For more information on any of these events, see the Goldentoday Calendar.
Recurring Events
Under the M Farm Stand – Sundays 9-12 and Tuesdays 3-6
Yoga on the Lawn at the Golden City Brewery – Sunday Mornings
Golden Farmers Market – Saturday Mornings
Fairfield at Miners Alley Playhouse through August 18th
The Frog Prince at Miners Alley Playhouse through August 17th
Ride the Rails (train rides) at the RRMuseum Thursday-Sunday
Golden Weekends (Music and Carriage Rides Downtown) – every Friday and Saturday except August 3rd
Museum Exhibits:
American Mountaineering Museum
Topher Straus: The National Parks
Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
The Americans, Buffalo Bill’s Death
Colorado Railroad Museum
Railroad Museum Turns 60, William Henry Jackson
Foothills Art Center
Evolving Perceptions, Amuse Yeux, and Character and Narrative (opens 8/16)
Golden History Museum
Discovery Awaits, Golden Above the Clouds, Craft Beer and Pizza, Malted Milk
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Evolution and Miniature Quilts
CSM Geology Museum
1
Benefit Tube Race on Clear Creek
Canine Conversations: Walking Tips at the Library
Polar Express Tickets on Sale to RRMuseum Members
Thrilling Thursdays at the RR Museum: Steampunk
2
Open House – Pleasant View Community Park
Healthy Skin Club at Earth Sweet Botanicals
Movies & Music in the Park: How to Train Your Dragon
Highlights Tour at the Railroad Museum
Colorado Rails & Cocktails: The Railroad That Never Was
3
Walk with a Geologist at Dinosaur Ridge
Coffee with 2 Councilors
Golden Super Cruise
Cowboy Poetry Gathering Summer Concert
4
Ride Like a Girl
Coffee with a Ranger
5
Benefit Performance of Fairfield at Miners Alley
6
Train Talks: “Going Home from Mines by Train in the 1960s”
1000 Books Before Kindergarten Party at the Library
National Night Out in Parfet Park
7
TriceraTOTs
Hike to Happy Hour
New Orleans: Biography of a City at the Library
Trout Unlimited
8
Preschool Nature Nuts: Stinkers and Stickers
Art on Tap – Tie Dye Party at Foothills Art Center
9
Movies & Music in the Park: Incredibles 2
Jeffco Fair & Festival
10
Preschool Nature Nuts: Stinkers and Stickers
Raise a Reader Festival at the Railroad Museum
Creating Courage as an Artist at Foothills Art Center
Trail Hacks for Dogs – Jeffco Open Space
Golden Chamber Ribbon Cutting – Vaia Salon
Jeffco Fair & Festival
11
Sunday at the Quilt Museum: Golden in the 19th Century by Barb Warden
Buffalo Bill and Louisa Cody at the Buffalo Bill Museum
Jeffco Fair & Festival
12
Golden Safety Academy – Defensive Driving & Bike Safety
13
Golden Chamber VIBE@Five at Indulge
Golden Beer Talks – Slow Money
French Conversation at the Library
14
First Day of School – Jeffco Public Schools
Early Worm Book Sale at the Quilt Museum
Re-Discovering Technocracy: Chinese, American, and European Perspective
Teen DIY at the Library: Decorate a Back-to-School Planner
Utility Rate Structures Open House
Your Family Came from Where? at the Golden History Museum
Young Adult Lit Lovers (Y’ALL) at the Library
15
Full Moon
Golden Chamber RIbbon Cutting Epoque Apartments
Science Sit-Down at the Library
CMC Fly Fishing Mtg at Wrigley’s
16
Annual M Climb for incoming Mines students
Rocky Mtn Quilt Study Group at the Quilt Museum
Friday Tour at the RRMuseum: William Henry Jackson Collection
Golden Fine Arts Festival VIP Reception
Movies & Music in the Park – Spider-Man into the Spiderverse
No Man’s Land FIlm Festival at the Mountaineering Center
17
Quilter’s Treasures Garage Sale at the Quilt Museum
29th Annual Golden Fine Arts Festival
Dinosaur Express Train at the Railroad Museum
Crafts at the Coop – Golden History Park
Change Your Life by Tidying Up – Library
Robbery at the Railroad (Museum)
Circus Under the Stars Gala at Foothills Art Center
18
29th Annual Golden Fine Arts Festival
Dinosaur Express Train at the Railroad Museum
Oregivers Service Event for the Golden Community
Robbery at the Railroad (Museum)
Jefferson Symphony Pops Concert in the Park
19
Fall semester starts at the School of Mines
Community Center CLOSED for Maintenance (all week)
NREL Walking Campus Tour
20
Director’s Storytime and Craft at the RRMuseum
Power Lunch Lecture at NREL – Can solar power, agriculture, and beehives coexist?
Book Group at the Library: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
21
Golden Mountain Guides – Self Rescue
22
Safety in Faith at the Jeffco Fairgrounds
Pixar Movie Trivia at the VFW
23
Art Book Club at Foothills Art Center: The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Friday Tour at the RRMuseum: Locomotives
Juror Talk and Gallery Walk at Foohills Art Center
Movies & Music in the Park – Mary Poppins Returns
24
Colorado Classic Bike Race and Expo
RMQM Critique Class at the Quilt Museum
Beginner Ukulele Workshop at the Library
25
Buffalo Bill & Louisa Cody at the Buffalo Bill Museum
26
Community Center Re-opens
27
Golden Bike Cruise – Pirates
Front Porch Book Club at the Community Center
28
Class at the Quilt Museum: ETUI Needlecase
Everything Dinosaur Talk: Hadrosaurs
Ukulele Wednesday at the Library
Intro to Hiking Safety at the Mountaineering Museum
Armchair Traveler – Glacier National Park Snowshoe Presentation at the Mountaineering Center
29
Tour of Golden History Park – History Museum Members Only
Beat the Heat with Frozen Treats! class at Earth Sweet Botanicals
CASA & Friends
30
Friday Tour at the RRMuseum: Cabooses
31
Homesteaders Day at the Golden History Park
