The Clear Creek Corridor
Photo by Joyce Davell
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Saturday, Apr. 11th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - TriceraTOTs
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Golden Sports
- 8AM - Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk
- 9AM-3:30PM - SLASH Off-Season Windstorm Debris Drop-Off
- 9:30AM-3PM - 2026 Pastel Workshop with Jane Christie
- 9:30AM-12PM - Walk With a Geologist
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 10AM-3PM - Saturday Train Rides
- 10AM-12:30PM - Collage Collective
- 10:15-10:45AM - Family Time - Registration Required
- 11-11:30AM - Gallery Tour - 2026 Members' Show
- 12-12:45PM - Natural Tips to Support Healthy Sleep
- 1-5PM - Spring Into Gear
- 1-3PM - PAWS for Reading @ the Library
- 1-4:30PM - Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players
- 5-6:30PM - Golden American Legion Dinner
- 5-7PM - Paint Night
- 6:30-7:45PM - Soundbath
- 7PM - Colorado Haunted History: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Tour
- 7PM - Mines Little Theater - Footloose
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9:30AM-3PM 2026 Pastel Workshop with Jane Christie @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
Enjoy a fun, stress free environment in which to relax and create.
All levels are welcome. Experience is not necessary. If you’ve taken a class from her in the past please feel free to come, start painting or join new students as Jane covers the 3/3’s theory, pastel techniques, the value study, pastel exercises and painting. Register
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
809 15th Street (Map)
TriceraTOTs @ Main Visitor Center
9 and 10:00AM
Join us at the Discovery Center for this fun, 30-minute craft and storytime! Tickets can be purchased for children aged 2+. Children 1 and under and adults are free to attend, but please limit the total number of children attending in your group to three (3) to leave room for other families due to limited open spots.
$5 Register
Location:
Main Visitor Center
16831 W. Alameda Parkway (Map)
9:30AM-12PM Walk With a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
Ready to really nerd out with a deep dive into the geology and paleontology at Dino Ridge? Our Walk With a Geologist tour is a 2.5-hour (1.5 mile) guided walk across Dinosaur Ridge led by a professional or highly knowledgeable amateur geologist. In addition to the interpretation of the dinosaur track and fossil sites, the tour includes an in-depth discussion of the geology and changes to the Denver area through time. Designed for participants ages 16 and older.
Register
Location:
Dinosaur Ridge
16831 West Alameda Parkway (Map)
10AM-12:30PM Collage Collective @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
Join us at Foothills Art Center Creative Campus on the second Saturday of the month to unwind, de-stress and build a creative collage community.
Collage is a perfect vehicle for sparking creativity and manipulating images into something “better” than it was. This is a regularly scheduled time each month to let yourself check out of reality and allow your imagination to take off. We will use collage techniques and design tips that will help guide everyone from experienced to novice artists. Each month a theme will be presented, but you are always welcome to take a creative turn and explore on your own. A variety of magazines, patterned papers, mixed media materials, and embellishments are provided. Materials will change monthly so each session will be exciting and fresh. Come see what it’s all about and give yourself the gift of well being and art.
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
809 15th Street (Map)
When:
10AM-12:30PM on Saturday, Apr. 11th
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
Ride on-board a passenger car pulled by a powerful locomotive.
More information
Location:
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (Map)
When:
10AM-3PM on Saturday, Apr. 11th
11-11:30AM Gallery Tour - 2026 Members' Show @ Foothills Art Center - Astor House
Join us for an engaging 25-minute gallery tour led by a friendly Gallery Guide! You’ll discover fascinating themes and artworks through focused observation and conversation. We can’t wait to explore with you!
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Astor House
1133 Arapahoe Street (Map)
When:
11-11:30AM on Saturday, Apr. 11th
Unlimited Classes for $99
Unite Fitness has 45 classes a week of your favorite group fitness formats. Strength, Cardio, Sculpt, Pilates, Barre, Heavy Lifting, and Small Group Personal Training. Try out 1 month of Unlimited Classes for $99!
Location:
Unite Fitness
2600 East St. (map)
1-5PM Spring Into Gear @ Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle
A Special Bicycle Sale Event
Over the winter our volunteers accumulated and carefully restored a remarkable collection of very high quality bicycles.
All proceeds support the Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program.
Learn more about the program at GoldenOptimist.org.
Location:
Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle
1200 Johnson Road (Map)
When:
1-5PM on Saturday, Apr. 11th
The Golden Word - 04/11/26
Live Music for Saturday, Apr. 11th
5:30-8:30PM Soul Rabbit @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
- More Live Music
2-6PM Funk It Up @ Wrigley’s
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6:30-8:30PM Bunny Blake @ Etta Jeanne
6:30-9:30PM Jambrick ft. Midnight Mercy @ Goosetown Station
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: CSM Hazing
View from South Table Mountain showing Mines Campus, including Engineering Hall and Old Chemistry
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The Colorado School of Mines wasn’t always the quiet, scholarly place it is today.
119 Years Ago
The April 11, 1907 Colorado Transcript announced that the students and faculty of the School of Mines had settled their differences over a hazing incident. Hazing was an established tradition at that time, with each class aligned against the others. That year, the hazing process involved each group attacking the others and trying to bind the “enemies” hand and foot with rope.
In 1907, the School’s President, Victor Alderson, took exception to a hazing incident and expelled six of the students. The freshman, sophomore, and junior classes all declared they would go on strike if the six were not reinstated. The president said all of the students would be expelled if they didn’t show up in class.
The issue was resolved when the entire sophomore class visited the president’s home, confessed their guilt, and offered to receive the same sentence as the six who had been expelled.
President Alderson commended the students for their “manliness,” distributed cigars all around, and reinstated the formerly expelled students. He mandated that in future, all hazing would be strictly forbidden.
The good behavior didn’t last. As described in Rocky Mountains to the World: A History of the Colorado School of Mines:
During 1915 and 1916, it was not unusual for students to ride around Golden in cars while shooting off revolvers and throwing lighted sticks of dynamite onto the streets.
The same book describes an event in 1917:
…with drinking, starting fairly early in the morning. By afternoon, many students were feeling little or no pain. During the baseball game, the sophomores began a favorite campus sport called “wrinkling,” an activity involving the forceful rubbing of dirt and stones into the bare abdomens of prostrate freshmen. On this particular day, however, a faculty member was “wrinkled”–an indiscretion that later resulted in five sophomores being suspended.
This event proceeded similarly to the 1907 incident: the student body went on strike and the faculty relented, with all students–included those who had been suspended–being allowed to return to class.
In 1917, the United States entered World War I, and in the fall of 1918, all male students were required to serve in the Student Army Training Corps. The Army effectively took control of student schedules and left no time for student pranks.
Hazing came back as time and opportunity allowed. In 1959, one student shot another when he was threatened with forcible shaving of his beard.
Fortunately, it has abated over the years.
Weather
Today: A chance of rain showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: A chance of rain showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy. Low around 46, with temperatures rising to around 49 overnight. West southwest wind 6 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 74°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 45°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny, 70°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 43°F
Tuesday: Rain Showers Likely, 62°F
Tuesday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 41°F
Wednesday: Slight Chance Rain Showers, 67°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 43°F
Thursday: Sunny, 72°F
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 40°F
Friday: Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 58°F
Friday Night: Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 32°F
News About Golden - April 11, 2026
Buds, blossoms and blooms hang tight in springtime Golden
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Despite an incredibly dry winter and a weird spring, Golden’s trees and flowers are tenacious... Read more...
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