Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Cycling
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic
9-10AM Zumba
11-11:55AM HIIT & Sculpt
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
Real World Events
8-9AM What’s Brewing Golden @ Golden Hotel
Each month you will hear an update from City Council, DDA, City of Golden Police, and the Chamber, along with a business spotlight. What’s Brewing Golden not only offers an opportunity to hear from the City and Chamber, but is a great way for our business community to connect to one another and support one another. This meeting is open to all businesses within the Golden area but with a focus on small businesses and restaurants within the City limits of Golden. This meeting is provided as a service by the Golden Chamber of Commerce. Chamber membership is highly encouraged but is not required to attend. Guests are welcome.
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10AM, 1PM, 4PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM, 1PM, 4PM, 6PM Wild West Short Tour
10-11AM Story Time and Craft @ Colorado Railroad Museum
Join staff and volunteers at the Colorado Railroad Museum as they share some of their favorite children’s stories with a decidedly railroad theme followed by a fun make-and-take craft! Today’s book is Choo Choo by Virginia Lee Burton.
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
5PM Brian Q’s Pale Boy Ale (V.9!) Release @ Barrels & Bottles Downtown (map)
It’s our 9th release of the Pale Boy Ale. A beer we brew with Brian Quarnstrom (aka Brian Q) with $2 per pint going to the Golden Civic Foundation.
5:30PM A Decent Home Film Screening @ Jefferson Unitarian Church (map)
Reception at 5:30, intro and screening at 6PM followed by a discussion.
This award-winning documentary provides a thought-provoking look at mobile home parks and the challenges residents face in remaining in their homes. Free and open to the public. Register
6-7PM Book Discussion Group @ Golden Library
Today’s Title: Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
Live Music
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Andy Ard @ Nomad Taqueria
6PM Open Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
Trivia
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-8:30PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
6-8 PM Toad Trivia Tuesdays @ Mountain Toad Brewing (first and third Tuesdays)
7PM Trivia Night @ the Ace
7-9PM Team Trivia Night @ Tributary Food Hall
Golden Geology Moment
Have you ever wondered why the large parking area northwest of the Morrison exit on I-70 is called the Wooly Mammoth lot? Aside from the odd spelling of “wooly,” the name commemorates the fossil remains of ancient elephants that have been found around Denver. For example, in downtown Golden a fossil mammoth skeleton was found in Clear Creek alluvium in 1908 during excavation for a sewer line.
Previously in 1872, Edward Berthoud found an “elephant” (mammoth) tusk in Clear Creek alluvium perched in a gravel deposit about 25 feet above the creek bed near Guy Gulch, 5 miles west of Golden.114 Sewer excavations in Denver uncovered other finds of camel, bison, and horse teeth and bones.115 During cold glacial-climate periods, mammoths and other large mammals roamed the landscape around Golden, a startling contrast to today’s fauna.
This was an excerpt from Golden Rocks: The Geology and Mining History of Golden, Colorado by Donna Anderson and Paul Haseman.
The authors have granted me permission to reprint excerpts, but I recommend that you read the whole book. You can buy a copy from the Lulu website, borrow one from the library (there’s a waiting list!), or read it online for free, courtesy of the School of Mines library.
