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Arts & Crafts All Over, History at Miners Alley Playhouse, Mines Football, a Choir Concert, and Wartime Privations

Golden Eye Candy – Chris Davell – the Mini-Arch with Holiday Lights – enlarge

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

8AM Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk @ Golden History Park
9AM-12PM Gingerbread House @ Home Depot
9AM-4PM Holiday Craft Fair @ Jefferson Unitarian Church
9AM-4PM Christkindl Market @ Denver Kickers Sport Club
10AM Holiday Bazaar @ Golden High School
10AM Nature’s Gifts @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
10AM-5PM Holiday Art Market @ Foothills Art Center


10AM-4:30PM Yuletide Tintype – A Picture-Perfect Memory for the Season @ Foothills Art Center
Join us for an exclusive experience with @goldentintype! Each reservation includes the creation of one unique tintype photograph, making it the perfect keepsake or heartfelt gift for this holiday season. Please note that, due to the nature of the photography process, we kindly request no pets or children under the age of 6 at this event. Celebrate the holidays with us and capture the spirit of the season in timeless silver!

A tintype is a one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted photo made on a metal plate. The process is entirely handmade and these plates are one of one. This unique process dates back to the 1850’s. The plate is sensitized, exposed, and developed in a darkroom. After the plate is developed, it is washed, dried, and varnished, making them extremely archival. We still have tintypes around from the 1800s! *We have very limited availability, 1 tintype per time slot* Catayst Members & Above: $75/ Non-Members $110 Reserve a time.

10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
11AM and 1PM Children’s Theater – The Story of the Nutcracker @ Miners Alley Playhouse
11AM Nature’s Gifts @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
12PM CSM Football vs Central Washington @ Marv Kay Stadium
12-12:45PM Natural Tips to Support Healthy Sleep @ Natural Grocers
1-2:30PM Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners (Virtual)
1-3PM PAWS for Reading @ Golden Library
3:30-5PM Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players (Virtual)


4PM Winter’s Enchantment – Golden Concert Choir Holiday Performance @ Calvary Episcopal Church

4-6:30PM Craft & Sip Night @ Mines Museum
Make your very own Picto Kit at the Mines Museum! Pick your design and fabric, and make great one-of-a-kind art. Picto Kits work both sides of the brain! $55 per person Spots are very limited, you must call to reserve your spot in advance! 303-273-3815 Create a unique gift for a loved one, or gift it to yourself!


4:30PM Ribbon Cutting @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
History is happening this afternoon at Miners Alley Performing Art Center. Join them at 4:30 as they cut the ribbon at their new location!


6-8PM Half Moon Wreath Building Workshop @ Morris & Mae
7:30PM A Christmas Story @ Miners Alley Playhouse

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CITY MEETINGS


10AM Coffee with Councilors @ Golden Community Center
Join your neighbors for Coffee with Councilors the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. in the Golden Community Center Bear Creek South room (1470 10th St.) unless otherwise noted on the calendar. Or if you prefer, join us online from the comfort of your own home (bring your own coffee!). Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions and let’s have a conversation!

This month’s event features an update on GPD’s 32-hour workweek trial with Police Chief Joe Harvey.

LIVE MUSIC


11AM-2PM Craig “CD” Clark @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)


4PM Winter’s Enchantment – Golden Concert Choir Holiday Performance @ Calvary Episcopal Church
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-9PM Live Music @ Bridgewater Grill
6PM Spare Change @ Over Yonder


7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7PM Hank Cramer @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

Wartime advertisements – December 2, 1943 – enlarge


80 Years Ago
The advertisements in the December 2, 1943 Colorado Transcript show Golden on a wartime footing.

The Safeway ad includes a series of tips on handling food thriftily: come to the market with meal plans, and be prepared to make substitutions if your first choice isn’t available; serve fresh produce instead of canned, to save ration coupons; reuse your leftovers by making hash.

The Golden Mercantile urges husbands not to growl at their wives about the quality and quantity of food available. Uncle Sam himself explains, “It’s not your wife’s fault—it’s the war.”

Golden Service Station offers tire retreading services. New tires were tightly rationed, and were almost impossible to get.

The Colorado Central Power Company offered one ray of sunshine amidst the wartime privations: “No points, no coupons, no rationing of electricity.” The ad goes on to remind us that the government needs electricity for the war effort, so we should never waste it. “…be as careful with electricity as with coupons. Use all you need—but need all you use.”

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!

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