Thunder & Lightning, Return of Swing Night Supper Club, and Funding the Green Center

*Golden Eye Candy – Chris Davell – Last night’s lightning as seen from 8th Street – click to enlarge*

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5-7:30PM Swing Night Supper Club is Back!
A special evening for fans of BIG BAND and swing dancing. Dinner specials at 4PM, two and a half hours of live BIG BAND jazz from 5-7:30PM by the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra – featuring Deborah Stafford. Dance or just listen to the great Swing Era music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more. $15 online / $20 at the door. All ages welcome – under 18 with a guardian. More information

Golden History Moment

*Artist’s Rendering of the Future Green Center – Colorado Transcript, June 6, 1968 – click to enlarge*

53 Years Ago
The June 6, 1968 Colorado Transcript announced that the “Long Awaited CSM Grad Center” would soon be built. The major donor was the Green Foundation, named after one of the founders of Texas Instruments.

The article detailed Mines President Orlo Childs’ “one-man funding campaign,” in which he traveled the country soliciting pledges from alumni and industries. Many education foundations told him that they did not contribute to tax-supported schools. AMAX Foundation made one of the earliest large contributions, pledging $300K in honor of the late Arthur Bunker, president of Climax Molybdenum from 1949-1957. The Kresge Foundation (department stores), Standard Oil of Indiana Foundation, alumni George R. Brown (class of ’22) and William Friedhoff (class of ’07) also made substantial contributions.

*Green Center Under Construction – Golden Transcript, January 8, 1971 – click to enlarge*

Several of those donors were honored in the new building: the Green Center, Friedhoff Hall, and Bunker Auditorium. George R. Brown made a later, larger donation, and Brown Hall is named after him.

The 1600 seat auditorium was expected to be a cultural asset to the community and was seen as a complement to Golden’s new art museum (now Foothills Art Center), located in the former Presbyterian Church building at 15th and Washington.

*Completed Green Center – Golden Transcript, May 29, 1974 – click to enlarge*

The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.