Sunrise, 7:20AM
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Dec. 28th
- All day - Holiday Light Carriage Rides
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Golden Sports
- All day - Church Services
- 7-10AM - Pancake & Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 12-5PM - Foothills Art Center - Holiday Art Market
- 12-2PM - Paleo Climate Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
- 2PM - It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
- 3-4PM - Golden Library Discussion Book Group
- 5-9PM - Board Game Night
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
2025 Retrospective: February
- The Golden Cultural Alliance organized the annual Heart and Soul of Golden Month.
- Miners Alley Children's Theater opened The Adventures Juan Bobo while their adult theater presented Morning After Grace.
- The Jefferson Symphony presented Poetry and Music.
- Foothills Art Center offered An Inside Look at Reduction class at their Creative Campus.
- Councilors Evans and Vitry hosted a tour of the City's water treatment plant.
- The Golden Anti-Racism Collective Book and Media Group discussed Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum.
- Foothills Art Center hosted an After School Art Club.
- The Golden Mill offered Apres Wednesday - a celebration of ski season.
- The Golden Rotary Club hosted Teen Night at the Golden Community Center.
- The American Legion held a fund-raiser with a 65" TV as the prize.
- The Public Art Commission reviewed recent acquisitions for the public art collection.
- The Garden in a Box program held a drawing to win a complete low-moisture garden.
- The Mines Museum hosted Night at the Museum.
- The Quilt Museum offered a class on Digital Fabric Printing.
- The City hosted Goldens in Golden.
- The Quilt Museum celebrated 19th Century Blues.
- The Golden Rotary Club sponsored Beyond Basic Stress Management.
- City Council discussed redistricting and reviewed the site plan for the new City Hall.
- The Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society hosted "My Spooky Valentine" at the Boettcher Mansion.
- The City held a "listening session" with downtown businesses to discuss downtown parking.
- The Quilt Museum offered Basics of Quilt Top Construction.
- Masakazu Ito presented an evening of solo guitar music at the Green Center.
- EDComm learned about economic contributions of various business sectors and considered small business grants.
- Teens created Upcycled Crafts at the Library.
- The Marketing Stakeholder Committee considered ideas for shoulder season events.
- Dinosaur Ridge presented "What's Lava Got to do With it?"
- The Mines Museum hosted Craft & Sip Date Night.
- GoldenToday posted a listing of Camps and Classes for school breaks and after-school.
- Orediggers Against Apartheid hosted speakers from Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.
- Colorado Environmental Film Festival moved operations from the Mountaineering Center to the Green Center.
- The DDA discussing Wayfinding (directional signs), turning a parking lot into a Cultural Plaza, and which projects they planned to fund.
- The Sustainability Board discussed energy elements of the new City Hall and rebates that the City would offer for sustainability upgrades.
- The Buffalo Bill Museum offered free admission to celebrate Bill's birthday.
7-10AM Pancake & Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser @ Golden Event Center/Golden Masonic Lodge
Pancakes & Waffles
with choice of cheese, sausage, hash browns
Coffee, tea, cocoa, milk & orange juice
Cost:
Adults & Children over 12yrs - $10.00 ea.
Children 8-12yrs - $5.00 ea.
Children 5yrs & under – Free!
All proceeds go to support Eastern Star projects & our youth groups
This is open to the public.
Location:
Golden Event Center/Golden Masonic Lodge
400 10th Street (Map)
12-2PM Paleo Climate Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado’s paleo past was vastly different than what you see before you today. Today it is dominated by mountains and foothills, but its past had varying shades of climate and environmental change. From semi-arid deserts to swampy rivers and palm forests, white-capped sand dunes to wave rippled beaches.
Now you can dive deep into this ancient world with our exciting 2-hour Dinosaur Ridge paleoenvironment and paleoclimatology walking tour. Register
Location:
Dinosaur Ridge
16831 West Alameda Parkway (Map)
3-4PM Golden Library Discussion Book Group @ Golden Library
Today’s Title: Go as a River by Shelley Read
Book Group Bonus: Go as a River Discussion Led by Author Shelley Read
Don’t miss the unique chance to discuss a book with its creator!
Shelley Read’s debut novel Go as a River is an international bestseller that has sold over a million copies worldwide, been translated into 34 languages, and is in development for film with the Mazur Kaplan Company. Winner of the High Plains Book Award for Fiction and the Reading the West Book Award for Debut Fiction, Go as a River is also a Sunday Times bestseller, a Goodreads Choice Award finalist, and a Colorado Public Radio Books We Love selection—among other national and international accolades.
Shelley was an award-winning senior lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades. She taught writing, literature, environmental studies, and honors. She is a mom, mountaineer, world traveler, and fifth-generation Coloradan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of Colorado’s Western Slope. Learn more about the author at shelleyread.com.
This event is reserved for adults 19 and older.
REGISTRATION IS FULL. Join the waitlist.
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
6-8:45PM Private Holiday Light Carriage Rides
6:00, 6:45, 7:30, and 8:15 p.m.
Exclusively in Golden - book your Holiday Light Ride while you can! Lights run December - Mid January. Rides come with HEATED SEATS and blankets for guests to relax with. No alcohol is permitted at this time.
We've set up this experience to only allow one party to book! 1 "ticket" books the entire carriage for the party.
Carriages are limited to 4 adults and 2 small children. 2 additional children may also join if they can fit on laps. Enjoy caroling while hearing the bells on our horses ring along the beautiful streets of Golden. Rides start at $150 for 30 minutes, with longer rides optional. The guest that books the ride may bring up to the number of riders referenced above.
The Golden Word - 12/28/25
Live Music for Sunday, Dec. 28th
- 3-6PM Bill McKay @ Golden Mill
- More Live Music
4-7PM Chuck Grossman @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: An Illuminated Fire Run
Golden's first firetruck
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103 Years Ago
The December 28, 1922 Colorado Transcript described Golden Fire Department’s first illuminated fire run. The spectacle was staged to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the Colorado State Firemen’s Association. Similar events were being held in many other towns in Colorado.
Designed to provide both a holiday show and a demonstration of the department’s skill, the town’s firetruck was decorated with tinsel and red, white, and blue electric lights. To increase the drama, the streetlights and store lights were turned off for a few minutes.
A big bonfire was lit at Washington and 9th Street. The firetruck started at 14th Street and raced down the Avenue to the bonfire. Once there, the firefighters connected to the hydrant on 9th Street, “laid several hundred feet of hose, broke couplings and made nozzle connection. It was only a matter of 2-1/2 minutes from the time the truck left 14th Street until the water was coming through the nozzle at 9th.”
As always, it was Safety First for the Fire Department. Prior to the run down Washington Avenue, the fire fighters pushed all parked cars onto the side streets. “Several owners of machines were surprised on coming out of the stores where they were shopping that their machines were not where they had left them.”
After the demonstration, the truck and crew returned to the Central Station. There, they held an open house for members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. The assemblage consumed more than 500 donuts and 25 gallons of coffee.
Weather
Overnight: Snow. Mostly cloudy. Low around 20, with temperatures rising to around 25 overnight. North northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Sunday: Snow before 11am. Mostly sunny. High near 31, with temperatures falling to around 26 in the afternoon. North northwest wind 7 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 21. West wind around 7 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 21°F
Monday: Sunny, 44°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 28°F
Tuesday: Sunny, 50°F
Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 31°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 58°F
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 37°F
New Year's Day: Partly Sunny, 61°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 40°F
Friday: Partly Sunny, 60°F
Friday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 38°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny, 53°F
Supporters
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Sponsors:
($100/month and up)
Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Golden Hayride Outpost, Unite Fitness, Clothilde Elingbow, Michael Mason, Goosetown Station, and Earth Sweet Boutique
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $550/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 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, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz, The Golden Hotel, Kurt & Janet Siegfried, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, Robert Thresher, Tonie Mattox, Centennial State Wealth Advisors, and Steve & M.L. Richardson
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $110/yr)
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, 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, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, Richard Caldwell, Janice Waring, Sam & Marilyn Baron, Carmen Johnson, Mary Eiberger, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura and Curtis Moore, Ruth Hund, Shelley & Jerry Devitt, Eileen Masterson, Kate Olivier, Amy Korengut, Pam Logan, Clare Shier, and Wendy Weiman
Followers:
($5-9.99/month)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins, Bob Hamilton, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Nanette Johnson, Peyton Gibson, Sally Berger, Kristen Morgan, Joyce Sutton, Mary Rains, Craig Champlin, Stan Swisher, Bill Way
