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What's Happening in Golden - Sunday, Oct. 25th, 2026

News and events in Golden, Colorado. Sunday, Oct. 25th, 2026

,   and  Barb Warden
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Fall Day Along the Creek

Photo by Lee Ann Hornek
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What's happening in Golden today?

Events for Sunday, Oct. 25th

Golden History Tours
Good Night, Oscar

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

Full Moon Tonight

Photo by Liz Erickson

The moon will be full tonight.

It will rise at 5:35PM and set at 8:04 tomorrow morning.

The sun will set at 6:06PM and rise at 7:22 tomorrow morning.

The clocks will change (end of Daylight Saving Time) a week from today, on November 1st.

8-11AM 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.

Tours of the facility will also be offered during the breakfast. This is open to the public.

Location:

Golden Event Center/Golden Masonic Lodge
400 10th Street   (Map)

3-4PM Golden Book Group: I Was a Teenage Slasher @ Golden Library

Book some time to discuss great reads! Today’s Title: I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones. More information

Location:

Golden Library
1019 10th Street   (Map)

11AM-3PM BAG DAY at the Whale of a Used Book Sale

Thousands of gently used books, CDs, DVDs, and vinyl records October 19-22 at Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Golden, CO.  All genres, children’s, audiobooks, rare and collectible in one location! More information

Sunday Special
Bag Day – a bag of books (or DVDs, CDs, or vinyl) starting at $12*
All Day Ticket 11AM – 3PM  |  $5
* excludes Bert's Weathered and Treasured and gift baskets

Location:

Jefferson County Fairgrounds
15200 West Sixth Avenue   (Map)

The Golden Word - 10/25/26

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Live Music for Sunday, Oct. 25th

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  • 5:30PM Trash & Metal Gaga @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
    Pre-Halloween Gaga Costume Contest : Best “Little Monsters” outfit wins!

For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar

Golden History: Fire Suppression, circa 1860

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166 Years Ago
George West, who founded the Colorado Transcript in 1866, also published an earlier newspaper. The Western Mountaineer ran from December 1859 – December 1860. Fortunately, every issue is available online. The Mountaineer provides some interesting insights into life in Golden in its earliest days. The October 25, 1860 issue is a great example.

West’s friend William Byers (editor of the Rocky Mountain News) had recently lost his house in a fire. This caused West to think about Golden’s vulnerability. He wrote an article pointing out that we had no fire-fighting equipment and no water supply system. He wrote that the town needed to organize a bucket brigade to draw water from Clear Creek.

A “bucket company” can and should be formed, and the expense to each man would be trifling. Nothing would be needed save that each member come to the scene of the conflagration provided with one or more buckets for passing water from the stream to the fire….

It would be well, too, to form a “hook and ladder” company, and provide it with proper means for tearing down buildings contiguous to those in flames, and which might be the means of aiding the progress of the devouring element.

Fires will occur, and no one knows how soon Golden City may be doomed to suffer from a conflagration. When it does occur we may be favored by fortune as was Denver the other evening, and lose only a single house, or we may be doomed to see half our city in ashes. Let us take the proper precaution, and when a fire does occur, confine it to as narrow limits as possible.

Speaking of West’s relationship with Byers: the two of them often addressed quips to each other in the columns of their newspapers. Much of the time, I don’t know what they’re talking about, but I found this one funny:

APOLOGETIC.–The Daily News takes exceptions to our remark last week, that nearly all the disturbance in the late Convention was caused “by about half a dozen of the Denver delegation.” We will retract, and put it four or five of that delegation. There, BYER, that lets you out.
Western Mountaineer – October 25, 1860

Weather

Overnight's Weather

Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 39, with temperatures rising to around 42 overnight. East southeast wind around 1 mph.

Sunday's Weather

Sunday: A slight chance of rain showers after 3pm. Partly sunny. High near 55, with temperatures falling to around 52 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 1 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night's Weather

Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. Low around 42, with temperatures rising to around 45 overnight. North northeast wind 1 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 42°F

Monday: Mostly Sunny, 62°F

Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 41°F

Tuesday: Sunny, 68°F

Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 42°F

Wednesday: Sunny, 67°F

Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 43°F

Thursday: Mostly Sunny, 67°F

Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 46°F

Friday: Partly Sunny, 68°F

Friday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 47°F

Saturday: Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers, 64°F

News About Golden - October 25, 2026

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Unvaxxed dating event likely canceled by planned venue again, with similar confusion

By Sage Kelley
Westword

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: a Denver metro venue is scrambling after being connected to an anti-vax dating event.

The Golden Mill food hall in Golden posted on Instagram on Friday, Oct. 23, saying that it had recently found out about a “400+ person gathering” intended to take place at the business the following day, Oct. 24. The food hall says it was not informed of the gathering and did not approve it, adding that an event of that size requires a contract, security and prior authorization, none of which occurred... Read more...

PlanetiQ launches second weather satellite from Golden

ColoradoBiz

GOLDEN, Colo. — PlanetiQ launched its second weather satellite this month, expanding atmospheric data collection for  as the company prepares to nearly double its Golden office space... Read more...

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Buffalo Rose, Buglet Battery, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Clothilde Elingbow, Michael Mason, Earth Sweet Boutique, and Colorado Railroad Museum

Friends:
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Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Vic DeMaria, Unite Fitness, and Joy Brandt

Supporters:
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Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, in memory of Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, 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, Robert Thresher, Tonie Mattox, Steve & M.L. Richardson, Jeremy & Stephanie Keller, AC Development, Golden PT & Pilates, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, Mary Eiberger, and Jonathan Landman & Bonnie Vangilder

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Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Peyton Gibson, Sally Berger, Kristen Morgan, Joyce Sutton, Mary Rains, Craig Champlin, Stan Swisher, Bill Way, Chris Toney, Alicia Zimmerman, Tamara Feucht, Golden Brokers, Diane Tiberi, Cathy Larocca, Dave Cole, and Rachael Kenney-Reid

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