Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:25AM Strength and Cardio
11AM-12PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
4-5PM Friday Crafternoons
Real World Events
8AM-4PM Rummage Sale at the Golden Gate Grange (map)
Join us for the sale where you may find a bargain or maybe a treasure! Clothes, kitchenware, tools, furniture, books, decorations, collectibles, jewelry, linens, sports equipment, garden items and more will be for sale at bargain prices. Hot dogs with chips and drinks for $6 will be served! More information The Golden Gate Grange is located at 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road just 4 miles west of Route 93 in Golden.
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
6-8PM Community Friday Night @ Pranatonic
7PM MOVIES & MUSIC IN THE PARK @ Parfet Park
Music: LAPOMPE
Movie: Toy Story 4
Bring a picnic and a blanket or lawn chair to Parfet Park. Enjoy some live music, a fun movie, and root beer floats from the fire department. If you or anyone you know hasn’t yet received your vaccine, visit the pop-up clinic.
LAPOMPE is a swinging Denver-based band with deep roots in Parisian, ‘Hot-Club’ jazz, upbeat American Jazz standards and gypsy folk-tunes. Special treat tonight! Save room for dessert because the Golden Fire Department will be serving up root beer floats.
We’ll also have the Jefferson County Public Health pop-up vaccine clinic on site for those wishing to get vaccinated in a convenient location.The series features free music and a family-friendly movie each Friday night. Bands begin performing at 7:00 p.m., and the featured movie of the night begins at dusk, around 8:30 p.m. The movies are shown on a giant inflatable screen under the stars. More information
Live Music
5PM Hillbilly Demons @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Cool Shade @ Goosetown Station
6PM Jewel and the Rough @ Wrigley’s
8PM The Wrecklunds with Buffalo Commons @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Autonomous Transit
For the next year, Golden will have three new shuttle routes, with transportation provided by driverless vehicles. Two of the routes run within Mines facilities. Those have already begun service and you can take a test ride this weekend. The third route will go through campus and offer two stops on Arapahoe Street. That one will begin service on Monday. Learn more about this pilot program and check the route maps to find a stop.
Golden History Moment
46 Years Ago
The August 13, 1975 Golden Transcript described a price war that raging between two downtown bars. The battle was joined only once each week, during Wednesday happy hour. The Big M Lounge (where Woody’s now is) had a new manager, and he posted a sign promising a 9 ounce glass of Coors draft for only 10 cents.
The word quickly reached Leo Stillman at the Ace Hi Tavern, and he countered by offering a 9 ounce draw for 5 cents. The normal price was 35 cents.
An investigative reporter from the Transcript visited the Ace-Hi to witness life on the front lines. The crowd there consumed a 16-1/2 gallon keg of beer in 23 minutes.
One of the regulars at the Ace-Hi Tuesday tried to recall the last time they had been able to get a beer for a nickel. “I think it was in the ’30’s,” said W.W. (Spud) Weedman, but he wasn’t sure.
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!
