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YESTERDAY
Yesterday, I said that the Fire Department would be burning a house that was scheduled for demolition as a training exercise.  I was wrong–they didn’t actually burn it; they just filled it with smoke.  Dave Powers was on hand, and got some nice photographs of the Fire Department at work!

TODAY
Since the schools are letting out early today, the Library has Freaky Friday (games and Legos) from 2-3:30.

TONIGHT
You can visit the Emerald City tonight, via the High School’s production of The Wizard of Oz.  The show is at 7.

St. Patrick's Day in Golden ColoradoAlternatively, you can don your green apparel and hit some of the St. Patrick’s Day events.

BOB’S ATOMIC BURGERS is having an Atomic St. Patty’s Day DANCE OFF featuring BabyBaby, 12gage, Jon Medina, and Soeze from 9PM-1AM.

The GOLDEN ELKS CLUB is having an international dinner at 6, followed by a dance at 7:30.

GOLDEN MOON SPEAKEASY has an all night line-up of music to celebrate St. Patricks Day.  Lots of green, great music, and cocktails of course!  Mikey Smith: 4PM-7PM  |  Matt Weatherbee and the Lookouts: 8PM-11PM.

THE BUFFALO ROSE has Irish Dancing tonight at 8, featuring the Celtic Steps.  Free admission, but tips are appreciated.  They’ll also be serving corned beef reubens, corned beef dinners, Jameson and Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Car Bomgs, Green Coors Light, and Guiness in cans.

MOUNTAIN TOAD will be serving Ryrish Stout and Two Gingers – a Double Irish Red aged in Oak.  Their food truck (Rolling Dough) will be serving Reuben Pizzas.

BARRELS & BOTTLES will host Reuben Gonzales on acoustic guitar from 6-9.

TOMORROW
Golden Rotary and the Jefferson Center for Mental Health are offering a free seminar on Adult Mental Health First AidRegister here.

Calligraphy class at Foothills Art Cente in Golden ColoradoFoothills Art Center is offering a Beginning Calligraphy class from 9-1.  Register here.

Alpha Phi Omega at the Colorado School of Mines is hosting a free kids jamboree tomorrow from 10-2.  Learn more.

State Representative Jessie Danielson will hold a Town Hall Meeting in Golden City Council Chambers from 10-11.  Councilor Casey Brown has cancelled his monthly Coffee with a Councilor meeting and will attend Jessie Town Hall instead.

Earth Sweet Botanicals will offer a spring cooking class from 3-5:30 called Nibbles, Sips & Sweets.  Learn more.

Splash!

State Representative Jessie Danielson is having a Town Hall Meeting this morning from 10-11 in City Hall Chambers.

The Splash Opening Day

This is the opening day for the City’s Splash Water Park.  The Park will be open 10AM-6:30PM from now through August 21st, weather permitting.  Visit splashingolden.com or call 303-277-8700 for information.  We hope to reach 70 degrees today:  go forth, ye hearty souls!

Golden Civic Foundation Grants

The Golden Civic Foundation is being its usual munificent self.  Every November, they hold a big fund-raising dinner & auction, and every February, they hold a lunch where they give away every penny that they raised!  Last week, they distributed thousands and thousands (and THOUSANDS!) of dollars to Golden’s schools, museums, and other non-profit organizations.  It’s so interesting to hear the various things that will be purchased with the grant money–from computers, to books, security devices, scholarships, food for the needy, and so many other things.  See the grants list on the Civic Foundation’s website to see the range of Golden organizations that benefited, and the list of things they’ll be getting.  And if you know someone on the Civic Foundation board, be sure to thank them.  If you live in Golden, you’re almost certainly benefiting from some of their grants!

The Buffalo Rose has a Santana tribute band playing tonight, starting at 6:30.  Grappa has Patrice LeBlanc playing a grand piano from 6-9.  The Ace Hi has Karaoke, starting at 9.

Tomorrow morning, State Representative Jessie Danielson will host a town hall meeting at the City Hall from 10-11.  This is a good chance to learn what the legislature is doing this term, and to ask questions and express your concerns.

Saturday

The Railroad Museum is celebrating Black History Month today with a “Black on Tracks” ride-the-rails Saturday.  Ride the rails in vintage passenger coaches with red velvet seats and brass chandeliers pulled by an 1880′s steam locomotive, and explore the Museum’s collection of over 100 pieces of historic rolling stock, from cabooses and freight cars, to iconic diesel and steam locomotives that ran through Colorado.

Listen to re-enactors as they transport you back to the experiences, challenges and sometimes harsh realities faced by African Americans working and traveling on the railroads in Colorado.  View a special exhibit about Pullman porters, with unique artifacts from Colorado Railroad Museum collections.  Savor food from Kuechos. This caterer will be selling some traditional soul food options including Jamaican hush puppies and fried chicken wings. So bring your appetite and don’t miss the banana fitters.  Enjoy the celebrated sounds of African American classical, jazz and blues musicians like William Grant Still, Sidney Bechet, Ma Rainey, and Jelly Roll Morton, who once performed in Five Points neighborhood venues.  The museum will be open from 9-5, with trains running from 10-4.  Learn more….

The Jefferson Symphony will host a piano recital this afternoon from 4-6, featuring the winner of this year’s Young Artists Competition, 20-year-old Xuesha Hu.  This is a fund-raiser, and tickets are $50 per person.  The recital will be held in a beautiful private residence in Morrison.  Please call 303-278-4237 for tickets and more information.

State Senator Jeanne Nicholson and State Representative Sue Schafer will be at the Golden City Hall (911 10th St.) this morning at 10 for a Town Hall Meeting.

Saturday/St. Patrick’s Day

We’ll have a Town Hall meeting Saturday morning at 10 in City Council Chambers (922 10th Street).  This is a chance to hear from and talk with our state legislators.

At 11, the Golden History Center will host a unique event:  a radio play, written especially for the City of Golden, will be performed live.  You can go to the museum and watch it in person, or listen to it on Mines Internet Radio.

Finally, if you feel the need to drink green beer on Saint Patrick’s Day, the Ace Hi Tavern has it!

 

Saturday

We’re having a town hall meeting this morning from 10 – 11:30.  Because of redistricting, the people who represent us in the state legislature are changing.  Max Tyler, who has been our representative, will still be there, but he will be introducing our new Senator, Jeanne Nicholson, and new Representative, Sue Schafer.

The Lookout Mountain Nature Center is holding a Junior Naturalist session today at 1, for 6-10 year olds.  The topic will be “Life Under the Snow.”

The Colorado Cowboy Poetry gathering at the Mountaineering Center has shows at 10, 1, and 7:30.  A limited number of tickets will be available for sale at the door..