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Photo by Chris Davell
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Tuesday, Aug. 18th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- All day - COMMUNITY CENTER POOL CLOSURE
- 8-9AM - What's Brewing Golden
- 9AM - Golden Seniors - KaffeeKlatsch
- 9-11AM - DeLong Park Habitat Helpers
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10-11AM - Story Time and Craft @ The Railroad Museum
- 10:15-10:45AM - Preschool Time - Registration Required
- 11:30AM-1PM - Summer Potluck @ Front Porch
- 1-3PM - Hand Embroidery Stitchers
- 2:30PM - Local Licensing Authority Meeting
- 5:30-7:30PM - Exploring the Elements of Art
- 6-7:45PM - Golden Beer Talks
- 6:30PM - Trivia Night @ Bivy Beer Bar
- 6:30-8:30PM - Team Trivia Tuesday @ Buffalo Rose
- 6:30-8:30PM - Toad Trivia
- 6:30-8PM - Waterwise Yard Seminar (Virtual)
- 6:30-8PM - Financial Education Event, But First Chocolate
- 6:30-8:30PM - Bar Bingo Night @ VFW
- 7PM - Pub Trivia @ Atomic Cowboy
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
Construction Updates by Pat Klein
The Prosper - Photo by Patrick Klein - enlarge
The Prosper at 14th and Arapahoe
This Habitat for Humanity project will offer 40 for-sale units.
Avere on South Golden Road
This project will include 353 units of mixed use development. Learn more.
The New Golden City Hall
This new $60 million building at 311 10th Street will house the Golden Police Department and other City employees.
Coors Deconstruction Project
I'm not sure what this building was, but it's been interesting to watch them take it apart. It's visible from both Highway 58 and 44th Avenue.
Bear Siting
Photo by Keenan and Rosemary Lee
This bear enjoyed a moonlight frolic in a wading pool on Sunshine Parkway.
Do you need a sewing machine?
The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum will hold their annual Trash to Treasures Garage Sale this Sunday.
They've received many donated sewing machines this year (some of them quite deluxe). They are set up now, so you can stop by, today through Friday, from 10-4 to try and buy them! Great deals!
Location:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street, Suite 240 (map)
303-277-0377
If you like Gardens in a Box...
For many years, the City has been sponsoring a springtime promotion on collections of low-water plants. The people who offer those gardens are doing a one-day sale today on late summer gardens. You will have to go to Arvada to pick up your garden, but hey--it's on sale!
Here's the email I received:
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8-9AM What's Brewing Golden @ Connects Workspace Red Rocks
Join us for hot coffee & hot topics around town!
What's Brewing is a monthly meeting, held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 8 - 9 am. Each month you will hear an update from City Council, Downtown Development Authority (DDA/GURA), City of Golden Police, regional representatives and the Golden Chamber, along with a Business Spotlight. What's Brewing Golden not only offers an opportunity to hear from the City and Chamber, but is a great way for our business community to connect.
This meeting is open to all businesses within the Golden area but with a focus on small businesses and restaurants within the City limits of Golden. This meeting is provided as a service by the Golden Chamber of Commerce. Chamber membership is highly encouraged but is not required to attend. Guests are welcome.
Location:
Connects Workspace Red Rocks
18475 West Colfax Avenue (Map)
9AM Golden Seniors - KaffeeKlatsch @ Golden Welcome Center
Hey, Golden Seniors! Join your friends at the Welcome Center for coffee and conversation! We meet on the Creekside Patio or the Heritage Community Boardroom. Sponsored by the Golden Welcome Center, Golden Pond Retirement Community and the Rotary Club of Golden.
Location:
Golden Welcome Center
1010 Washington Avenue (Map)
10-11AM Story Time and Craft @ The Railroad Museum
Join staff and volunteers at the Colorado Railroad Museum as they share some of their favorite children’s stories with a decidedly railroad theme followed by a fun make and take.
Recommended ages 4-6 years old. Free for Museum Members and included with general admission. More information
Location:
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (Map)
11:30AM-1PM Summer Potluck @ Front Porch
Front Porch Golden Community Center - Clear Creek Rooms
What better way to spend your time than enjoying the company of friends, old and new, over a homecooked meal? Please join the Front Porch for our quarterly Potluck. The Front Porch will be providing the protein, and you are encouraged to bring a dish to share. Active Older Adults aged 50+ More information
Location:
Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street (Map)
6-7:45PM Golden Beer Talks @ Buffalo Rose
Topic: A Concise History of Beer
Speaker: Charlie Gottenkieny
Brewery: Bruz Beers
Tonight's talk will concisely cover the history and evolution of beer—from its beginnings in ancient Mesopotamia to today’s global beer markets. It will be a fast-moving presentation covering the 15,000-year journey of the world’s most popular alcoholic beverage.
Beer has been used in religious ceremonies, as a source of nutrition, as a means of fighting disease, as currency and as a social drink. It has influenced many civilizations in profound ways. Attendees at the talk will have the rare opportunity to taste an ancient Sumerian beer Charlie brewed from a 6,000-year-old recipe found on clay tablets.
An evening hosted by Golden Beer Talks centers around a brief, informative and entertaining presentation by an expert on an irresistibly enticing topic. Each event features beer for sale from one of our local breweries, along with a variety of delicious food and drink offerings from the Buffalo Rose kitchen and bar.
It's Golden's own grassroots version of TED talks for the benefit of our own local community--and just for the fun of it. Golden Beer Talks is a nonprofit venture focused on three favorite local things--Golden and Beer and Talking!
Learn more at www.goldenbeertalks.org.
Location:
Buffalo Rose
1119 Washington Avenue (Map)
The Golden Word - 08/18/26
Golden History: The Purifying Effect of Women in Politics
Golden History Museum collection (plus button)
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This month marks the 106th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote.
How was this news greeted in Golden? With detached interest…the fact is, women in Colorado had had the vote since 1893. Their first presidential election was the 1896 contest between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan.
Many of the western states were early adopters of female suffrage. Some states–including Colorado–began by allowing women to vote in school board elections. That worked well, so the question of voting in all elections was given more serious consideration. Much of the discussion on this issue focused on the “purifying” effect that women could have on politics. It was assumed that women would vote for virtuous issues such as temperance and against vice and corruption. Of course, not everyone wanted curbs on drinking, child labor, prostitution, and gambling; that’s why female suffrage took so long to pass.
In the 1893 election, Jefferson County’s men voted 842 for female suffrage and 515 against. Golden voted 276 for and 159 against. The Transcript commented:
The large vote in favor of woman’s suffrage is a surprise to all the ladies, especially in this county, where it was fully expected a majority would be cast against it. According to present appearances they hardly know what to do with it now they have got it, but they will find a way to handle it, never you fear. — Colorado Transcript, November 15, 1893
Some men had voted for the issue thinking that having more voters would give us more representatives in Congress. They were mistaken–representation is based on total population, not the number of voters. (That’s why the census count is important.)
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear. Low around 64, with temperatures rising to around 67 overnight. West northwest wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny. High near 90, with temperatures falling to around 85 in the afternoon. North wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy. Low around 62, with temperatures rising to around 65 overnight. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 62°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 87°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 63°F
Thursday: Sunny, 92°F
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 65°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 93°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 66°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 91°F
Saturday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 66°F
Sunday: Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms, 90°F
Sunday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 63°F
Monday: Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 88°F
Supporters
Many thanks to the people and organizations who support What’s Happening in Golden? If you would like to support local news, please CLICK HERE!
Sponsors:
($100/month or $1,175/year)
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:
($50-99.99/month or $575/yr)
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, Saré Merrigan, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Vic DeMaria, Unite Fitness, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $285/yr)
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, 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, Steve & M.L. Richardson, Jeremy & Stephanie Keller, AC Development, Golden PT & Pilates, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, and Mary Eiberger
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $115/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, 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, 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, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura and Curtis Moore, Ruth Hund, Shelley & Jerry Devitt, Eileen Masterson, Kate Olivier, Amy Korengut, Pam Logan, Clare Shier, Wendy Weiman, Marge Frueh. Nannette Johnson, Edgar Walker, Bivy Beer Bar, Nancy Cooper, Jane & Mike Templeton, Vicki Greivel, Kim McDonough, Carie Chimbel, Peggy Brochtrup, Cindy & Matt Finley, Kelly Fry, and Esther Kettering
Followers:
($5-9.99/month or $55/year)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, 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, Chris Toney, Alicia Zimmerman, Tamara Feucht, GoldenBrokers, Elizabeth Coil, Diane Tiberi, and Cathy Larocca
