Castle Rock from the Welch Ditch Trail
Photo by Carol Freza
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, Apr. 26th
- All day - The Friday Tour
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - CSM Softball - Orediggers vs Adams State
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Denver Kickers Open House (New Date)
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time
- 3:30-4:30PM - Rental Registry Listening Session
- 5-8PM - Pancho & Jane Pre-Launch Party
- 6-8PM - Opening Reception: Evolutions CFE | Thorns & Spikes | The 4 Common Corners
- 7PM - The Play That Goes Wrong
- 7:30PM - The Full Monty
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
The Full Monty Opens Tonight!
This is opening night for the new production at Miners Alley and there are a few (a very few!) seats left. This play till have huge appeal and tickets are likely to be hard to come by, so GET YOURS NOW!
This ten-time Tony Award nominee musical mixes razor-sharp humor with toe-tapping pizzazz, for a must-see upbeat comedy! Packed with honest affection, engaging melodies, and the most highly anticipated closing number ever!
Age recommendation: 18 and older; Rated "R" for
nudity and adult language
So just who is THE FULL MONTY appropriate for?
While it delivers plenty of laughs and toe-tapping tunes, please note that due to mature content like brief male nudity, THE FULL MONTY is intended for adult audiences only. So leave the kiddos at home and join us for a night of entertainment that's bold, funny, and unapologetically grown-up!
6-8PM Opening Night Reception at the Quilt Museum
The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is hosting the opening night reception for two new exhibits. Free admission and appetizers. The public is welcome--bring a friend!
Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz: Carol Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Main Gallery
Carol is internationally recognized for her award-winning fine-art quilts, which have appeared in hundreds of national and international exhibitions, collections, and publications. Honors include 100 Best Quilts of the 20th Century, Silver Star (lifetime achievement) Award, and selection as one of the thirty most influential quilt makers in the world. For 30 years, Caryl traveled extensively, lecturing and conducting workshops for quilt and textile arts groups throughout the United States, and in ten foreign countries. She continues to share her knowledge through her publications and her website.
Appliqué is My Super Power | Joan Duncan
Northeast Gallery
Everyone has something they are really good at, be it sports, cooking, games, decorating, etc. Joan happens to be very good at making quilts, and appliqué in particular. Joan has been making quilts for many years. Her first quilt, made during college in 1972, was of polyester double knit remnants from her Grandma’s scrap bag. Joan is now a scrap quilter 50 years on! Joan is a member of the American Quilt Study Group, and enjoys studying antique quilts and women’s history associated with quilt making. Joan’s favorite techniques are handwork - appliqué, piecing and quilting. She is also skilled with the sewing machine, and does both machine and handwork.
3:30 Rental Registry Listening Session
If you own rental property or are considering renting part of your home, you should attend one of the City's "Listening Sessions" about the proposed Rental Registry:
Join us for any one of three public Rental Registry Listening Sessions being held at the Golden Community Center.
The purpose of a rental registry is to create and maintain a comprehensive list of long-term rental properties and relevant contact information of landlords, tenants, and property managers. This information would enable swift and effective communication from city staff in emergencies or for official city matters related to rental properties, and help the City gain valuable insight into the long-term rental properties, including aspects of health and safety, transit, and affordability.
Each listening session provides an opportunity for community members particularly tenants, landlords, and property managers, to learn more about and provide feedback on implementing a rental registry in Golden. The City is hosting listening sessions on three separate dates and times to accommodate different schedules, so please come to the session that works best for you:
- Wednesday, April 10, 6 – 7 p.m.
