November Morning
Photo by Kathy Forchas
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, Nov. 22nd
- 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
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 12-7PM - 2024 Holiday Art Market Member Preview
- 12-7PM - 2024 Holiday Art Market Member Preview
- 5-7PM - Crazy Bingo Night
- 5-10PM - Golden Hayride Outpost 2 Step Friday
- 7:30-9:30PM - Drag Bingo
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
12-7PM Holiday Art Market Member Preview
Foothills Art Center had hoped to hold the Holiday Art Market (HART) in their new Astor House location last year. Construction delays made this impossible, so they held it in the original building (now the Foothills Art Center Creative Campus) one last time. THIS YEAR, IT'S IN THE ASTOR HOUSE!
The members-only preview is today, from 12-7PM. You can become a member for as little as $0: join here.
The 49th Annual Holiday Art Market will open to the public tomorrow.
Foothills Art Center at the Astor House
12th and Arapahoe Streets
5-10PM 2 Step Friday @ Golden Hayride Outpost
Friday nights just got a whole lot more exciting in South Golden! Grab your partner and get ready for a hootin' good time! Country Music Night!
Kick up your boots, grab your pals, and join us at the new Golden Outpost for the Friday night fun featuring:
- Live country music from Jeff Goodwin
- Delicious food from Mac Nation Cafe’s food truck
- Custom hat making, branding, and shaping from Olde Town Hatter
- Cold draft beers on tap (and Oktoberfest beers!)
- A full bar (with N/A options too)
- No cover charge. See you there!
Golden Hayride Outpost
17695 South Golden Road
3-6PM - Petition Signing Event @ Golden City Brewery
Golden Residents Count is circulating a petition to limit City spending to $20 million without voter approval. Learn more.
From 3-6 this afternoon, Golden City Brewery's owner, Charlie Sturdavant, will be set up in front of the brewery to answer questions and collect signatures.
Golden City Brewery
920 12th Street (map)
Live Music for Friday, Nov. 22nd
- 7PM The Rick Lewis Project @ Buffalo Rose
This Classic Rock concert benefits the Alzheimer’s Association. This is the quite possibly the easiest and most entertaining way to support a great cause.
Buy a table personally or through your company and either come yourself and/or give it to some of your employees as a cool benefit. The Rick Lewis Project is an excellent band and it’ll be a great time.
We're donating everything that we make on this show to the Alzheimer’s Association. https://www.alz.org/ The Rick Lewis Project is a Denver-based stalwart of the Classic Rock scene. Formed in early 2014 by long-time Denver Broncos radio and TV personality Rick Lewis, the Rick Lewis Project seamlessly blends a high-energy mixture of classic rock covers with a few originals sung by the talented Sarah Hornbuckle. The band is made up of many well-known local names in the Colorado music scene:Rick Lewis-Drums
Sarah Snead Hornbuckle-Vocals, Guitar & Cowbell
Vince Converse-Vocals & Guitar
Brian Hornbuckle-Vocals & Bass Guitar
Dave Preston-Vocals & Guitar
James Torres-Keys
Cody Templeman-Vocals & Guitar
Andrew Baca-Percussion
Tickets
Buffalo Rose (main venue) - More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5:30-8:30PM Danny Shafer @ Barrels and Bottles
6-9PM Carl DiFederico @ Goosetown Station
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Before the Holiday Art Market
The Original Foothills Art Center - now their Creative Campus
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Foothills Art Center was founded in 1968, and of course, they’ve always needed to raise funds. The very first year, three prominent artists–Hal Shelton, Ron Waelcli, and Tom Berger–contributed paintings. Foothills accepted one dollar contributions in exchange for a chance to win one of those paintings.
That first fund-raiser evolved into a holiday art auction. The auction art was on display during the first week of December and sealed bids were accepted.
By the mid-1970s, the Holiday Art Market had evolved:
Members of the Foothills Art Center in Golden and invited artist friends are planning to set up a Holiday Art Market beginning Sunday. Creative imaginations and ingenious skills combine to produce an abundance of one-of-a-kind hand-crafted gifts and decorations for an old-fashioned Christmas.
Golden Transcript, October 21, 1976
This year, the Holiday Art Market has moved to their more easily accessible Astor House location. Their members-only opening happens today between 12 and 7PM. It opens to the public tomorrow!
Thank you to Wendy Weiman for sponsoring Golden History Moments for the month of November.
