What’s Happening in Golden Today?
8AM Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk @ Golden History Park
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-noon Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill
10AM-12PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-9:30PM Colorado Environmental Film Festival – film descriptions
10AM-1PM Volunteer Recruitment Fair @ Jeffco Open Space (map)
10AM-6PM DGMG Jewelry, Gem & Mineral Show @ Jefferson County Fairgrounds
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
11AM-10PM 7 Year Anniversary Celebration @ Holidaily Brewing Company
12PM Walk with a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
12PM Cultured Veggies Demo @ Natural Grocers
1PM Mother Goose @ Miners Alley Playhouse
1-4PM Wild West Pub Crawl
2-5PM Prom Swap @ Golden Library
7:30PM The Great American Trailer Park Musical @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
11AM-2PM Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
12PM Elise Falkenstein @ Tributary Food Hall
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Shawn Eckels@ Golden Mill
5-8PM Lionel Young Duo @ Goosetown Station
6PM Wink @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7-10PM Will Whalen @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7-10PM Laurie Michelle @ Morris & Mae
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Celebrating Heart and Soul of Golden Month:
Foothills Art Center
Foothills Art Center celebrated their grand opening on August 3, 1968. Their first exhibit was a group of paintings on loan from the Harmsen Western Art Collection.
Bill and Dorothy Harmsen were the owners of Jolly Rancher Candies. The company had started in downtown Golden, and it was here that they developed their famous hard candies. The couple were enthusiastic collectors of western art, owning more than 600 in 1968. They had never shown them in public before, but they permitted the new Foothills Art Center to borrow 41 of the best to celebrate the grand opening.
Less than three weeks later, disaster struck: 12 of the paintings were stolen. Art Center Director Irma Wyhs entered the facility on Thursday morning, August 22nd, and discovered the crime. Three antique guns had also been stolen.
Fortunately, the paintings were recovered. On September 8th, a Cherry Hills Village patrol officer noticed a suspicious vehicle. It left before he could investigate, but he had gotten the license plate number. He soon learned that a robbery had occurred in the neighborhood, so he used the license information to track down the owner at his Englewood address. There they found the paintings and other stolen articles, amounting to about $100,000 in value.
The man pleaded not guilty at his arraignment.
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!
