Evening in Tucker Gulch
Photo by Linda Cobb
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, Oct. 4th
- 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
- 4-10PM - Golden Hayride Outpost 2 Step Friday
- 5-8PM - Crazy Bingo Night
- 5-7PM - Member Reception - Joel Swanson: Orderings, Decomposing/Recomposing and Ed Hansen
- 5-9PM - Night at the Mines Museum
- 7PM - CSM Women's Volleyball - Orediggers vs MSU Denver
- 7-8:30PM - Colorado Rails and Cocktails: The American Orient Express
- 7:30PM - Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear OPENING NIGHT
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
4-10PM Golden Hayride Outpost 2 Step Friday
Kick up your boots, grab your pals, and join us at the new Golden Outpost for the Friday night fun featuring:
Live 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 from local Golden breweries
A full bar (with N/A options too)
No cover charge. See you there!
Golden Hayride Outpost
17695 South Golden Road (map)
5-9PM Night at the (Mines) Museum
Enjoy the museum after-hours, with all its wonders illuminated and ready for exploration! Take in live music, grab a drink from the bar, and partake in special activities run by our favorite local museum.
It promises to be a night of fun and discovery!Admission: FREE Visitors of all ages are welcome!All proceeds go towards supporting the Mines Museum's mission to foster an appreciation of the Earth, energy and the environment through exploration, engagement, and enlightenment.
Mines Museum
1310 Maple Street (map)
5-7PM Member Preview @ FoothillsArt Center/Astor House
Join Foothills Art Center tonight at the Astor House for the Member Reception of Joel Swanson: Orderings, Decomposing/Recomposing, and Ed Hansen. This is a fantastic opportunity to view all three exhibitions.
Remember, you can become a member for FREE at foothillsartcenter.org/join.
Foothills Art Center - Astor House
822 12th St
7-8:30PM Colorado Rails & Cocktails: The American Orient Express @ The Railroad Museum
OCTOBER 4th – Memories Aboard the American Orient Express with Steve Patterson
Delve into an evening of captivating stories and vivid photography as author and lecturer Steve Patterson brings a wealth of firsthand experience from his years aboard the American Orient Express, once America’s premier rail cruise train. From its humble beginnings in the 1990s to its peak in the early 2000s, Patterson served as Lecturer and Assistant Tour Guide on 47 memorable journeys.
A native of East Tennessee and retired from a distinguished 42-year career with the Santa Fe railway and its successor BNSF, Patterson’s passion for rail travel spans continents. He and his wife Maxine have called Arvada home for 44 years, and his deep connection to rail history is evident through his long-standing membership at the Colorado Railroad Museum, where he can often be found volunteering in the museum library on Fridays.
Join us for an evening of nostalgia and insight as Patterson shares tales from the rails, reflecting on the American Orient Express’s transformation into Grand Luxe Rail Journeys and its ultimate fate. His captivating presentation, accompanied by his personal photography displayed on the Museum’s big-screen Video Wall, promises an immersive journey into life aboard this iconic train. This program is a must-attend for enthusiasts of rail history and those captivated by the glamour and intrigue of luxury rail travel.
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (map)
7PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Haunted Pub Crawl
There are a few tickets left for tonight's Golden Ghosts & Spirits Haunted Pub Crawl.
This haunted pub crawl tour will guide you through Golden’s raucous past, often in the dark. Your guide will shed some lantern-light on the spirits that still linger around old Golden City, and how to rouse them, if you dare. This is not a ghost hunt; there’s no equipment or devices to prod the scenes, just deliciously devious ghost stories fueled by succulent spirits. Your first beverage is included to kick the night off right!
7:30PM OPENING NIGHT: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear @ Miners Alley
The City: London. The year: 1888. The address: 221B Baker Street. As-yet-undiscovered artistic genius Vincent van Gogh presents Sherlock Holmes with a most unusual case. Holmes embarks on a rousing adventure, aided by his partner Dr. Watson and his paramour Irene Adler. The trio confronts the daughter of Professor Moriarty, with a witty helping hand from Oscar Wilde. How will the world's greatest detective solve one of the most audacious crimes of the Victorian era?
