Today’s Heart and Soul of Golden eventsare hosted by the workhorse of the Golden Cultural Alliance–the Golden Library!
10:15AM Toddler Time at the Library
11:15AM Let’s Dance at the Library
12:15PM Preschool Time at the Library
3PM Benefits Help Drop In at the Library
5:45PM Open Mic Night at the Library
The Golden Library began as a grass roots effort by several women’s groups–Bay View, Golden Fortnightly, the Progressive Club, and Thursday Musicales. The Library was incorporated on February 7, 1914. The ladies raised funds and bought a former paint store at 713 13th Street. That building served as our library for the next 49 years.
The City built its new municipal center on 10th Street in 1961 and set aside rooms for use by the Library. The Library moved into City hall, and at the same time merged with the Jefferson County Public Library. In 1970, the Library built its own building next to City Hall, at 923 10th Street. By 1996, they had outgrown that space and moved into a larger building next door. That “larger building” had been the Golden Recreation Center, no longer needed when we built the new Golden Community Center at the end of 10th Street. The Golden Pioneer Museum moved out of its space in City Hall and into the former Library. In 2008, the Golden Library remodeled to include self-checkout units, a large children’s play area, and a reading room. So Happy 106th Anniversary to the Golden Library, and three cheers for the ladies of 1914! I don’t know about Bay View, Progressive, and Musicales, but I can report that the Golden Fortnightly Club is still going strong!
Many thanks to Librarian Jo Barber for her history of the Golden Library!
6PM Tonight’s Golden Safety Academy will focus on Home Safety. Learn more….
6-9PM The Buffalo Rose hosts their weekly Make it Count Magic Monday this evening. I mistakenly wrote yesterday that this would be a fund-raiser for the Golden Backpack Program, but that will actually take place next Monday, the 17th.
6:30PM The Golden Urban Renewal Authority (GURA) board meets tonight in City Council Chambers. They will consider their annual agreement with the City, which says that GURA will pay $47,500 for administrative help by City Staff. They will also review their plans for 2020, which include:
– Working with the DDA to decide how to spend the $1.8 million legacy fund.
– Aiding development of Affordable Housing in GURA districts.
– Participate in policy development regarding mobility, parks, and public spaces in and hear GURA districts.
– Working on the Colfax “complete streets” project.
– Possibly contributing to the cost of developing DeLong Park.
– Monitoring possible redevelopment of Heritage Square.
– Working on additional redevelopment projects in the GURA districts.
7PM CMC Speaker Series: The Sun is a Compass
Join the Colorado Mountain Club for a speaker series event featuring Caroline Van Hemert, an Alaskan writer, adventurer, and wildlife biologist whose recent book won the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition for adventure travel. Her writings have also been featured in the New York Times, Audubon, Los Angeles Times, and Outside. Learn more and buy tickets….
Also this evening:
7:30PM Nar-Anon Family Group at Calvary Episcopal (map)
Tuesday Preview:
9:15AM Baby Time at the Library
10:15AM Toddler Time at the Library
10AM Everything Dinosaur Talk: Thyreophora Part 2 (Ankylosaurs)
11:15AM Toddler Time at the Library
12PM Town and Gown Book Club
4PM China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet?
4PM Play & Build at the Library
5PM VIBE@Five – Chamber gathering at the State Room
5:30PM Backcountry Avalanche Workshop
5:30PM Golden High School PTA Meeting
6PM Golden Beer Talks – Claire Zilber, MD, “Man Up! The Shame-Based Roots of Misogyny” at the Buffalo Rose
6:30PM Bingo at the VFW
6:30PM Self Defense Class for Women at Runners High
6:30PM French Conversation
6:30PM Economic Development Commission (EdComm) Meeting
7PM Geeks Who Drink Trivia in the State Room