- Friday, April 26, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
- Thursday, May 9, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (map)
Live Music for Friday, Apr. 26th
- 8:00 PM-11:00 PM: Super Diamond and Message in a Bottle @ Buffalo Rose
- 5-8PM: Abby Brown @ Golden Mill
- 7-10PM: Derek Hall @ Buffalo Rose
- More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5:30-8:30PM Tim Smisek @ Barrels and Bottles @ Camp George West
6-9PM Moonshroom @ Goosetown Station
7PM Front Range Cowboys @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
10PM TOOL tribute band SCHISM and special guests Vitamin Red - Chevelle tribute @ Over Yonder
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Joachim Binder’s Eagle Corral & Warehouse
1882 Birdseye View Map of Golden Colorado with the CoorsTek property highlighted and Binder Grain Warehouse & Eagle Corral labeled
Yesterday, I presented my research about previous uses of the property where CoorsTek is now demolishing buildings. Turns out, Preston Driggers has been thinking along similar lines! He's been doing a lot of research into the Binder family, and part of their holdings occupied the CoorsTek property. This is the first of a two-part article by Preston Driggers.
As excavators dismantle the Coors Tech buildings as part of the new Clayworks project, the equipment is running over ground that served Golden residents quite differently 140 years ago. Back then, 8th St was known as Wall St and today’s Jackson St was known as Miner St.
The Colorado Central Railroad (CCRR) arrived in Golden in 1870 with the main line running on Wall Street towards Clear Creek Canyon. CCRR built a siding south off the main line that ran along Wall Street.
On North Washington Ave in 1874, Joachim Binder gained ownership of the well-established Eagle Corral. The year earlier he had built a brick store with backroom storage for hay and grains. He was in commission sales and needed more storage for the acquired hay, corn other feed grains sent from mid-west farmers.
In late 1879 or early 1880 he bought a large lot along the railroad siding and built a grain warehouse on the southeast corner. This location allowed easy access for unloading box cars of loose hay, oats, corn and have these available for local sales. The site of this warehouse would be in today’s terms as the imaginary intersection of 8th St. and Jackson Street, under Coors Tech buildings.
In the Fall of 1882, J. Binder added a new grain elevator to the warehouse which allowed his employees to produce custom mixing of grains, and chopped feed as desired by his customers’ for their horses, cattle and other livestock.
Then as now, in January, 1883, a strong windstorm tore the tin roof off the new elevator and it "rolled together liked a scroll and deposited this at a considerable distance from the building.” The walls of the wooden warehouse were also damaged. By late February, 1883 elevator and buildings walls were repaired.
Three years later, J. Binder and his proprietor partner, J.D. Ward, built a large addition that doubled the capacity of the warehouse. Ads at the time indicate the Eagle Corral and warehouse could manufacturer rye flour, corn meal & feed. As a tall structure, the grain elevator stood and business served the local residents and the mountain mining communities for years.
At this time, Joachim Binder was the fourth highest payer of Jefferson County property taxes, behind only the CCRR, William AH. Loveland, and the L.J. Smith & Co. Bank on Washington Ave.
Thank you, Preston Driggers--tune in tomorrow for Part 2!
News Relating to Golden - April 26, 2024
2024 State of the City Address - May 8, 5 p.m.
Cityof Golden
The City of Golden invites the public to attend the 2024 State of the City address.
Join Mayor Laura Weinberg for this important community address, which will include presentations from City Council and city leadership celebrating the City of Golden’s successes in 2023 and goals for 2024... Read more...
City of Golden Weekly Digest
Golden to prohibit tube rentals, sales Saturday of Buffalo Bill Days
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Golden officials are hoping the Clear Creek corridor will be less congested on July 27 — the Saturday of Buffalo Bill Days — as it plans to prohibit outfitters from selling or renting innertubes that day... Read more...
Golden-area RV murder case set for trial in late July
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
The 51-year-old defendant in the Golden-area RV murder case and his attorneys are making final preparations for his two-week trial in late July... Read more...
Avenue Flashes: Going the full monte
By John Akal
Golden Transcript
Golden is about to go The Full Monte. Yes, you read that right and if you know what that expression means, then it goes to show how one movie can change the vocabulary of people all over the world in a single swoop... Read more...
High 5 launches new HVAC division
By High 5 Plumbing
PR Newswire
DENVER, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- High 5 Plumbing, Heating & Cooling, a family-owned and operated home service company serving residents in the greater Denver metropolitan area, announced today the expansion of services as the leading plumbing company in the area will begin offering HVAC services on April 29... Read more...
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