Moon Hunting
Photo by Jen Rutter
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, Jun. 21st
- All day - The Friday Tour
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - ARTSWEEK Golden
- 10AM-12PM - Sketching Along the Creek
- 10AM-12PM - Rocky Mountain Quilt Study Group
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time
- 4PM - Tie Dye with Tamara
- 4PM - Pride Fest on the River
- 6:30-8PM - Summer Solstice - Ecstatic Dance
- 7PM - Colorado Summit Home Game
- 7:07PM - Full Moon
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
10AM-12PM Sketching Along the Creek
Plein Air on the Creek - Photo by Joyce Davell
Join local artist Pat Conrad on a plein air sketching walk along Clear Creek. We will stop in a few locations to do some drawings and learn techniques. Make sure to bring a pencil, sharpener and a sketch book! More information
Meet at Astor House
822 12th Street - map
4PM Tie Dye Party @ Golden City Brewery
Come and Tie Dye with Tamara! If you need tips, she can help! If you already know how, you're good to go! We'll have a whole rainbow of colors and shirts to dye! More information
Golden City Brewery
920 12th Street (map)
12-4PM Pride Fest on the River @ Golden Mill
Come celebrate Pride month at the Golden Mill with live DJ music from Casey Russel, playing a blend of world dance music: Latin Funk. Afro House, Nu Disco and more! Featuring Specialty cocktail: Taste The Rainbow, handcrafted with Deep Eddy Lemon and cranberry vodka, lime juice, simple agave.
Deep Eddy Vodka will be on site handing out Pride Swag.
Happy Cones will have a specialty Pride flavor: hot pink vanilla ice cream churned with rainbow sprinkles.
A portion of the day's proceeds will benefit The Center on Colfax.
Golden Mill
1012 Ford Street (map)
Live Music for Friday, Jun. 21st
- 8PM Smokin' @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
- 5-7PM Live Music with DJ Hermantra @ Morris & Mae
- More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5:30-8:30PM Jay Martin @ Barrels and Bottles
6PM Steve and The Cruisers @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-9PM Riding Carpets @ Goosetown Station
6-10PM Mad Millie @ Wrigley’s
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Safeway's 90th Anniversary
Safeway's original location in Golden, at 13th and Washington
90 Years Ago
Safeway opened their first store in Golden on June 21, 1934. The national chain brought a new kind of grocery shopping to Golden. In traditional stores, the groceries had been kept behind the counter, with store employees assembling and packaging an order.
Safeway put the merchandise within reach of the customer: "Broad, Low Display Shelves Allow Shoppers to Leisurely Examine All Goods, or to Choose Quickly and Save Time." The company stated that their modern refrigeration equipment would ensure the freshest perishable food.
The new store was such important news that the Transcript named each of the employees, even supplying the store manager's home address (1205 12th Street, in the Pines apartment).
Not to be outdone, Golden's 75-year old Koenig Mercantile store "Refurbished, rearranged, departmentized, modernized, beautified and made up-to-date in every particular." These changes also made the front page of the Transcript. The writers may have shown some partiality as they reminded their audience that the store had "served three generations--the pioneers, their children and great grand children."
The two grocery stores co-existed in Golden for more than 40 years.
Safeway certainly thrived. After their 1934 opening, they remodeled and doubled in size in 1942, then moved to 1109 Ford Street in 1950. The new store was larger than the old, and–more importantly–had its own parking lot, designed to hold 70 cars. The parking shortage in downtown Golden had grown increasingly drastic over the previous two decades, and close parking is particularly necessary for shoppers with large grocery purchases.
In 1961, Safeway built a new store–still larger than the 1950 model–on the same lot. The new store had spaces for 122 cars.
They moved to their current location on Jackson St. in the early 1980s. The much larger store has a parking lot for well over 200 cars.
If you shop at Safeway today, wish them a happy 90th anniversary!
The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.
Weather
Overnight: A slight chance of rain showers. Cloudy. Low around 62, with temperatures rising to around 64 overnight. West southwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 85, with temperatures falling to around 83 in the afternoon. North northwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 61°F
Saturday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 88°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 63°F
Sunday: Sunny, 91°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 67°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 93°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 67°F
Tuesday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 90°F
Tuesday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 65°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 89°F
Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 66°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 93°F
News Relating to Golden - June 21, 2024
Golden Community Center revives monthly Lunch Bunch events for seniors
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
For the first time in more than four years, the Lunch Bunch reconvened.
The Golden Community Center’s Front Porch program has revived the monthly event for the 50-plus crowd, hosting it on the third Tuesday of each month... Read more...
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Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, AC Development, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz
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