Four New Restaurants, ADA Plans, and Golden Folks at Golden Beer Talks

Golden Eye Candy – Nancy Torpey – Viewing the Sun – enlarge “It looked like a red disc about the size of a quarter, but you could actually make out all sorts of turbulence and flares and protuberances. It was really cool.” *– Nancy Torpey*

What’s Happening in Golden Today?

8-9AM What’s Brewing Golden @ Golden Hotel
This monthly meeting will be on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 8 – 9 am, hosted by the 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.

9-10AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
10-11AM Story Time and Craft @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking History Tour
10AM, 1PM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
1-3PM Hand Embroidery Stitchers @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

2:30PM Local Licensing Authority Meeting @ City Hall
Today’s Local Licensing Authority meeting will feature liquor license applications for four new restaurants. Three of them will be gong into the former mortuary at 1100 Washington Avenue – map (Denver Biscuit Company, Atomic Cowboy, and Fat Sully’s). The fourth (King of Wings) is going into the former cidery/former laundromat at 1100 Arapahoe Street – map.

6-7PM Book Discussion Group @ Golden Library
6PM New World Disorder Movie Night @ Pedal Pushers Cyclery

6PM City of Golden ADA Transition Plan @ City Hall
The City of Golden invites residents and other interested parties to review the ADA Transition Plan draft and join us online or in person for this community meeting. To learn more about the plan, visit www.guidinggolden.com/ada-transition-plan.

A sampling of Povy Kendal Atchison’s “Golden Folks” collection

6PM Golden Beer Talks @ The Buffalo Rose
Tonight’s featured speaker will be professional photographer Povy Kendal Atchison, exhibiting artist at the Golden History Museum. Povy will will discuss her evolution as a photographer and her connection to her community. She will highlight photographs from her current Golden History Museum exhibit entitled Golden Folks.

Povy started taking pictures when she was 12 years old, after watching a Charlie perfume commercial. After 44 years, she has photographed for countless magazines, books and non-profits, taking pictures of architecture, food, and people.

Alongside the Talk, we will be featuring beer offerings from Over Yonder Brewing Company, as well as wine + other beverages plus a delicious appetizer menu courtesy of the Buffalo Rose. As always, doors will open at the Buffalo Rose at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 21 February. Introductions and Talk will start around 6:30 p.m., with our Talk expected to run about 20 minutes before brief intermission followed by Q + A.

6:30-8:30PM Bar Bingo Night @ VFW Post 4171

Mardi Gras

11AM-10PM Mardi Gras Party @ Trailhead Taphouse & Kitchen
5-9PM Crawfish Boil Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras @ Morris & Mae
5:30PM A Swamp Dust Carnival @ Over Yonder Brewing

Trivia

6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-8:30PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill

Live Music

6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Bluegrass Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing

Golden History Moment

*Promotional postcard for the Holland House, featuring the Hal Shelton mural – enlarge*

66 Years Ago
The February 21, 1957 Colorado Transcript announced an expansion at the Holland House. The owners planned a new dining room which they would call the Pioneer Room. The outstanding feature of the room would be a mural depicting the early history of Golden.

Top-left is the Hotel Berrimoor, Top-center and -right is the LaRay Middle Row is all Holland House – all top and middle row photos from the Golden History Museum collection Bottom row is Table Mountain Inn – all photos are theirs – enlarge

The Holland House was built in the 1920s and had gone through a series of owners and names (Hotel Berrimoor, Cody Hotel, Wright Hotel, Golden Hotel, LaRay Hotel) before Lu and Ethel Holland purchased it in 1948. In their hands, the hotel, restaurant, and coffee shop remained a going concern until 1987. It re-opened in 1991 as the Table Mountain Inn.

The mural mentioned in the article was painted by Golden artist Hal Shelton. Shelton was a long-time advocate for Golden’s schools, and Shelton Elementary was named in his honor.

*Extra-long postcard for the Holland House – Vic DeMaria Collection – enlarge*

The mural now belongs to the Golden Civic Foundation. It was displayed in Foss Drug for several years and is now hanging on the second floor of the Golden Community Center.

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!