast.com 904-829-1711 31 st  Annual Florida Pro/Am Skimboarding Tournament Slides onto Vilano Beach Florida’s longest running skimboarding tournament returns to  St. Augustine, FL  August 22-24 St. Augustine, Fla. (July 25, 2025)  –    Florida’s Historic Coast is home to one of skimboarding’s longest-running competitions on the planet. The  31 st  Annual Florida Skimboarding Pro/Am Tournament  takes place on  Vilano Beach  from Friday, August 22, through Sunday, August 24. When tour founder and event director Steve Pullara moved from Tampa to Vilano Beach in 1989, he already knew and loved the beach, and wanted to share the area with others through a skimboarding tournament. Lined with shoals that produce desirable A-frame peaks, Vilano Beach is now widely considered one of the best skimboarding spots on the East Coast. The tournament att...