What’s Happening in Golden Today?
6-6:55AM HIIT (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10AM-6PM DGMG Jewelry, Gem & Mineral Show Begins @ Jefferson County Fairgrounds
10AM-9:30PM Colorado Environmental Film Festival – film descriptions
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
4PM Wild West Short Tour
6-8PM Teen After Hours: Bob Ross Painting Party @ Golden Library
7:30PM The Great American Trailer Park Musical @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Brother Andrew @ Goosetown Station
7PM Mojomama & Cass Clayton Band @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
Buffalo Rose has a special show tonight, celebrating women in our Colorado music scene. Jessica Rogalski of Mojomama and Cass Clayton Band are two of Colorado’s top female-fronted funk/soul bands. Mojomama is celebrating 20 years of independent music with a new album charting #1 on the top 50 Colorado Albums (Roots Music Report). Cass’s most recent album, Play Nice, charted #1 in the U.S. R&B Radio Charts for 11 weeks. Jessica and Cass are both the main songwriters and front persons of their bands and have been dedicated to supporting other women musicians who are committed to furthering their craft. In 2019, they created SHE-EO (She Entertainment Organization) to support the success of women in all aspects of the music industry. Learn more & buy tickets….
7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Celebrating Heart and Soul of Golden Month:
Foothills Art Center
Foothills Art Center got its start on the sidewalks of Golden. In 1964, a group of watercolor artists led by Irma Wyhs organized a Sidewalk Art Show in downtown Golden. It was successful enough that it became an annual event, and by 1967 the artists were looking for a permanent place to display their artwork.
“Foothills Art Center” was incorporated in April of 1967. Among the founders were artist Irma Wys, Heinie Foss representing the Chamber, Holly Coors, Orlo Childs (then President of the School of Mines), Mayor Chuck Goudge, City Attorney Tom Carney, and Vi Hader, the Chamber’s Executive Secretary.
The group began by defining their goals. They wanted to exhibit work by both national and local artists, and host shows for the R1 School District, displaying work by both teachers and students. They also wanted to offer art classes.
Their second task was to find a suitable home. The top two candidates were the Rubey Bank building and the old Presbyterian Church. The bank had recently moved to 13th and Jackson, where they could offer patron parking and a drive-up teller window, so the older building on Washington Avenue needed a new purpose.
The Presbyterian congregation had built a new church in the 1950s. The Unitarians had been renting the old church at 15th and Washington for several years, but they, too, were building a new church and would soon be vacating.
In the end, the group chose the old church. The Presbyterians, who still owned the building, offered to rent it for $150/month and if the nascent Art Center decided to buy it, they would apply 94% of the rent to the purchase price.
They spent the spring of 1968 repairing and redecorating the old building. They built a breezeway to connect the former manse (minister’s home) to the church building. The Art Center’s unofficial opening coincided with the 5th annual Sidewalk Art Show, in June of 1968. The first class, offered that same week, was children’s watercolor.
The Grand Opening took place on August 3rd, with former Senator “Big Ed” Johnson as the guest of honor. The opening exhibit included selected pieces from the Harmsen Western Art collection. The Harmsens owned Jolly Rancher Candies, which had started in a shop on Washington Avenue.
TRANSCRIPT EDITORIAL: Golden’s New Asset
The people of Golden can feel justly proud of this new addition of art culture in the area and our hope for growth and prosperity are cordially extended to everyone connected with this venture. Well done, well done, well done.
Colorado Transcript – August 1, 1968
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!
