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What's Happening in Golden - Saturday, Feb. 1st, 2025

News and events in Golden, Colorado. Saturday, Feb. 1st, 2025

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Bad Day for Golf

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What's happening in Golden today?

Events for Saturday, Feb. 1st

Golden History Tours

For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar



1PM The Adventures of Juan Bobo @ Miners Alley


Meet Juan Bobo: a lovable, clumsy, and playful child who always seems to stumble into hilarious situations! Told in both Spanish and English and based in Puerto Rican folklore, this show will be a unique and exciting experience for all ages. Join us on a journey filled with laughter as Juan Bobo takes us on his many adventures, where his silly mix‐ups lead to some unforgettable lessons.

Conoce a Juan Bobo: un niño amable, torpe y juguetón que siempre termina en situaciones jocosas! Contada en Español e Inglés y basada en cuentos del folclor Puertorriqueño, esta obra será una experiencia única y emocionante para todas las edades. Acompáñanos en esta jornada llena de risas y diversión en la que Juan Bobo nos lleva a disfrutar de sus muchas aventuras, en donde sus traviesas confusiones nos ayudan a aprender lecciones inolvidables.

Tickets

Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
1103 Arapahoe Street (map)



A Gallery Guide will lead you in a 25-minute tour, exploring exhibition themes and artworks through focused observation and engaging conversation.

If you're visiting with a group of 10 or more, consider booking ahead of time by calling 303-279-3922. Learn more.

Foothills Art Center - Astor House
822 12th St


Taco Dinner @ the American Legion


Join us for a Taco Plate with 2 stuffed Tacos for $8 or 3 for $9, including dessert.

The public is welcome!

American Legion Post 21
500 9th Street (map)


