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Weekend Frolics, Lunar Parties, Belated Solstice Celebration

1PM – Today’s Friday Tour at the Railroad Museum will focus on their current exhibit of William Henry Jackson photos.

1:30-3:30PM The Library is offering Celestial Henna for Tweens and Teens. Henna Jes teaches you about the art and history of henna. Learn to roll a cone, practice designs, then create a work of art on yourself or a friend!

5-8PM Golden Weekends will be going on both tonight and tomorrow night downtown. The musicians will be playing from 5-8PM:

Lukas Wolf – acoustic folk rock
Sponsored by Anthony’s Pizza
Adam Lopez – honky tonk
Sponsored by Icelantic
Britta K – pop covers, Disney hits
Sponsored by Baby Doe’s

The horse-drawn carriages will be operating from 6-8PM. Board the carriages on 12th Street, alongside the Old Capitol Grill. The Golden Super Cruise is sponsoring them tonight!

7:30PM Fairfield at Miners Alley Playhouse

Live Music:
Ace Hi Tavern – Karaoke, 9PM
The Buffalo Rose – Flahoola, 7PM | Blue Mesa, 8PM | Digging the Grave (Faith no More Tribute), 9PM | 4 Degrees (Tool Tribute), 10:10PM
Dirty Dogs Roadhouse – Band of Brothers, 7PM
Wrigley’s Chicago Bar & Grill – 3eatles, 5-9PM
GOLDEN WEEKENDS (Music Downtown) from 5-8PM

Saturday Preview:

8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market
10AM-4PM Painting and Sketching in The Foothills Gardens with Janet Nunn (Note – this appears on Janet Nunn’s site but not on Foothills’ site, so if you’re interested in this class, call Foothills at 303-279-3922 to register.)
10AM – Installing a Ceiling Fan at Home Depot
10AM – Blast Off in the History Park
10AM – Mines Museum Mooniversary
11AMSummer Solstice Fundraiser at Golden City Brewery, benefiting Comeback Yoga, which provides yoga programs for Vets with PTSD.
11:30AM-12:30PM – Story Time with Ginger at Mountain Toad Brewing
2PM – Hello World: Bianca Mikahn – CreativeU at the Library
5PM – Teens After Hours: Weird Art Night at the Library
5-8PM Golden Weekends (music and carriages)

Note: Tomorrow (July 20th) will be the 50th Anniversary of the first lunar landing (“one small step for a man…”). The Golden History Park and the Mines Museum will both have family-friendly celebrations from 10AM-2PM.

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