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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, Jul. 26th
- All day - The Friday Tour
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Buffalo Bill Days
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time
- 6-8PM - Opening Reception: Photos, Pixesl, & Pizzazz | Appliqué is My Super Power
- 6:30-8PM - Somatic Dance
- 7:30PM - School of Rock - The Musical
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
Opening Night for School of Rock @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
Opening Night for Buffalo Bill Days @ Parfet Park
Scenes from Buffalo Bill Days of previous years
Golden will again be hosting its annual Buffalo Bill Days celebration. This event dates back to the 1940s as a trail ride up Lookout Mountain to Buffalo Bill's grave.The Buffalo Bill Days Committee has expanded the activities through the years and it is now the largest community festival held in Golden. The event draws many people from surrounding communities who enjoy bringing their families to a wholesome, small-town community event.
See the full weekend schedule of events.
Tonight:
The craft booths, children's activities, and food vendors will be open from 5-10PM.
Tonight's Music:
5-6:30PM Hazel Miller
7-10PM Chris Daniels & the Kings
Parfet Park
10th & Washington (map)
6-8PM Open Reception for Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry @ the Quilt Museum
Caryl is an influential, award winning quilt maker best known for her organic, curved seam designs, her scintillating use of color, and her multilevel illusions of light and motion. Her attention to detail has earned her a reputation for fine craftsmanship as well as stunning designs.
A bit of a 'rule breaker' she created some waves in the world of quilting in 1989 with her quilt Corona II: Solar Eclipse. It won Best of Show at the American Quilters Society show in Paducah, but as the first machine-quilted piece to win this coveted award, Caryl opened the door for every machine quilter who followed.
The quilt was later named one of the 100 most important quilts of the 20th Century.
Since 1983, Caryl's work has been exhibited extensively throughout North America, Europe, Japan, and the Pacific Rim. She has had twenty three solo exhibitions, including a 1992 exhibition in Tokyo, Japan, and a 2000 exhibition in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
Caryl is the only three-time winner of the coveted American Quilters Society Best of Show, Purchase Award. She was the 2009 International Quilt Festival Best of Show winner, and her quilts have also been awarded Best of Show in more than a dozen other national and international exhibitions. In 1986, Caryl received the Masterpiece Quilt Award from the National Quilting Association. She has received the Master Awards for both Contemporary Artistry (2002 & 2006) and Machine Artistry (1997) from the International Quilt Association and Best Machine Workmanship from the American Quilters Society (2004 & 2009) and the Quilting the Quilt national exhibition (2003).
Caryl's techniques and method of going from inspiration to completed work are totally unique and take advantage of technology. The variety of works that will be included in this show are astounding.
Join us tonight for this free reception. See the quilts, meet Caryl, and enjoy the refreshments!
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street, Suite 240 (map)
Live Music for Friday, Jul. 26th
- 8-10PM Wash Park Band @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
- 7-10PM Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
- More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6-9PM Pocket Sauce @ Goosetown Station
6-9PM Jax Jordening @ Mountain Toad
6-10PM Steve & The Cruisers @ Wrigley’s
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: News from the July 26, 1893 Colorado Transcript
The Presbyterian Sunday School gave a picnic at Manhattan Beach Thursday. They went over the Lakewood and report the jolliest of times.
Manhattan Beach was an amusement park on Sloan’s Lake in Edgewater. "The Lakewood" referred to the interurban train (the Denver, Lakewood & Golden). Its route ran through Lakewood, using much the same route that today’s “W” line follows.
Choke Cherries are beginning to ripen. (That’s true today, too!)
Prof. and Mrs. M. C. Ihlsing and Baby Dorothy are home again from their summer outing. They visited the World’s Fair on their way home.
This refers to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Geo. R. Arnold–everybody knows George–has taken hold of the Standley Hall stables and will run them as a feed and sale establishment. By giving strictest attention to his customers he expects to build up a good trade.
Standley Hall was a large brick building at 12th and Arapahoe (across 12th Street from the Astor House), built in the 1870s and used for many dances, performances, and political meetings. The building blew down in a windstorm in 1902.
The Warren dances at Sapp’s Grove are becoming very popular and the Lakewood comes into this pleasant resort crowded both from Denver and Golden. The pavilion will undoubtedly be enlarged to accommodate the large crowds.
Sapp’s Grove was a large grove of cottonwoods located at 23rd and Jackson. In 1893, Jackson was a railway line rather than a street, and it was convenient for the railroad to drop passengers there for the regularly scheduled dances.
It will seem funny to see history repeat itself in Golden in the matter of carrying on trade with gold-dust and amalgam. In ’59 and ’60 the smallest purchases were paid for in dust, every merchant and business man having his little gold-scales ready for use. We expect to see the boys who are making things so lively in the creek bed just now making that sort of history for us again in the near future.
That summer, there were two parties prospecting for gold in Clear Creek–one at the mouth of the canyon and one in the valley between the two Table Mountains. Transcript publisher George West was here in ’59 and ’60, and would well remember those days of trading in gold dust.
Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 69, with temperatures rising to around 72 overnight. West wind around 8 mph.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly cloudy. High near 88, with temperatures falling to around 82 in the afternoon. North wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 65, with temperatures rising to around 67 overnight. West wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 65°F
Saturday: Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 89°F
Saturday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Clear, 64°F
Sunday: Sunny, 93°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 64°F
Monday: Sunny, 95°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 66°F
Tuesday: Sunny, 95°F
Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 68°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 95°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 66°F
Thursday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 94°F
News Relating to Golden - July 26, 2024
Buffalo Bill Days Parking, Shuttles & Closures
City of Golden
Buffalo Bill Days returns this weekend, Friday - Sunday, July 26 - 28. This annual tradition dates back to the 1940s as a celebration of the vibrant spirit and rich history of the Wild West. Enjoy a wide array of activities for visitors of all ages, from a hometown parade and rodeo shows to live music performances, local cuisine, and an array of family-friendly activities... Read more...
Movies & Music in the Park
City of Golden
Join us for free nights of movies and live music under the stars in Parfet Park! Read more...
Mines students win first place at ASCE Timber-Strong Design Build Competition
By Emilie Rusch
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
Civil engineering students at Colorado School of Mines have long had the opportunity to put their construction skills to the test against universities across North America and beyond.
The American Society of Civil Engineers hosts annual competitions for student engineers to cast seaworthy canoes out of concrete and erect scale-model bridges out of steel... Read more...
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