Golden History: Reliving 2016
8 Years Ago
Lectures
In November of 2016, the museums were hosting some interesting lectures:
- Mountaineering – 100 Years of Colorado’s National Parks & Monuments
- Railroad Museum – History of Dining Car China
- Geology Museum – The Potential for Transformation in the Geosciences & Engineering Disciplines, in the Mining Industry, and Even in Academia Using the Principles of Applied Neuroscience
- Golden History Museum – The Denver and Interurban Streetcar
- Quilt Museum – Persuasion by Hanky: Politics, Policies and Patriots
More Arts & Culture
- The Library hosted Teens After Dark: Geeks Who Read Trivia Night.
- Golden High School performed Shakespeare to the Death; Mines Little Theater presented Flowers for Algernon, and Miners Alley Playhouse opened their holiday play, A Christmas Carol.
- To celebrate the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the library offered classes on Care of Magical Creatures.
- Foothills Art Center opened their annual Holiday Art Market.
- The Railroad Museum opened the Polar Express and sold out almost immediately.
Downtown Parking
The Planning Department and their consultants began floating the idea of having people park in the former Coors lot and riding a shuttle into the shopping area. Early responses were rather tepid:
- “People don’t even want to park a block away from their destination—I don’t see them parking half a mile away and waiting for a bus.”
- “I’m not sure about having people dropped off at bus stops. If we don’t have people strolling through downtown to get back to their car, they may not stop for coffee or ice cream or window shopping.”
- “I have employees arriving before 6 AM and others leaving late at night. Unless the shuttle operates 24 hours a day, they won’t want to park over there.”
- “The problem with the current parking is lack of enforcement of the 2 hour limit.”
- “My employees are all women, and they’re not comfortable walking into a parking garage at night.”
- “Can we arrange for Golden residents to pre-register with the parking system, so we don’t have to use the kiosks or app every time we park?”
Other City Business
- City Council removed a section from our criminal code that prohibited “aggressive begging” and added one making possession of an illegal weapon “unlawful.”
- The Spot Bar and Grill’s liquor license was transferred to a new restaurant called The Cast Iron Tavern.
- The Public Art Commission reviewed the City’s art collection voted to get rid of the bronze pieces depicting a family of bears and kids sledding.
- The Planning Commission approved the site plan for a building at 24th & Jackson.
- The Sustainability Committee hosted a Sustainability Night to highlight green building techniques.
- The Downtown Development Authority reviewed suggestions from the public about downtown. Ideas included more outdoor dining; less outdoor dining; more signs; fewer signs; building affordable housing downtown; more frequent trash collection; developing the Foss lot and the block beyond that; requiring new buildings to provide plentiful onsite parking; adding statues of skiers, hikers, and wildlife–no abstract art.
Weather
Overnight: Partly cloudy. Low around 42, with temperatures rising to around 44 overnight. West wind around 9 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High near 61, with temperatures falling to around 51 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 2 to 7 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low around 43, with temperatures rising to around 46 overnight. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 43°F
Saturday: Partly Sunny, 66°F
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy, 42°F
Sunday: Chance Light Rain, 53°F
Sunday Night: Chance Rain And Snow, 30°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny, 46°F
Monday Night: Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain And Snow, 33°F
Tuesday: Chance Rain And Snow, 49°F
Tuesday Night: Chance Light Rain then Chance Rain And Snow, 33°F
Wednesday: Chance Rain And Snow, 43°F
Wednesday Night: Chance Light Snow, 22°F
Thanksgiving Day: Slight Chance Light Snow, 39°F
News About Golden - November 22, 2024
Golden buying six apartments on Ford Street to preserve as affordable housing
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
To preserve naturally occurring affordable housing units and allow several Goldenites to stay in their homes, the City of Golden is buying six apartment units at 1501 Ford St... Read more...
Sensera Systems Announces New AI-Powered Functionality for SiteCloud™ Jobsite Intelligence Solution
By Sensera Systems
Business Wire
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sensera Systems, a provider of jobsite intelligence solutions that help customers build with confidence, today announced AI-powered updates to its SiteCloud™ software and services. SiteCloud is cloud-hosted, web-based software for viewing, monitoring, and sharing visual data that is captured on the jobsite. It translates raw information into actionable intelligence for contractors, allowing individuals and teams to make data-based decisions on any jobsite from anywhere... Read more...
Jihye Kim wins Scialog Award for funding of research in sustainable energy systems
By Jasmine Leonas
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
Jihye Kim, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at Colorado School of Mines, is among the 18 early career researchers on six interdisciplinary teams to receive awards as part of Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials... Read more...
Colorado School of Mines graduate student launches entertainment company
By Nicole Brady
Denver Channel 7
GOLDEN, Colo. — Colorado School of Mines graduate student Jalen Thomas has many passions, but his first love may have been Disney... Read more...
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Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Beth Bidwell, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, and The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
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Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, 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, Steve & Karla Schaefer, and Bud Rockhill
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Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser
