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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Saturday, Apr. 5th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - 12PM and 2PM CSM Softball - Orediggers vs Chadron State
- All day - 10AM and 11AM Preschool Nature Nuts - Life in a Ponderosa Pine Forest
- 8AM - Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk
- 9:30AM-3PM - 2025 Pastel Workshop with Jane Christie
- 9:30-11:30AM - Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 10AM-1PM - In-Store Kids Workshop
- 10AM-12PM - Collage Workshop
- 10AM-3PM - Saturday Train Rides
- 10:15-10:45AM - Family Time - Registration Required
- 11AM-2PM - Spring Wedding Show
- 12-12:30PM - Quick Class: Avocado Awesomeness
- 1PM - The Adventures of Juan Bobo / Las Aventuras de Juan Bobo - MAPAC Children's Theater
- 1-3PM - PAWS for Reading
- 1-2:30PM - Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners
- 3:30-5PM - Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players
- 5-6:30PM - Golden American Legion Dinner
- 7:30PM - National Bohemians
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
Dinos, Diners, and Drive-Ins: Let's Rock Out for the Ridge!
The annual themed fundraising event for Dinosaur Ridge is happening Saturday, April 5th at the Denver Marriott West in Golden – and this year we are celebrating the success of the Stegosaurus license plate! Imagine a road trip along the Dinosaur Freeway including a stop for dinner in a diner and some mini movies for your entertainment along the way!
The food and beverages (and especially desserts a la The Inventing Room) will be delicious, nostalgic, and serve-yourself to your heart’s desire!
Rumor has it there could be some cool cars, some amazing paleo art, some jukebox tunes, and fantastic live and silent auction items to bid on!
Tickets are $99 or get the blue plate special for two $178 (a table of eight is $999 to ensure you get to sit with your favorite invited guests).
There are sponsorship opportunities as well.
BTW, readers of the Jeffco Transcript voted Rock Out For the Ridge the Best of the Best Gala in 2024 and we are out to top that experience.
9:30AM-3PM 2025 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.
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
809 15th Street (Map)
When:
9:30AM-3PM on Saturday, Apr. 5th
10AM and 11AM Preschool Nature Nuts - Life in a Ponderosa Pine Forest @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Come learn about what makes the Ponderosa forest a unique and special place for its inhabitants through activities, games, and crafts. Enjoy a self-guided walk in the Ponderosa Pines after the program.
Location:
Lookout Mountain Nature Center
910 Colorow Road (Map)
When:
All day on Saturday, Apr. 5th
10AM-12PM Collage Workshop @ Foothills Art Center - Astor House
Participants will have fun playing with surreal collage. Using vintage and current magazines participants will create fantastical landscapes, moonscapes, seascapes and any other “scape” the mind can think of that defies the senses. A variety of paper will be provided to paint or alter to add to the dreamlike results.
In the second class, participants can use vintage wildflower plates to create a surrealistic, seasonal spring collage.
Collage artist, Erika Vassallo, will lead participants through choice of materials, composition, color, use of different adhesives and application techniques. Participants will handcraft unique collage papers to use and keep.
This class meets twice on April 5th and 19th
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Astor House
1133 Arapahoe Street (Map)
When:
10AM-12PM on Saturday, Apr. 5th
Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons
Do you love epic fantasy adventure? Dungeons and Dragons is a table top role playing fantasy game where a roll of the dice can change your future. If you have never played before or are a brand new to questing come roll initiative with other new adventurers! Suitable for ages 12-18.
This is a month-long quest, meeting each Saturday. Registration is required and is for all sessions.
1-2:30PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners - Register
3:30-5PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players - Register
When:
1-2:30PM on Saturday, Apr. 5th
5-6:30PM Golden American Legion Dinner @ American Legion Post 21
Mac and cheese, salad, dessert - $9.00
Public Welcome
www.goldenpost21.org
Location:
American Legion Post 21
500 9th Street (Map)
When:
5-6:30PM on Saturday, Apr. 5th
Live Music for Saturday, Apr. 5th
- 5:30-8PM Derek Hall @ Buffalo Rose
Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage) - More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom5:30PM Nate Todd @ Over Yonder
6PM Nikki Z Trio @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6:30-9:30PM BlackBerry Winter with Daddy Good Times @ Goosetown Station
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Patriotism in the Paper
I've been revisiting World War II through the pages of the Transcript. The War was a part of every aspect of life…school, work, play, eating. The newspaper articles reported on which local boys had been wounded overseas, and which had died. The community worked on clothing drives, food drives, and war bond drives. Many things were rationed, including food, gasoline, and rubber. The grocery stores detailed the points needed as well as the cost of foodstuffs.
Uncle Sam was everywhere…promoting war bonds on one page and encouraging everyone to buy chicks from the Golden Mill in the next.
The Colorado Central Electric company cheerfully speculated as to whether Hitler would be electrocuted at the end of the war, then went on to say that if he was, the electricity used would be CHEAP, because electrical power is CHEAP.
My favorite ads were a long-running series called “The Old Judge Says….” The Judge was always having folksy conversations with his fellow townsfolk, explaining the fine points of government policy. Curiously, his conversations always revolved around what a dumb idea prohibition had been. Here’s an example:
Judge, would you mind tellin’ Charlie here what you told me the other night walkin’ home from lodge. I can’t word it just the way you did.
Sure thing, Tim. Here’s what I told him, Charlie. There’s no such thing as votin’ a nation, a state, a county, or even a community dry. We had proof enough of that during our 13 years of prohibition. What you really vote for is whether liquor is going to be produced legally or illegally…whether the community is going to get needed taxes for schools, hospitals, and the like, or whether this money is going to go to gangsters and bootleggers. That’s the answer, boys…simple as A-B-C.
In other conversations, he concluded that
It all goes to prove what I’ve said time and time again, Chet…prohibition does not prohibit. Same thing happens every time…as soon as legal liquor is voted out, bootleg liquor with its crime and corruption moves right in.
and
It’s not hard to figure out. As soon as the distillers stopped making whiskey and devoted their entire facilities to the production of industrial alcohol for the Government…the racketeers muscled in again.
Careful scrutiny of the tiny message printed beneath each cartoon revealed that the series was sponsored by the Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc. I gather they were worried that Prohibition might make a comeback.
Weather
Overnight: A chance of snow showers before 5am. Mostly cloudy. Low around 24, with temperatures rising to around 26 overnight. North wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Northeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. North northwest wind around 7 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 23°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 55°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 34°F
Monday: Sunny, 63°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 42°F
Tuesday: Partly Sunny, 68°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 43°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 69°F
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 45°F
Thursday: Sunny, 73°F
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 46°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 76°F
News About Golden - April 5, 2025
DOE Identifies 16 Federal Sites Across the Country for Data Center and AI Infrastructure Development
Energy.gov
GOLDEN, COLORADO—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced plans to help ensure America leads the world in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and lower energy costs by co-locating data centers and new energy infrastructure on DOE lands. DOE has released a Request for Information (RFI) to inform possible use of DOE land for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure development to support growing demand for data centers. DOE has identified 16 potential sites uniquely positioned for rapid data center construction, including in-place energy infrastructure with the ability to fast-track permitting for new energy generation such as nuclear... Read more...
U.S. Department of Energy identifies NREL campus near Golden as potential site for massive data center
By Noelle Phillips
Denver Post
GOLDEN — The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday identified the National Renewable Energy Laboratory campus in Golden as one of 16 sites across the country where it plans to enlist private companies to develop massive data centers to power the global artificial intelligence arms race... Read more...
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