To join tonight’s Candlelight Walk, meet at Foothills Art Center at 6:30. If you find yourself downtown without a candle, stop by Baby Doe’s Clothing (map) to buy one!
What’s Happening in Golden Today?
Holiday Canned Food Drive for BGOLDN
All of December, On Tap Credit Union (map) is partnering with BGOLDN for a canned food drive. Bring in your cans, and you will be entered to win a gift card to one of our local brewery partners! We ask that before you bring in the items to please make sure they are not expired or damaged as these items cannot be used. Cheers to making a difference in our community.
Holiday Food Drive
Mountain Toad Brewery (map) and the Golden Visitor Center (map) are hosting a holiday food drive for the Christian Action Guild Food Pantry during the month of December. Food can be dropped off at either location in the donation boxes.
6:30-7:15AM HIIT (Virtual)
8-9AM Morning StArt: An Artist Coffee Meetup with Dianna Fritzler @ Foothills Art Center
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9AM-9PM Holiday Craft Faire @ Jefferson Unitarian Church
10AM-5PM Holiday Art Market @ Foothills Art Center
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
3-5PM Dungeons & Dragons Hangout @ Golden Library
3:30PM Wild West Short Tour
5-8PM Holiday Gift Market Pop Up @ Golden History Park
Join us at the Golden Candlelight Walk for a festive holiday gift market! Find us behind the Golden History Museum facing Clear Creek Path. Find unique gifts for everyone on your list – artisan jewelry, home goods, artwork, seasonal ornaments, minerals and more!
6:30-8:30PM Holiday Celebration @ Golden Library
Start the season surrounded by friends and neighbors during this holiday kick-off celebration. Enjoy a stroll around the Library, take-and-make crafts and holiday tunes from The Rocky Mountain Ukulele Orchestra.
6:30-8:30PM Olde Golden Candlelight Walk @ Foothills Art Center and Washington Avenue
Experience the beauty of the holiday season while walking down Washington Avenue, candle in hand, singing holiday carols during Golden’s hometown Candlelight Walk, which offers an authentic way to start the season of lights and is open to all.
7:30PM A Christmas Story @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Grant Livingston & Friends @ Goosetown Station
6PM Jay Martin @ Barrels and Bottles @ Camp George West
6-9PM The Backyard Band @ Over Yonder
7PM David Henning @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Rick Lewis Project – An Evening of Classic Rock @ Buffalo Rose
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
79 Years Ago
The advertisements in the December 2, 1943 Colorado Transcript show Golden on a wartime footing.
The Safeway ad includes a series of tips on handling food thriftily: come to the market with meal plans, and be prepared to make substitutions if your first choice isn’t available; serve fresh produce instead of canned, to save ration coupons; reuse your leftovers by making hash.
The Golden Mercantile urges husbands not to growl at their wives about the quality and quantity of food available. Uncle Sam himself explains, “It’s not your wife’s fault—it’s the war.”
Golden Service Station offers tire retreading services. New tires were tightly rationed, and were almost impossible to get.
The Colorado Central Power Company offered one ray of sunshine amidst the wartime privations: “No points, no coupons, no rationing of electricity.” The ad goes on to remind us that the government needs electricity for the war effort, so we should never waste it. “…be as careful with electricity as with coupons. Use all you need—but need all you use.”
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
