Stained Concrete, Trivia, Beginning Knitting, Sold Out Spirits, Fleetwood Mac, and the Early Gem

*Golden Eye Candy – Chris Davell – Newly-stained concrete on the creek path – click to enlarge*

*Supplementary Eye Candy – Nancy Torpey – Picture of Chris photographing the newly-stained concrete! – click to enlarge*

Virtual Events

8:30-9:25AM Silver Sneakers Classic
10AM Mid-Morning Meditation
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga
11-11:55AM Silver Sneakers Circuit
3PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5:30-6:25PM HIIT & Sculpt
6-7PM Qs and Brews Trivia
6-7:30PM Meet the Climbing Smiths

Real World Events

*Tickets still available for the 19th & the 26th*

9:45 and 10:30AM Preschool Nature Nuts @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
4-6PM Beginning Knitting Class @ Golden Quilt Company
5-9PM Cannonball Creek Brews for a Cause – benefiting the National MS Society
5-9PM Bike Night – Sturgis Dreamin’ @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
6PM Fun Run @ Runners Roost
6-9PM Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild

6:30PM Economic Development Commission Meeting
The Economic Development Commission will hear about the recent hiring fair, business-to-business communications, lodging & marijuana tax ballot measures, and the School of Mines Innov8x Class.

7:15PM Spirits with Cocktails @ Windy Saddle Cafe – SOLD OUT!
Tickets are still available for August 19th & 26th!

Live Music

*Bad Company and Fleetwood Mac Tribute band tonight at the Buffalo Rose*

5PM El Loco ZZ Top Tribute @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Pat Travis and Curbside @ Wrigley’s
6PM Tim Sukits @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
6PM Liver Down the River @ New Terrain Brewing
6PM Open Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
7PM Timber! @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Badco & Crystal Visions @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)

Golden History Moment

**112 Years Ago:** *Colorado Transcript – August 12, 1909*

The Golden Gem Theater, which operated in Golden for more than 60 years, got its start in 1908, in the former Christian Church. The church was located at 10th and Jackson Streets. It appears in maps and photos up through the early 1920s, but was demolished when the “new high school” (now the American Mountaineering Center) was built.

*Golden Christian Church highlighted on the 1873 Birdseye View of Golden Colorado – click to enlarge*

*Golden Christian Church – Golden History Museum Collection*

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!