New Leaves and Rising Water
Photo by Nancy Torpey
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Thursday, May. 23rd
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 7:53AM - Full Moon
- 8-10AM - Sunrise Awards Breakfast
- 9-10AM - Golden Women in Business Book Club*
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time
- 10-10:30AM - Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
- 12-1PM - Big Money, Small Channel: How to Drive Business on YouTube Without Being Famous
- 3-4:30PM - Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic
- 5-7PM - Dungeons & Dragons: One-Shot for Beginners
- 6PM - Run Club
- 6-9PM - Golden Game Guild Mini Paint Night
- 6PM - Mobility & Transportation Advisory Board Meeting
- 6-8PM - Denver West Quilt Artists Group Meeting
- 7:30PM - The Full Monty
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
The Astor House Opens This Weekend!
Foothills Art Center Astor House - Photo by Richard Luckin
Foothills Art Center at the Astor House will open this weekend, and you could see it as soon as tomorrow (if you're a member).
Astor House Members Opening - Friday, May 24th, 5-8PM
Astor House Public Open - Saturday, May 25, 10AM-5PM
Not a Foothill Art Center Member? Join now for FREE and gain access to exclusive Members Openings!
The original Foothills location at 15th and Washington is used for classes, summer camps, and artist studios. The new Astor House location will house a changing set of exhibitions.
The three inaugural shows are:
- The 20th Annual Mile High International Pastel Society Exhibition
- Moose Cain-Rodenfels: Sjón – A Solar System of Vision
- John Taylor Wagner
Sign up now as a member, so you'll learn about new shows and classes and be invited to members-only events.
Foothills Art Center - Astor House
822 12th Street (map)
5-7PM Learn to Play D&D
Do you love epic fantasy adventure? Dungeons and Dragons is a tabletop role-playing fantasy game where a roll of the dice can change your future. If you are new to questing, get ready to roll the initiative and play a beginner-friendly, single-session game with other new adventurers!
Questers should come prepared with a completed 5th Edition, Level 1 Character Sheet (found on dndbeyond.com/characters) or use one of the characters provided. Watch the YouTube series Handbooker Helper by Critical Role if you have not played it before for additional instructions on how to create your sheet. Basic equipment and weapons are allowed.
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (map)
6PM Mobility and Transportation Advisory Board
The supporting documents are missing from this meeting packet, but the agenda lists the following topics:
- New Manual
- Arapahoe Intersections
- Project Updates
- New Business
- Matters for Referral to Other Boards
Check this page before the meeting to see whether any more information is available.
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (map)
12-1PM Chamber Lunch & Learn: Big Money, Small Channel
Lunch ‘n Learns are education programs, often in partnership with our member businesses.
Hosted By Jen Devore, this class will take over the lunch hour and discuss marketing, YouTube, and how to drive your business in the right direction. Topics to be covered include: How to find video ideas people are searching for on Google and YouTube, What tools to use to get your videos to rank in search and How to strategically turn viewers into clients.
Jen has been featured on stage at Video Marketing World, on the Think Media Podcast, on stage at the Magnetic Marketing Conference, and other top entrepreneur shows for her proven results making big money with a small channel. More information
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (map)
Live Music for Thursday, May. 23rd
- 5-8PM: Kory Montgomery @ Golden Mill @ Golden Mill
Golden Mill - More Live Music
5-9PM Bruce Cole @ Wrigley’s
5:30-8:30PM Teague Starbuck @ Mountain Toad
6PM Band of Brothers @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-9PM Jack Hadley Band @ Goosetown Station
6PM The Wrecklunds @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Astor House Retrospective - Part 1
Second story windows in the Astor House
In honor of this weekend's grand opening of the Astor House, I'm reprinting a three-part series that I wrote in 2022, after touring the then-disassembled interior.
The June 12, 1867 Colorado Transcript mentioned the Astor House, which was under construction at that time.
…a fine stone hotel, fifty feet front, on Second street, has already reached the second story windows, and the work is being pushed with commendable and characteristic energy by the proprietor, Judge Lake. He expects to have it ready for occupancy by the middle of July.
I had a chance to tour the Astor House last week, as it stands ready for its biggest restoration project to date. Foothills Art Center is about to turn the old hotel and boarding house into an art museum. In doing so, they’ll be restoring woodwork, tuckpointing brickwork, and installing modern, energy-efficient HVAC equipment.
The building’s current, stripped-down condition reveals a lot of its 155 year history. During the building’s many years as a boarding house, the interior space was partitioned and re-partitioned several times. (In fact, the first floor room that many of us remember as a dining room was serving as 2 bedrooms when the City acquired the building in the early 1970s.) Remnants of some of those partitions are now visible.
The various remodels also resulted in floors that change height from room to room. The contractors plan to re-lay the boards to give the floor a consistent level (which is an A.D.A. requirement).
A look up in the attic reveals another interesting glimpse of the past. A 1908 fire burned a significant part of the roof. Evidently the roofers decided that some of the charred boards were still usable.
I’ll continue this forensic walk through the Astor House tomorrow.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866. Thanks to Hassan Najjar for the tour of the Astor House!
Golden History: The Problem with Fireproof Booths
95 Years Ago
The May 23, 1929 Colorado Transcript reported some unwanted excitement at the Golden Gem movie theater. The previous Friday, during a showing of The Wild Party, starring Clara Bow, the projectionist “heard a snap and looked around in time to see the film flash into fire. In stopping the machine the two reels he was about to place on the other machine caught on fire.”
The article reassuringly stated that projection booths were required by law to be fire proof, “…and even though an explosion occurred there would be no danger to the theater or theater goers.”
However, the article also mentioned that the projectionist had tossed the burning reels out of the booth into the lobby of the theater. Apparently it worked out OK.
Very little concern was shown among the audience but the show was shut down for the rest of the evening.
Colorado Transcript – May 23, 1929
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Southwest wind around 8 mph.
Thursday: Sunny. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. West southwest wind 8 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. West northwest wind 7 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 42°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 65°F
Friday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 49°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 72°F
Saturday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 48°F
Sunday: Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 67°F
Sunday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Clear, 46°F
Memorial Day: Sunny, 74°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 51°F
Tuesday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 78°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 54°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 80°F
News Relating to Golden - May 23, 2024
City of Golden Weekly Digest
Golden updating event-permitting process for more accountability, equity
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
For anyone who’s hosted an event in Golden and felt the city’s event-permitting process favored some events over others, city officials are looking to level the playing field... Read more...
Hunting now illegal in Golden city limits
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Although the municipality is more than 150 years old, Golden only recently made hunting in city limits illegal... Read more...
Mines, ACC team named first-year champions of Battery Workforce Challenge
By Emilie Rusch
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
A team of student automotive engineers and technicians from Colorado School of Mines and Arapahoe Community College have been named the Year 1 champions of the Battery Workforce Challenge sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and global automaker Stellantis... Read more...
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