Summary of February Events

History Park @ Dawn - Photo by Frank Hanou

1
UllrGrass Festival continues
9AM-12PM In-Store Kids Workshop @ Home Depot
10AM-12PM Collage Workshop@ Foothills Art Center - Astor House
10AM-4PM Hot Art: Basic Encaustic Techniques @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
10AM-5PM 9th Anniversary Party @ Earth Sweet Boutique
11AM Gallery Tour @ Foothills Art Center – Astor House
12-1PM 21 Days to Health: Detoxify Your Life @ Natural Grocers
12-4PM Valentine Market @ Cannonball Creek
1PM CSM Women's Basketball vs. Adams State @ Lockridge Arena
1-2:30PM Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners (Virtual)
1-3PM PAWS for Reading @ Golden Library
1-6PM Sew a Skirt @ GoSew Collective
3PM CSM Men's Basketball vs. Adams State @ Lockridge Arena
3:30-5PM Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players (Virtual)
5-7PM Dinner @ Golden American Legion
7-11PM Stone Beat Invasion & Just a Girl – Tribute to Stones, Beatles, No Doubt & More @ Buffalo Rose
2
11:30AM-1:45PM Winter Jr. Rangers @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
1-3PM An Inside Look at Reduction @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
3PM Poetry and Music with the JSO @ Colorado School of Mines
6PM Spanish Wine Dinner @ Abejas
3
4-5:30PM Intro to 3D Printing: Valentines @ Golden Library
6-7PM Cookies with Councilors @ Water Treatment Plant
4
9:30-11AM Blue & White (or 2 Color) Group @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
10-10:45AM Storybook Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
1-3PM Hexie Ladies - English Paper Piecing Enthusiasts @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum  
4-5:30PM After School Art Club Begins @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
5:30-7:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library
6-7:30PM Book and Media Group @ Golden Library
5
Free Day @ Buffalo Bill Museum
10AM-3PM Aussie Bag Class @ Golden Quilt Company
6-9PM Bunny Blake @ Miners Saloon
6:30PM Planning Commission Meeting @ City Hall
6
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
12:30-2PM Home School Art Club @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
1-2:30PM Cybersecurity Awareness @ Golden Library
4-5:30PM After School Art Club Begins @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
4-8PM Ski Tuning @ Mountain Toad
4-11PM Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch @ Mountain Toad
4:30-6PM REDI Task Force Meeting @ City Hall
5-7:30PM Teen Night @ Golden Community Center
6-7PM Ukulele Thursdays @ Golden Library
7
10AM-3PM Hexie Pillow @ Golden Quilt Company
3-7PM Goldens in Golden Kick Off Pawrty @ Golden Mill
5-9PM Night at the Mines Museum @ Mines Museum
7-11PM Ten Years Gone & Fire and Ice – Tributes to Led Zeppelin & Pat Benatar @ Buffalo Rose
8
Goldens in Golden
9AM-4PM Wellness Retreat @ Golden Community Center
9AM TriceraTOTS @ Martin G. Lockley Discovery Center
9:30AM-4PM Digital Fabric Printing Made Easy @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
10AM TriceraTOTS @ Martin G. Lockley Discovery Center
10AM-1PM Open Space Volunteer Recruitment Fair @ Jeffco Open Space
10AM-2PM Rancher Hat Bar Pop Up @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-5PM Goldens in Golden @ Foothills Art Center - Astor House
10AM-10PM Goldens in Golden After Pawrty @ Golden Mill
12-12:45PM Foods for Fitness @ Natural Grocers
1-3PM PAWS for Reading @ Golden Library
7-11PM The Long Run & My Blue Sky – Tributes to the Eagles & the Allman Brothers @ Buffalo Rose
9
2-4PM Sunday at the Museum @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
10
5-6:30PM Thought Bubble Guild @ Golden Library
5:30-7PM GURA Board Meeting @ City Hall
6:30PM Golden Anti-Racism Collective Policy & Policing
11
7-8AM Espresso Networking Exchange @ Morris & Mae
10:30AM Front Porch Friends Meeting @ Golden Community Center
4:30-5:30PM Teen Advisory Board @ Golden Library
5PM City Council Study Session & Regular Business Meeting @ City Hall
5:45-7PM PTA Meeting @ Golden High School
12
6:53AM Full Moon
9-10AM Golden Startup Coffee @ Morris & Mae
9:30AM-4PM Basics of Quilt Top Construction @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
10AM Downtown Business Parking Listening Session @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
10:15-11:15AM Discovery Play @ Golden Library
12-4PM Let's Talk Triangles @ Golden Quilt Company
5-8PM Bingo Night @ American Legion Post 21
5:30-6:30PM Heart of Golden Next Phase Community Meeting #5 @ Golden Community Center
6-9PM Chris Koltak @ Miners Saloon
6:30PM Wine, Women, and Wealth (WWW) @ Golden Welcome Center
6:30PM Historic Preservation Board Meeting @ City Hall
6:30-9PM My Spooky Valentine @ Boettcher Mansion
13
9-10:30AM Community Marketing Stakeholder Committee Meeting @ City Hall
9AM TriceraTOTS @ Martin G. Lockley Discovery Center
10AM TriceraTOTS @ Martin G. Lockley Discovery Center
11AM-1PM Medicare Mix & Mingle Club @ Golden Community Center
12-9PM 8th Annual Valentine’s Day Beer + Chocolate Truffle Pairing @ New Terrain
4-5PM Tween Scene – Upcycled Crafts @ Golden Library
5:45-6:45PM GWiB’s Happy Hour @ Unique Finds
6PM Avalanche 101 + State of the Snowpack @ Bent Gate
6-7PM Annual Meeting and Jolly Rancher Talk @ Golden History Museum
6-8PM Candle Make & Take @ Earth Sweet Boutique
6:30PM Economic Development Commission Meeting @ City Hall
7PM Masakazu Ito - An Evening of Solo Guitar Music @ CSM Green Center
14
Valentines Day’s Drink and Dining Specials (see GoldenToday.com calendar)
8-10AM Winter Bike to Work Day Waffle Bar @ Bent Gate Mountaineering
10AM-12PM Teen Vision Board Workshop @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
12-9PM 8th Annual Valentine’s Day Beer + Chocolate Truffle Pairing @ New Terrain
5-7PM What’s Lava Got to do With It? @ Martin G. Lockley Discovery Center
5:30PM Valentine’s Day Partner Yoga & Cacao @ Pranatonic
7-9PM Spinphony Electric String Quartet @ Buffalo Rose
7:30PM Love and Laughter @ Gnarly’s
7:30PM Love Letters @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
15
10:30AM-3PM Sewing Bee @ First Presbyterian Church of Golden
11AM-10PM 9-Year Anniversary Party @ Holidaily
12-12:45PM Demystifying Micronutrients @ Natural Grocers
12-9PM 8th Annual Valentine’s Day Beer + Chocolate Truffle Pairing @ New Terrain
6-8PM Craft & Sip Date Night @ Mines Museum
6:30-7:30PM Soundbath @ Pranatonic
5-7PM Dinner @ Golden American Legion
7:30PM Love Letters @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
7:30PM Galentine’s Day @ Gnarly’s
16
12PM Mystery Flip Quilts @ Golden Quilt Company
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library
4-7:30PM Sunday Swing with the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra @ Buffalo Rose  
17
18

8-9AM What’s Brewing Golden @ The Golden Outpost
10-11AM Story Time and Craft @ Colorado Railroad Museum
1-3PM Hand Embroidery Stitchers @ Rocky Mountain Quilt
2:30PM Local Licensing Authority Meeting @ City Hall
4-6PM Shut Up and Read @ Golden Library
6-7:45PM Golden Beer Talks @ Buffalo Rose
19
5-9PM Ski X Board Tune Night @ New Terrain
6:30PM Planning Commission Study Session @ City Hall
20
7:30AM Golden Young Professionals Monthly Membership Meeting @ Golden Welcome Center
4-11PM Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch @ Mountain Toad
5:45-6:45PM GWiB Table Talks @ Connects Workspace – Downtown
6-7:30PM Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
6-8PM Herbal Focaccia Take & Bake @ Earth Sweet Boutique
21
Colorado Environmental Festival BEGINS
10AM-12PM Rocky Mountain Quilt Study Group @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
5-7PM Member Reception - 2025 Members' Show + Power of Process @ Foothills Art Center - Astor House
22
1-4PM Nature Journal Club: Sketching Conifers @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
3-6PM National Margarita Day @ Golden Outpost
4-5:30PM Cocktail Class @ State 38
8-10PM 6 Million Dollar Band – The Ultimate Eighties Experience @ Buffalo Rose
23
8-11AM Pancake & Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser @ Golden Masonic Lodge
1-3PM Rocky Mountain High Tea & Annual Meeting of Nan’s Hundred Club @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
2-6PM Members Only Sewing Circle @ GoSew Collective
6-7PM Book Discussion Group @ Golden Library24
5-6PM PTA Meeting @ Bell Middle School
5:30-7PM Downtown Development Authority Meeting @ City Hall25
1:30PM Triad Senior Safety @ Jeffco District Attorney’s Office
5-7PM Dinner @ Golden American Legion
6-7:30PM Icon of the American West – the Western Horse @ Golden History Museum
6:30PM City Council Regular Business Meeting @ City Hall
26
8:30-9:30M GWiB Book Club @ Cafe 13
4-5PM Senufo-Inspired Mud Paintings: A Celebration @ Golden Library
5PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board @ City Hall
5-8PM Bingo Night @ American Legion Post 21
6-9PM Derek Hall @ Miners Saloon
7-8PM Choir Concert @ Golden High School
27
11AM-12PM Library for All @ Golden Library
6-8PM Denver West Quilt Artists Group Meeting @ Golden Quilt Company
6PM Distiller’s Dinner @ The Eddy
6PM Mobility & Transportation Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
28
7-9PM Paizley Park – A Tribute to Prince @ Buffalo Rose

Recurring Events:

Daily
Golden History Tours

Mondays
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
12-12:30PM Mondays with Mayor Weinberg (Virtual) (except for 2/17)
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays (Virtual) (except 2/17)
5:30-7:30PM Fundamental Principles of Art @ Foothills Art Center – Creative Campus
5:30PM Board Game & Euchre Night @ Over Yonder
 6-9PM Teach Me to Play @ Golden Game Guild

Tuesdays
9AM Golden Seniors – Coffee Klatch @ Golden Visitors Center (first and third Tuesdays)
9-10AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library (2/18 @ Golden History Museum)
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library (2/18 @ Golden History Museum)
5:30-7:30PM Exploring the Elements of Art @ Foothills Art Center – Creative Campus
6:00-8:00PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
6:30-8:30PM Bar Bingo Night @ VFW Post 4171
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-8:30PM Toad Trivia @ Mountain Toad
7PM Pub Trivia @ Atomic Cowboy

Wednesdays
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval (Virtual)
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
8-9AM The Connect Effect @ Morris & Mae
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9AM Golden Walks @ Gateway Trailhead
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library (except 2/19)
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop (Virtual)
6:30PM Trivia Night @ Over Yonder

Thursdays
9:30-10:30AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library (2/20 @ Golden History Museum)
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
3-4:30PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
4-4:30PM HIIT (Virtual)
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6-10PM Wax N’ Suds @ Columbine Café
7:30PM Morning After Grace @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center

Fridays
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
1:30PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
7:30PM Morning After Grace @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center (except 2/14)

Saturdays
8AM Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk @ Golden History Park
10AM-3:00PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
1PM The Adventures of Juan Bobo @ MAPAC Children’s Theater
7:30PM Morning After Grace @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center (except 2/15)

Sundays
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
5-9PM Board Game Night @ Mountain Toad
2PM Morning After Grace @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center


Live Music for Saturday, Feb. 1st

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Conal Rosanbalm @ Buffalo Rose
  • 5:30-8:30PM Conal Rosanbalm @ Buffalo Rose
  • More Live Music
    10AM-5PM
    The Earth Sweet Band @ Earth Sweet Boutique
    1-3PM Silver Steven @ Cannonball Creek
    5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom6-9PM Shawn Nelson @ Goosetown Station
    9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar


Golden History: Crime Wave

Golden Smelter, located on 10th St./44th Avenue, across Clear Creek from Coors – click to enlarge
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108 Years Ago
The February 1, 1917 Colorado Transcript tells of three Golden youths who decided to stage some hold ups on cars driving past the Golden Smelter.

Inspired by the daring deeds of Diamond Dick, Deadshot Harry and Old Sleuth, three young Golden boys, Fred Williams, Albert Hyland and Ralph Futhey attempted to hold up eight auto parties near the Golden smelter Sunday evening….The boys got hold of a big six gun somewhere and fashioned a mask out of an old handkerchief. As a machine approached slowly after topping the smelter hill one of the lads stopped from the side of the road and leveling the gun at the driver commanded him to stop.

Six of the drivers accelerated past without stopping. Two stopped, but the bandit made no further demands so the drove away. The drivers called the sheriff, who tracked down the boys and arrested them the next morning.

The boys say they were “only fooling.”

The February 15th Transcript reported that Judge Jameson sentenced all three to the reform school, but after further consideration he gave them a stern lecture and converted the sentence to probation, subject to future good behavior.

A little more research uncovered the fact that one of the boys–Albert Hyland–was a freshman at Golden High School (so they were quite young!).


Weather

Overnight's Weather

Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 43, with temperatures rising to around 45 overnight. Southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Saturday's Weather

Saturday: Mostly sunny. High near 55, with temperatures falling to around 51 in the afternoon. Southwest wind around 9 mph.

