Golden Grasses
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Sep. 14th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Day Out With Thomas at the Colorado Railroad Museum
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Church Services
- 8AM-3PM - Community Clean-up Days
- 9:30-10:30AM - Keg Conditioning Outdoor Fitness Series
- 9:30-10:30AM - Fall Fitness with Unite
- 9:30-11:30AM - Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
- 10AM-3PM - Country Market
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 11AM-3PM - SOGO (South Golden) Brewery Bike Crawl
- 1-3PM - Sunday at the Museum - Legendary Ladies
- 2PM - Assassins
- 4:45-5:45PM - Stop Tracking Weight
- 5-9PM - Board Game Night
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
8AM-3PM Community Clean-up Days @ 1300 Catamount Drive
Also known as Community Pride Days, Golden's Community Clean-up Days provide a once-a-year opportunity for city residents to collect and bring non-hazardous, unwanted junk for free disposal by the City!
Location:
1300 Catamount Drive
Golden (Map)
When:
8AM-3PM on Sunday, Sep. 14th
10AM-3PM Country Market @ Golden Hayride Outpost
Join us for another season of the weekly Country Market at Golden Outpost on Sundays, June through October!
The weekly Country Market features locally grown produce, cottage law food products, and local craft artisans. They have a full bar with indoor and outdoor seating, so you can enjoy a meal and relax with a beverage while shopping the amazing vendors and delicious produce at the Country Market.
More information
Location:
Golden Hayride Outpost
17695 South Golden Road (Map)
When:
10AM-3PM on Sunday, Sep. 14th
1-3PM Sunday at the Museum - Legendary Ladies @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
We will be visited by Nellie Tayloe Ross: 1876-1977 One of the best-known American politicians of the first half of the 20th century, Mrs. Ross was the first woman in the United States elected and inaugurated as a governor. She served in the State of Wyoming. She was a nationwide lecturer, and appointed as the first female Director of the U.S. Mint by President Franklin Roosevelt.
Also stopping in, will be Olga Little: 1910 – 1997. Olga was Colorado’s only female Jack whacker: a woman doing a man’s job that provided a lifeline to mines and miners with her string of pack mules. She has a mountain named after her in the La Plata Mountains.
Join us as these two character actors provide some history and entertainment of time periods so important to the beginnings of our state and THE WEST.
Free to members / $15 for non-members
Location:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street (Map)
When:
1-3PM on Sunday, Sep. 14th
4-7:30PM Sunday Swing Supper Club @ The Buffalo Rose
A special evening for fans of big band and swing dancing at the historical Buffalo Rose in downtown Golden. Doors open and delicious food service starts at 4:00. Learn to swing dance with a free dance lesson 4:00-5:00! Then enjoy entertaining live BIG BAND JAZZ MUSIC from 5:00 to 7:30 by the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra - featuring Deborah Stafford. Dance or just enjoy the great Swing Era music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more played on one of Colorado great historic stages. All ages welcome.
Dance or just listen to the great Swing Era music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more.
All ages welcome – under 18 with a guardian.
Tickets
Location:
The Buffalo Rose
1119 Washington Avenue (Map)
When:
4-7:30PM on Sunday, Sep. 14th
4:45-5:45PM Stop Tracking Weight @ Unite Fitness Group Training Golden
Unite Fitness is thrilled to host local Golden author and Registered Dietitian, Jennifer Ashley, as she shares insights from her new book Stop Tracking Weight: A 59-Day Journey to Mindful Eating.
FREE community event - everyone welcome!
Enjoy an inspiring talk, Q&A, snacks, Kona Kombucha, plus a special book offer. Stick around for complimentary Yin Yoga at 6:00 p.m. - open to all attendees!
Location:
Unite Fitness Group Training Golden
2600 East St (Map)
When:
4:45-5:45PM on Sunday, Sep. 14th
Live Music for Sunday, Sep. 14th
- 11AM-2PM Gabriel Coda @ Golden Outpost
- 3-6PM Bill McKay @ Golden Mill
- 4-7PM Ignatius Reilly @ Goosetown Station
- More Live Music
3-7PM Junkyard Dawgs @ Wrigley’s
4-7PM Chuck Grossman @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Flapping and Flapping
Women of the Twenties, Flapper Dresses, and the Golden Gem Theater from the Golden History Museum Collection
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Flappers were a subculture of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.
Source: Wikipedia
103 Years Ago
The September 14, 1922 Colorado Transcript announced that the Golden Gem theatre was hosting a Flapper Night, with a special program produced by Paramount Studio.
Flappers to the right of ’em, flappers to the left of ’em, flappers behind and flappers in front of’ em, flapping and flapping! Oh what an array they’ll make, Golden’s flappers one hundred!
And they’ll all be on parade Friday night at the Gem theatre! Paramount fun festival and flapper show promises to bring out the largest crowd that has attended a theatre performance in Golden in years.
(I’m not quite sure they knew what the term “flapper” meant.)
The plan was to encourage Golden women to attend by offering prizes to every woman who entered their contest.
Golden’s Paramount Girl – Silk Lingerie
Golden’s best all-around flapper – A silk parasol
Golden’s niftiest flapper – silk hosiery
Golden’s prize blonde – A bathing suit
Golden’s tallest flapper – A tennis racquet
Golden’s fattest flapper – A 2 pound box of candy
The consolation prize was an autographed photo of a Paramount star.
They also had prizes for married couples and men, including “Oldest married couple,” “Golden’s baldest man,” and “Golden’s biggest footed man.”
Weather
Overnight: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. Low around 52, with temperatures rising to around 54 overnight. Northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday: A chance of rain showers before noon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. North wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 56 overnight. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 54°F
Monday: Sunny, 82°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 55°F
Tuesday: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 75°F
Tuesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 51°F
Wednesday: Slight Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 71°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 50°F
Thursday: Sunny, 78°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 53°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 80°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 56°F
Saturday: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 79°F
News About Golden - September 14, 2025
Pleasant View residents reject state plan to build housing
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Pleasant View residents had accepted the idea that 9.3 acres north of the Pleasant View Community Park would become an energy research campus called the Glo Park when it was proposed years ago.
However, with both funding and tenants evaporating amid the current political and economic climate, the site might become a host for affordable housing instead... Read more...
Colorado quietly empties one of its largest juvenile detention facilities — internal emails reveal safety failures
By Rhea Jha
9News
GOLDEN, Colo. — The Colorado Division of Youth Services (DYS) quietly removed all juvenile offenders from one of the state's largest youth detention facilities, the Campus at Lookout Mountain in Golden. In public statements, the agency insisted the move was routine and due to staffing levels. In private, a senior official warned of ongoing "basic safety" issues... Read more...
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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, Tom Reiley, Michael Mason, Colorado Railroad Museum, and Goosetown Station
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 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, 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, and Centennial State Wealth Advisors
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, and Mary Rains, 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, and Pam Logan
Followers:
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Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins, Bob Hamilton, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Nanette Johnson, Peyton Gibson, and Sally Berger
