Big News at our Richmond inn is that Mike has added a new page to our website under the BREAKFAST tab. Mike will be adding recipes from his collection from time to time for you to try at home. He considers you part of the William Miller House family and hopes you’ll print a recipe or two and try them on your friends and family. Breakfast entrees are wonderful for breakfast, fabulous for lunch, and even make a great dinner too.
While you’re visiting our website, take a peek at some new photos he has added to an album called BREAKFAST. You’ll find the album in our historic Fan District B&B photo gallery. I am sure that breakfast sets us apart from many other bed and breakfasts or inns and I convinced Mike that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” There are many more first course and entrée offerings in Mike’s repertoire, and you never know what you’ll be served, but you know it will taste wonderful and you won’t leave the table hungry. You’ll even be able to skip lunch….not that I do.
You’ll find us now on FACEBOOK, look for William Miller House Bed and Breakfast and sign up to be a FAN. It’s easy, search for William Miller House Bed and Breakfast and click on the “Become a Fan” link. You’ll be notified of new happenings, new recipes, and changes to our website instantly. Mike Rohde and Pat Daniels also have FACEBOOK pages – just in case you want touch base with either of them. I don’t have one, I’m not sure how Facebook works; I am a little afraid of new things.
You can even find us on TWITTER!
Here are some upcoming events:
Richmond is Opening the Doors to Serious Fun with the Grand Opening of CenterStage, just about 1 mile from our Richmond Virginia lodging.
The Richmond CenterStage Grand Opening will take place September 12 – 13, 2009 at the newly renovated and restored Carpenter Theatre at 600 E. Grace St.
New, comfortable seats, world-class acoustics, concierge stations, and brilliant lighting are some of the many amenities that audiences will enjoy in the nearly 1800-seat historic theater, now in its 81st year. During the Grand Opening festivities, nine performing arts groups from the Richmond region will take the stage together for the first time to celebrate a project eight years in the making. The performance will include:
African American Repertory Theatre: Poetry and readings celebrating the inspirational works of noted African American writer Langston Hughes;
Elegba Folklore Society: “Excerpts from Marketplace Suite” from Manding, featuring performances of songs, music and dances celebrating the West African Manding rites of passage (choreography by Kadiatou Conte);
Richmond Ballet: Stoner Winslett’s Windows IV, with 38 dancers and an original score by Virginia composer Jonathan Romeo;
Richmond Jazz Society: “Generations of Jazz,” an ensemble of multi-generational musicians performing a medley of Jazz classics;
Richmond Shakespeare: Songs and sonnets by William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary year of their first publication, with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra;
Richmond Symphony: Bernstein’s overture from Candide and Dimitri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, and live accompaniment for five groups: Richmond Ballet, Virginia Opera, Richmond Shakespeare, Theatre IV – Barksdale and SPARC;
SPARC (School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community): Excerpts from Les Misérables with SPARC students and alumni performing for the first time with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra;
Theatre IV – Barksdale: Excerpts from High School Musical, Boleros for the Disenchanted (performed with the Latin Ballet of Virginia), Thoroughly Modern Millie and The Sound of Music;
Virginia Opera: The cast of La Bohème performing selections from it’s upcoming 35th anniversary production.
The acts include more than 200 performers from the nine producing resident companies, with nearly 50 additional crew members and performers who range in age from younger than 10 to nearly 90 years old. The Grand Opening performance begins at 8:00pm on Saturday evening. Ticket prices range from $35 to $100, and are on sale now through Ticketmaster. On Sunday, from 1pm – 5pm there will be an open house with tours of CenterStage, free to the public. Group sales are available by calling (804) 343-0144.
After the Grand Opening, the following are scheduled at CenterStage:
Sat, Sep. 19 8:00 PM Oak Ridge Boys with special guest O’Shea
Sun, Sep. 20 7:30 PM Modlin Center for the Arts – American Bluegrass Masters
Bluegrass meets newgrass when the American Bluegrass Masters Tour brings together Grammy-winner JD Crowe and Grand Ole Opry’s Bobby Osborne with today’s hottest singers and pickers.
Sat, Sep. 26 8:00 PM and Sun, Sep. 27 3:00 PM Richmond Symphony: Altria Masterworks – 2009-10 Season Premiere! Carmina Buran
Thu, Oct. 01 7:30 PM Richmond Shakespeare at the Gottwald Playhouse
Sat, Oct. 10 8:00 PM Richmond Symphony: Genworth Symphony Pops – Hitchcock! A Symphonic Night at the Movies
LAST CHANCE to see Butterflies LIVE!
From now until Sunday October 11, 2009 between 9 AM and 5 PM at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, walk through hundreds of exotic tropical butterflies in free-flight in the North Wing of the Conservatory! Throughout the course of the exhibit they’ll feature more than 24 species — providing a rare chance to admire these colorful and showy beauties up-close and to learn more about their fascinating lives. Watch as the butterflies feed on nectar plants and fruit in the exhibit.
