In the spirit of Earth Day, the Library has a special Wee DIY on Seed Starting this morning from 11-11:30. Preschoolers love hands-on learning. Explore, create and construct new things and grow through stories, art and experiments. Space is limited to 15 scientists (not including their grown-up assistants). Learn more….
The School of Mines is celebrating the release of their annual art and literary journal, High Grade. Join them for a free reception tonight at 5PM at Foothills Art Center. You’ll see and hear original fiction, poetry, art, and music from students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Golden is hosting the Rocky Mountain Storytelling conference this weekend at the Mountaineering Center. Both Friday and Saturday nights, they will offer storytelling “concerts,” which are open to the public. Tickets are $10/person or $35 for a family.
Today is April 20th–420, in the parlance of pot lovers. If you’re new to town, you might wonder why you never see the famous Colorado weed around here. The State of Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012 and sales became legal in January 2014. Golden voted to prohibit sales of recreational marijuana in June of 2014. We do allow medical marijuana, but we have pretty tight restrictions on where they can be located, and right now there’s only one dispensary operating within the city limits. The investment task force has listed marijuana taxes as a potential source of new revenue, but at this time, recreational pot is still banned in Golden. We’re not alone in that decision: according to Wikipedia, “As of April 2017, 176 of Colorado’s 272 municipalities have opted to prohibit retail marijuana activity within their boundaries.”