Age recommendation: Middle school and older
TONIGHT IS OPENING NIGHT, BUT THERE ARE STILL A FEW TICKETS AVAILABLE - GET YOUR TICKETS HERE.
Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
1100 Miners Alley (map)
Live Music for Friday, Oct. 4th
- 7PM Project Foreigner with El Loco Fandango @ Buffalo Rose
Buffalo Rose (main venue) - More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6-10PM The Revenants @ Wrigley’s
6PM Blynd Pylot @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-9PM RADO @ Goosetown Station
6-9PM Head for the Hills @ New Terrain Brewing
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Making Way for Progress
Aerial Photo by Bill Robie, 1965, a red perimeter marking the Safeway block
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By this time next year Golden food shoppers will be strolling down the aisles of a brand new, 40,000-square foot Safeway store to be located on 17th Street between Jackson and Ford.
Golden Transcript - October 4, 1978
46 Years Ago
In 1978, Golden had recently lost its King Soopers store, and Safeway was strongly hinting that, if they couldn't find a spot for a bigger store, they would leave Golden and build elsewhere. The community was anxious not to lose their only remaining grocery store. Safeway found a new site, five blocks south, but they needed to buy and demolish three single family homes to make way for the new store. Homeowners in the area were uneasy about having a big store moving into their residential neighborhood--particularly those whose homes had been selected for acquisition and demolition.
Eventually, the developers reached a deal with the homeowners, part of which included building each of them a new home elsewhere in the neighborhood.
The October 4, 1978 Golden Transcript interviewed those three homeowners. Two of the homeowners were building new homes next to each other in the 2000 block of Table Drive. The third was former City Manager Arthur Lowther, who lived in a house that his parents had purchased in 1922. ("I can remember riding up and down this block in a little wagon before I was five years old.") He was building a new house on East Street.
The homeowners had mixed feelings about their move. They were sad to leave their houses, but both Jackson and Ford had become increasingly commercial and busy in recent years. "The neighborhood is no longer residential in character," said Lowther.
Miss Helen Fairbanks agreed that the "day and night traffic" was annoying, and looked forward to moving into a new and larger house, but said if she could have, she would have moved her current house to the new lot. "This is one of the oldest houses in Golden," she said.
Miss Rose Hudson, a retired teacher from Golden Junior High, said she would have preferred to stay in her current house until she could no longer garden, then move into a retirement home. She feared, though, that if she didn't make room for Safeway, they would leave town, and she would have to take a bus to Lakewood to do her grocery shopping.
The article includes a photo of both the old and new Lowther houses. His new house is still recognizable, still standing on East Street. Mr. Lowther mentioned that he planned to transplant a few small trees from his current yard to his new one. A large evergreen now stands in front of the house, and I wonder if it was one that he transplanted from his Ford Street house.
Many thanks to an anonymous donor for sponsoring Golden History Moments for the month of October.
Weather
Overnight: Clear, with a low around 48. West northwest wind around 3 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 81. South southeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 59. West southwest wind 1 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, 59°F
Saturday: Sunny, 83°F
Saturday Night: Clear, 52°F
Sunday: Sunny, 77°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 55°F
Monday: Sunny, 79°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 54°F
Tuesday: Sunny, 80°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 56°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 80°F
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 57°F
Thursday: Sunny, 80°F
News About Golden - October 4, 2024
Energy I-Corps Cohort 19 Welcomes Dozens of New Scientists
Energy.gov
National Lab researchers from across the country recently gathered in Golden, Colorado for the kickoff of Energy-I Corps' 19th cohort. A key initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions, the immersive two-month entrepreneurial training program aims to accelerate the commercialization for innovative energy technologies currently in the lab... Read more...
A sneak peek at the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra’s 72nd season of community concerts
By Tim Weighart
Golden Transcript
The Jefferson Symphony Orchestra is ready to work its musical magic once again as the 2024-25 season commences... Read more...
The library’s top chef: Golden teens test cooking skills at annual event
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Even though the Golden Library was closed, it was as chaotic as ever inside.
Constant movement as teenagers ran to and fro; a variety of strong aromas mixing in the kitchen, meeting room and hallways... Read more...
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