Tulip Season
Photo by Richard Luckin
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Thursday, Apr. 3rd
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 8:45-9:45AM - Golden Women in Business Book Club*
- 9AM - Public Art Commission Meeting
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10-10:30AM - Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
- 3-4:30PM - Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic
- 4PM - Spades 109 Tournament
- 4-11PM - Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch!
- 4:30-6PM - REDI Task Force Meeting
- 5-7:30PM - Teen Night @ The Community Center
- 5-8PM - Furst Thursday Yappy Hour
- 5:30-8:30PM - Too Hot to Handle!
- 6PM - Run Club
- 6-8PM - Herbal Focaccia Take & Bake Class
- 6-9PM - Reel Rock 19
- 6-7PM - Ukulele Thursdays
- 6-10PM - Wax N' Suds
- 6:30-8PM - Waterwise Yard Seminar - Improving Your Sprinkler System (Virtual)
- 7-9PM - Astronomy Night at the Library
- 7:30PM - National Bohemians
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ Golden City Hall
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 9AM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Provide in-person comment during the meeting, at 9AM.
- Send email comments to pac@cityofgolden.net.
This group is winding down, in that they will be replaced by the new Arts & Culture Commission. Some of the members will transfer to the new Commission.
Pages 2 and 3 of the meeting packet provides the status of the installations for New Loveland Mine Park, Clear Creek Trail, DeLong Park, Triangle Park, the artistic downtown bike corrals, and a new signal box wrap. The last two are new this year.
They have selected a consultant to help them choose art for the new city hall. They will have about $470,000 to spend.
A selection committee discussed art proposals for Ulysses Park and narrowed the selection from 82 proposals to eight artists. Staff will now work with those artists to prepare renderings showing the pieces as they would look in the park. The renderings will be used to gather public input into the selection. The preliminary selections appear on pp. 7-9 of the meeting packet.
The City will be constructing sound walls to help mitigate highway noise. 1% of the construction cost will be dedicated to art. Molding a design into the concrete panels is a popular way to accomplish this goal.
Location:
Golden City Hall
911 10th Street (Map)
When:
9AM on Thursday, Apr. 3rd
5-8PM Furst Thursday Yappy Hour @ Golden Mill
Live Music
Dog Friendly Treats & Drinks
Doggy Chiropractor
Adoptable Dogs
More information
Location:
Golden Mill
1012 Ford Street (Map)
When:
5-8PM on Thursday, Apr. 3rd
5-7:30PM Teen Night @ The Community Center
Golden Teen Nights is a program designed and operated by a group of Golden High School students with Golden Rotarians serving as helpers/advisors. Teen Nights is designed to give students an opportunity to interact with their peers in a setting outside of school. It is held the first Thursday of each month (excluding June and July), 5:00 to 7:30 pm at the Golden Community Center. Attractions include board games, swimming, pool, soft drinks, pizza, snacks, and just hanging out. Other organizations are often invited to attend and make presentations to the teens. The program is funded by a Thriving Community grant from the City of Golden.
For more information, contact Tom Hughes at eth5530@cs.com.
Location:
Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street (Map)
When:
5-7:30PM on Thursday, Apr. 3rd
6-9PM Reel Rock 19 @ Colorado School of Mines
Reel Rock 19 is coming to Golden April 3rd 2025, with an outstanding lineup of new films including Love Again, Riders on the Storm, and Death of Villains.
More information
Location:
Colorado School of Mines
Green Center (Map)
When:
6-9PM on Thursday, Apr. 3rd
Live Music for Thursday, Apr. 3rd
- 7PM Planet of the Drums @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
- 5-8PM Chantel Dukart @ Golden Mill
- More Live Music
6PM Music by the Mesa @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Celebrating Growth
Geijsbeek Pottery was located at the west end of 8th Street – enlarge
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124 Years Ago
The April 3, 1901 Colorado Transcript was celebrating many new buildings “in this initial year of the XXth century.”
The Geijsbeek Pottery company have nearly completed their buildings, placed their machinery, and are now manufacturing ware for the market. The buildings alone, which are of brick, have cost about $4,000, while the furnaces, engines, dynamos, machinery etc., figure up about $12,000, making a total expenditure in cash of $17,000 in round numbers.
The Catholic church, built since the year opened, is a handsome and important addition to the town. It is constructed of Golden pressed brick, and when the inside is finished will compare favorably with any house of worship in the state outside of the larger cities. Fully $9,000 has already been expended and probably another thousand will complete the edifice.
A most important improvement is the new assaying plant for the School of Mines, a long building of brick one story in height, containing sixteen assay furnaces for use by students. This has entailed an expenditure of some $15,000, made possible by the generous donation of Hon. W.S. Stratton, president of the board of trustees.
Another important public enterprise is the construction of a spur of the Colorado & Southern Railroad from the company’s yards to Coors’ brewery, requiring the construction of a substantial bridge across Clear creek. This spur is now nearly ready for use.
P. O. Unger is building another handsome brick cottage on the avenue opposite the court house, modern, for sale or rent. Mr. Unger is to be commended for his enterprise in helping us out. This will cost about $2,000.
John Collum has purchased two lots on Second [now 12th] street, corner of Cheyenne, and has contracted with W. H. Curry for two double houses, four apartments. These will be of pressed brick, modern in all particulars, and will be for rent.
The additions and improvements to Woods and Rubey’s bank building will add greatly to the appearance of the locality. It will make the block the handsomest in town.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West northwest wind around 2 mph.
Thursday: Snow after 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 39. North northeast wind 2 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North northwest wind 2 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Thursday Night: Chance Light Snow, 28°F
Friday: Light Snow, 38°F
Friday Night: Snow, 23°F
Saturday: Chance Light Snow, 38°F
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy, 24°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 52°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 32°F
Monday: Sunny, 61°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 38°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 65°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 41°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 68°F
News About Golden - April 3, 2025
City of Golden Weekly Digest
In this issue... Download PDF below.
Violin Concerto: 16-year-old musician shares talents with Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, its fans
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Even at 16 years old, violinist Yuqing Li has already had a long musical journey.
She started playing the instrument at 4 years old in China... Read more...
Carolyn Ann Koh named AAAS Fellow
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
Carolyn Ann Koh, University Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been recognized as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the worlds' largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals... Read more...
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