Saturday Night's Weather

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low around 39, with temperatures rising to around 43 overnight. Southwest wind 6 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 39°F

Sunday: Partly Sunny, 60°F

Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 46°F

Monday: Mostly Sunny, 65°F

Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 41°F

Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 66°F

Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain And Snow, 43°F

Wednesday: Chance Rain And Snow, 57°F

Wednesday Night: Chance Rain And Snow, 30°F

Thursday: Chance Light Snow, 45°F

Thursday Night: Chance Light Snow, 29°F

Friday: Chance Light Snow, 48°F


News About Golden - February 1, 2025

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First Phase of Ulysses Park Redevelopment in Golden to Open Next Month

By Tricia Stortz
Longmont Leader

The City of Golden has temporarily closed Ulysses Park this winter for an extensive redevelopment project. The initiative will include the addition of multi-use sports fields, a new skate park, upgrades to parking facilities, playgrounds, restrooms, shelters, and a 25,000-square-foot dog park (approximately 6,500-square-feet bigger than the previous one)... Read more...

City of Golden Weekly Digest

In this issue... Download PDF below.

Golden seeks feedback on Lions Park playground, Vanover Park connection projects

By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript

If all goes according to plan, the City of Golden will move into its new municipal center and police headquarters in late 2027 or early 2028.

Once it does, the current City Hall and several city properties along the 10th Street corridor will no longer be needed as is, and will either be modified or sold... Read more...

Goldenites recommend more trash cans, removing new gates before 2025 tubing season

By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript

While the Clear Creek corridor saw several major changes ahead of the 2024 tubing season, 2025 should be a little quieter... Read more...

Avenue Flashes: When music and poetry collide…

By John Akal
Golden Transcript

Music and poetry are kind of like two star-crossed lovers that lead separate lives and do fine all by themselves, but once they meet, magical things start to happen. Then before you know it, a song is born! Read more...

Mines students build, display mural protesting violence against Palestine

By Sara Hertwig and Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript

Engineers are supposed to build things that better their community — anything from roads and bridges to computer chips and medical equipment.

But what happens if the things they build hurt people rather than help them, and destroy communities rather than improve them? Read more...

Local Colorado school building appears in Saturday Night Live skit

By Brooke Williams
Fox 31

DENVER (KDVR) — A local former high school building had a moment of fame in a Saturday Night Live skit that aired last weekend. 

The SNL skit starts with an image setting the scene at The American Mountaineering Center... Read more...


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Sponsors:
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Buffalo RoseBuglet SolarFoothills Art CenterGolden City BreweryGolden Cultural AllianceMiners Alley Performing Arts CenterThe Golden MillGolden Chamber of CommerceGolden History ToursMiners SaloonGolden Hayride Outpost, Unite Fitness, Tom Reiley, and Michael Mason

Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $550/yr)
Tall Pines PaintingBaby 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, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Joy Brandt, and Vic DeMaria

Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $250/yr)
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, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz, and The Golden Hotel

Members:
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Brad Miller & Julie Bartos, Holly Thomas, Jim and LouAnne Dale, Ann Pattison, Thomas Hoffman, Carol Abel, Brian Quarnstrom, Sandra Curran, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Kathy Smith, Karen Smith, Carlos & Nancy Bernal, Robert Storrs, Michele Sannes, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, E Tom Hughes, Crystal M Culbert, Patrick A. Madison, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Deb Goeldner, Christopher Ball, 6th Chair Home Services, Dot & Eric Brownson, Rosemary Coffman, Emeline Paulson, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Frani R Bickart, Jennings and Litz, Bill Sedgeley, Nancy Hughes, Justin L Wade, Kathi Eggers, Traci Case, Donna Owen, Leslie D Lutz, Karen Oxman, Catherine Skokan, Ross Fraser & KC Gilliland, Lynne Haigh, Elizabeth Hilliard, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, Heather Duncan, Lee Ann & Pete Horneck, Carol Cameron, Cheryl Williamson, San Daugherty, Jim Garner, John and Carol McEncroe, the Golden Welcome Center, the Golden Transcript, Koshare Eagle, Ken and Colleen Krantz, Traci Neuman Lacey, Jo Barber, Jamie Cookinham, Kermit Shields, Meridee Cecil, Vicki Olson, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, John & Carol McEncroe, Rose McLaughlin, and Cameron Chambers

Followers:
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Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser


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