Recurring December Events:
Miners Alley – A Christmas Carol – Thurs-Sun through Dec 23rd
Miners Alley – Children’s Theater – Story of the Nutcracker – Saturdays through Dec 21st
Foothills Art Center – Holiday Art Market – through December 29th
Meyer Hardware – Victorinox Swiss Army Knives on sale 20% off, December 1st-24th
Golden City Brewery – wear GCB apparel to the brewery and receive $1 off a beer, all month
To learn more about any of the events listed below, check the Goldentoday.com calendar of events.
1
Avenue Gifts will serve hot, spiced wassail and offer 20% off all large and medium-sized signs
Museum Store Sunday – remember to shop the stores at the Golden History Museum, Foothills Art Center, the Mines Museum, the Railroad Museum, the Buffalo Bill Museum, and the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum to find unique gifts!
9-10AM Coffee with a Ranger at Lookout Mountain Nature Center
9AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose – menu | reservation
12-4PM Cretaceous Crafts at Dinosaur Ridge
1-2PM Make Something: Broke Holidays – Etch a Gift at the Library
1PM and 6PM A Christmas Carol at Miners Alley Playhouse
5PM Tom Sukits at the Buffalo Rose
6:15-8:15PM Ideal Fetal Position and Prenatal Yoga Workshop at PranaTonic
2
Optimist Club Christmas Tree Sale Begins
Everything Dinosaur Talk: Archosaurs (Crocs, Dactyls, and Avians)
Historic Preservation Board Meeting
3
Train Talks at the RR Museum
Hexie Ladies at the Quilt Museum
Intro to Entrepreneurship at Mines
South Golden Merchants’ Meeting
4
Tributary Food Hall-i-days
TriceraTOTs at Dinosaur Ridge
Sustainability Task Force – Water Strategy
Trout Unlimited
Planning Commission
Sustainability Board
5
Future Bobcat Night
Henderson Challenge Presentations
Public Art Commission Meeting
Darkroom Reveal at Foothills Art Center
Holiday Wreath Making and Kids’ Crafts @ Golden Gate Grange
Intro to Entrepreneurship @ Mines
How to Talk about Vaping
Art of Giving Family Night at the Community Center
Cooking Class – Gifts from the Kitchen @ Earth Sweet Botanicals
City Council Meeting
6
Friday Tour – Colorado Railroad Museum
Candlelight Walk
Spirits in the Wind Gallery Open House
Keller Williams Open House
Santa at the Dove Inn
Artist Talk w/Topher Strauss @ Launch Espresso
Golden Santa Pub Crawl (benefit for the Action Center)
Hot Drink at Vaia Salon & Spa
Music at Windy Saddle
Ornament Signing at the Visitors Center
Candlelight Walk Celebration at the Library
History Museum and Park Holiday Celebration
Destination Dance at the Rotary Amphitheater
7
Christmas Parade Downtown
Carriage Rides
Newfoundland Dog Cart Rides
Hayrides with Santa
Golden High School Holiday Bazaar
Santa at the Station (RR Museum)
Sharing Peace, Love & Light at the Methodist Church
Breakfast with Santa
Christkindl Market at Denver Kickers Club
Photo with Santa Claus at Avenue Gifts
Artist Demos at Foothills Art Center
Santa at Foothills Art Center
Coffee with Two Councilors
Golden Concert Choir Christmas Concert
8
Pancake Breakfast and Gift Drive/Wrapping at the Golden Gate Grange
Cretaceous Crafts at Dinosaur Ridge
Holiday Pajama Party at the Library
Jefferson Symphony Holiday Concert
Holiday Swing Night Supper Club at the Buffalo Rose
9
Everything Dinosaur Talk: Mammals
Golden Safety Academy – Stop the Bleed
10
Colorado Gives Day
Golden Chamber’s VIBE@Five @ Haggerty Insurance
Dinosaur Ridge Master Plan Open House
History Museum Lecture: the Maps that Made America
Golden Beer Talks: Funiculars of Golden Colorado
French Conversation
EDComm Meeting
CMC Speaker – Ines Papert – Alpinism on the Edge of Dreams
11
Power Lunch Lecture @ NREL
Extreme Science Challenge: Straw Suspension Bridges at the Library
Holiday Sing-a-long at the Community Center
Mines Entrepreneurship & Innovation Social
Pictures with Santa at the Police Dept
Community Meeting at Mines
Young Adult Lit Lovers at the Library
Full Moon
12
Nature’s Gifts at the Lookout Mountain Nature Center
History Museum Lecture: An Empire of the Mind: Science and American Foreign Relations since WWII
City Council Meeting
Winter Music Concert @ Golden High School
13
Commencement at the Colorado School of Mines
EPIC STEM Fair at the Fairgrounds
Friday Tour at the RR Museum – Post Office Cars
Front Porch (50+) December Potluck Social at the Community Center
Earth Sweet Botanicals: Healthy Skin Club Holiday Party
Winter Music Concert at Golden High School
14
Christmas Parade Downtown
Carriage Rides
Newfoundland Dog Cart Rides
Hayrides with Santa
Santa at the Station (RR Museum)
Natures Gifts at Lookout Mountain Nature Center
Artist Demos at Foothills Art Center
Photo with Santa Claus at Avenue Gifts
Holiday Show – Nutcracker Kidz at Golden High School
Golden Community Center Pottery Studio Sale at Foothills Animal Shelter
Peak to Peak Chorale Concert at the Golden Gate Grange
Teen Cooking Class at the Golden Library
15
Golden Elf Academy
Cretaceous Crafts at Dinosaur Ridge
Festivus for the Rest of Us Beer Dinner at Barrels & Bottles
16
NREL Walking Campus Tour
Make Light-Up Holiday Cards at the Library
Open Mic Night at the Library
17
Downtown Merchants Association Meeting
Storytime and Craft at the Railroad Museum
Local Licensing Authority Meeting
Women’s Self Defense at Jeffco Open Space
Golden Library Book Group: There There by Tommy Orange
Closing for Bad Art with collector Kyle Schurter – Museum of Reinterpretation
Front Porch Golden Book Club: The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.
Parks, Recreation, and Museums Advisory Board Meeting
18
Tributary Food Hall-i-days
Storytime at the History Museum
Everything Dinosaur Talk: Mammals
Ukulele Wednesday at the Library
Planning Commission – Study Session
19
Collectible Book Sale at the Mountaineering Center
Science Sit-Down at the Library
20
Rocky Mtn Quilt Study Group at the Quilt Museum
Friday Tour at the RR Museum: William Henry Jackson Exhibit
Virtuosity Dance Center’s Journey to Narnia at Golden High School
Once Upon a Colorado Christmas Dinner Show at the Buffalo Rose
21
Christmas Parade Downtown
Carriage Rides
Newfoundland Dog Cart Rides
Hayrides with Santa
Santa at the Station (RR Museum)
Photo with Santa Claus at Avenue Gifts
Celtic Music Concert at Meyer Hardware
Once Upon a Colorado Christmas Dinner Show at the Buffalo Rose
22
Kid’s Christmas Brunch at the Rose
Once Upon a Colorado Christmas Dinner Show at the Buffalo Rose
First Day of Hanukkah
25
Christmas
27
Friday Tour at the RR Museum: Highlights
30
Skill Builders Meetup at the Library
Last Day of Hanukkah
31
Winter Break Fun: New Year’s Eve Party at the Library
