Virtual Events
8:30-9:25AM Strength and Cardio
11AM-12PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
4-5PM Friday Crafternoons
Real World Events
8-9AM Morning Start: An Artist Coffee Meetup with Leah Diament
Morning StArt is a joint one-hour coffee meetup program designed to bring artists in the area together with the Golden community, to meet and talk about art. These Meetups are jointly sponsored with the Golden Public Arts Commission and the Foothills Art Center. Join other creatives at Cafe 13 to start your morning! Come and grab a cup of coffee with artist, Leah Diament, and learn about creativity in cyanotypes. Free. RSVP’ing is encouraged
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
7:30PM The Treasurer @ Miners Alley Playhouse – SOLD OUT!
7:30PM Colorado Rails and Cocktails @ Colorado Railroad Museum
An Evening of Colorado History
7:30pm August 6, 2021
Relax, enjoy a beverage and travel back to a time when railroads shaped the American West.
West on A Slow Train
Former Museum curator, Lauren Giebler shares the story of her ancestor, Arthur Seymor, and his move to the western slope of Colorado in August 1908. Seymour purchased a ranch in the Uncompaghre Valley and, after packing a railcar with his family’s belongings and farm animals, traveled west from Illinois to his new home. Giebler shares the challenges and adventures Seymour during his eight-day trip.
Presentation length varies, doors open at 6:30pm, bar opens at 7pm, presentation begins at 7:30pm, and doors close at approximately 8:30pm.
Admission: $20 Adults. Ages 21+ only. Admission in
Live Music
5-8PM Art Rocks (Jesse Crock) and the Gnarbillys @ Coda Brewing
5PM Scotty Brown @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Alibi @ Goosetown Station
7PM Bunny Blake @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
8PM Jack Yoder/Scooter James/Henn/Lucas Whitman/Jeff Howell @ Columbine Cafe
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Saturday Preview
10AM-2PM Abstract Colorado: Painting for Beginners at Foothills Art Center
10AM There will be Coffee with Councilors, either online or at the community center
9AM-2PM Having Garden Issues? Ask A Master Gardener In-Person This Saturday at Their Open Gardens!
The educational gardens at Hiwan Homestead (map) and Jeffco Fairgrounds (map) will be open to the Public this Saturday from 9AM-2PM. Each garden demonstrates a particular learning experience. We have an Orchard with Cherries, Apples, Pears and Peaches, a small urban farm that grows over 40 varieties of fruits and vegetables each year and an award-winning Plant Select garden that demonstrates sustainable ornamental growing for homeowners all located on the Jeffco Fairgrounds. We also have a sustainable ornamental planting for mountain gardeners featuring native plants at Hiwan Homestead.
Master Gardeners curate these gardens as teaching gardens and demonstrations on best management practices and the latest scientific information from CSU. Please come and bring your questions about what is happening in your own gardens and let us help you get back on track to having your best garden ever.
Please Note: Front entrance to the Fairgrounds is closed for COVID testing. Do not turn onto the frontage road. Continue north on Independence and enter at Northeast gate – the Westernaires entrance and follow the road down to the gardens. Plenty of parking.
Golden History Moment
A Day of Atonement
I’ve made some mistakes this week. Yesterday, I added a map to Paul Haseman’s article about the history of Highway 6. In a moment of late-night bleariness, I showed the highway going up Golden Gate Canyon instead of Clear Creek Canyon. The correct map appears above.
The day before, I wrote about the City’s efforts to find new water sources in 1910. To provide some background, I explained that in 1904 we switched from primarily using Clear Creek water to using Beaver Brook water. That much was OK, but then I added a sentence at the end saying that the City had continued to use Beaver Brook water until we built the Guanella Reservoir in 2003.
That, it turns out, wasn’t true. A well-informed reader wrote that “Beaver Brook water and its rights were sold in the 80’s and were no longer used as an adjunct to the Clear Creek water rights.”
For more than a year, I’ve avoided writing about our water rights because I knew they were really complicated! I’ve written to Public Works Director Dan Hartman to see if they have any documents they can send me that might explain what we have, when we got it, etc. If I can get it to a point where I think it makes a good article, I’ll share what I learn. It’s an interesting subject–just complex.
I saved the best bungle for last. On Monday, I wrote about the photo above, which I was trying to date. My approach was to research the start and end dates for two of the visible stores: Red & White (1930-1955) and Gambles (1942-1975). My readers got involved, with two trying to identify the years of the old cars, two basing their projections on the overhead trolley wires, and one pointing out that the arch hadn’t been built yet. We got it down to the 1942-1949 time frame. On Tuesday, I wrote about what the readers had discovered.
Only after all that did I remove the photo from my scanner and notice the following written on the back:
At least we had the time frame right!
