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Virtual Events
11AM Día de los Muertos: Sugar Skulls / Calaveras de Azúcar
Prepare for Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration by joyfully honoring friends and family who have passed away and supporting their spiritual journey. Learn about the significance of sugar skulls as you make your very own to take home. Bilingual presentation by Museo de las Americas. Register
Real World Events
9AM-5PM Fall Whale of a Used Book Sale @ Jefferson County Fairgrounds
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-4PM Watercolor Notecards with Janet Nunn @ Foothills Art Center
10:15-10:45AM Family Time @ Golden Library
12PM CSM Football – Orediggers vs Chadron State @ Marv Kay Stadium
7:30PM The Crucible @ Miners Alley Playhouse (opens October 8)
7:30PM American Renaissance – St. Martin’s Chamber Choir @ Calvary Church
Our Fall Cameo concert often contains music of the Renaissance. This year we will focus on a Renaissance of a different sort — the blossoming of choral composition by American composers in the early 20th century, including many African American composers — William Grant Still, Florence Price, Nathaniel Dett — as well as Amy Beach, Horatio Parker, Leo Sowerby, George Chadwick, and others.
An exquisite choral experience you don’t want to miss! Tickets
Halloween Events
2PM Halloween Bash @ Golden Moon Speakeasy
11AM The Legend of Sleepy Hollow @ MAP Children’s Theater
10AM Halloween Celebration Family Event @ The Golden Mill
12-9PM Halloween @ Holidaily Brewing
1PM Halloween Bash @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
1PM The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – MAP Children’s Theater
1:30PM Creature Features Marathon on GCO.TV
2PM Halloween Costume Contest @ the Whale of a Used Book Sale
5PM Trunk or Treat @ the Golden Gate Grange
6-10PM Halloween Party @ New Terrain Brewing Company
6-9PM Costume Contest @ Over Yonder Brewing
7PM Talking Dead Pub Crawl
8PM Halloween Party @ Rock Rest Lodge
9PM Halloween Party @ Ace Hi Tavern
9:30PM Colorado Haunted History: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Tour
Live Music
11AM Will Whalen @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
2PM Led 11 @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
4:30PM Earl Nelson & The Company @ Goosetown Station
5PM Rick Lewis Project @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Jackson Stokes Band @ Over Yonder
7PM David Henning @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7PM The Wrecklunds at Golden Moon Speakeasy
7:30PM American Renaissance – St. Martin’s Chamber Choir @ Calvary Church
Golden History Moment
154 Years Ago
The October 30, 1867 Colorado Transcript was full of news about growth in Golden.
The Overland Hotel (now the Buffalo Rose Events Center) was under construction. It would have an office, parlor, a dining room for 50, three apartments, and a kitchen on the first floor. The second floor would have a large hall (meeting room) and nine sleeping rooms. “The rooms are large and airy, well lighted and heated.”
The Golden Mill was already in operation, but two other grist mills were under construction–the Rock Flour Mill on 9th Street and the Fitzgerald Mill at 11th and Washington (where the Golden Hotel is now).
The Golden Paper Mill was nearly completed, and would soon be in operation on 9th Street, next to the Rock Flour Mill.
The Harrison block, newly-completed, was already being enlarged. Mr. Harrison was adding a second floor, which was “to be used as a public hall for lectures, dancing, &c.” The Harrison Block now includes Creekside Jewelers and Del’s Tonsorial Parlor.
Calvary Church was also under construction “It has one of the finest locations in town, and will be very ornamental as well as a valuable addition to the place. Our impatience to see it completed is shared by many of our town’s-people.”
The Overland Hotel, Rock Four Mill, and Golden Paper Mill are gone, but the Harrison Block and Calvary Church are still with us!
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!
