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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Tuesday, Jul. 30th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Tubular Tuesdays
- 8-10AM - DeLong Park Weedbusters
- 9-10AM - Women's Exercise and Bible Study
- 9AM - Golden Seniors - Coffee Klatch
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time
- 10:15-10:45AM - Preschool Time
- 4-5PM - Housing and Personal Finance - How did we get here and why does it matter?
- 4-5PM - Adventures in Gardening
- 5:30-9PM - The Golden Bicycle Cruise
- 6-7:30PM - Gender on the Frontier
- 6:30-8:30PM - Team Trivia Tuesday
- 6:30-8:30PM - Toad Trivia
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Tuesdays
- 6:30-8:30PM - Bar Bingo Night
- 6:30-7PM - Snuggle With a Book: Nighttime Adventures - Gardening
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
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Scenes from July, 2024 in Golden
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Thomas Tickets on Sale TODAY
Tickets for Day Out With Thomas™: The Bubble Tour go on sale TODAY at 9 am MDT!
Families can enjoy outdoor fun with the #1 Engine at the Colorado Railroad Museum on the weekends of September 7-8, 14-15 and 21-22, 2024. Each Day Out With Thomas™ ticket includes an interactive train ride with a life-sized Thomas the Tank Engine. You’ll also enjoy access to fun-filled activities including live entertainment, photo ops with Sir Topham Hatt, lawn games, shopping at the pop-up Thomas and Friends store, and much more.
Capacity is limited and walk up sales will NOT be available. Reserve your tickets soon, as this event has completely sold out well in advance every year since 2020. Ticket sales are already up 54% compared to last year during exclusive member pre-sales, so act fast! To purchase your tickets starting Tuesday, July 30 at 9 am MDT, visit coloradorailroadmuseum.org/day-out-with-thomas/.
5:30-9PM Golden Bike Cruise
A family-friendly Bicycle Cruise that takes place on the last Tuesday of the month from May to September. Beer, Bands and Bikes!
Tonight's (optional!) costume theme is Olympics (Red White & Blue).
Meet at the Armory Parking Garage, 14th and Arapahoe (map).
More information
6-7:30PM Gender on the Frontier
This talk will overview the scope of gender in the American West with a focus on gender nonconformity, laws governing gender representation, public efforts to clean up spaces of gender illusion, and finally the real-life consequences for violating anti-crossdressing laws.
4-5PM Adventures in Gardening
Venture into the depths of Golden Library’s Garden as we explore the science of soil, discuss planting climates and evaluate the growth pattern of your plants. Practice your green thumb skills while helping our library garden blossom.
All skill levels welcome. Registration is required. REGISTRATION IS FULL, BUT YOU CAN GET ON THE WAIT LIST.
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (map)
6:30-7PM Snuggle With a Book: Nighttime Adventures - Gardening
Come to the Library and snuggle with a book for a fun nighttime adventure!
Tonight's Adventure: Nighttime Gardening
Dig into the fun this evening as we read and sing about the worlds of “night” and “day” gardening, then create a garden ornament you can take with you as a memory of our summer nighttime adventures!
Live Music for Tuesday, Jul. 30th
- More Live Music
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Bluegrass Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Mysterious, Demented Arsonist
North Golden, circa 1908-1920 – excerpt from a photo belonging to Denver Public Library Western History Collection – enlarge
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116 Years Ago
The July 30, 1908 Colorado Transcript reported that residents on the north side of the creek were worried about a “mysterious tramp,” who was “believed to be demented, and seeking to wreak upon the innocent, vengeance for some imaginary wrong.”
The man had made his first attempt on Saturday, but the family and neighbors quickly extinguished the blaze. The next day he returned “and saturating a heap of rags in coal oil kindled a blaze in the coal shed.” Mr. Watkins was away at the time, but Mrs. Watkins managed to extinguish the flames. As she arrived, she saw a man leap the fence, declaring as he did so that he would yet burn the place. Another attempt was made that night, and another on Tuesday morning. In each case, the fire was seen and put out before any great damage was done.
The prevailing thought was that the tramp was insane. I found no more references to this story, so perhaps the man moved on to set fires somewhere else.
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: Clear, with a low around 68. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 96. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 67°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 93°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 66°F
Thursday: Sunny, 93°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 68°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 93°F
Friday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 67°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 91°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 66°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 93°F
Sunday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 67°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 93°F
News Relating to Golden - July 30, 2024
Parade participants embody Buffalo Bill Days’ past, future
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Decades ago, the Buffalo Bill Saddle Club members rode their horses up Lookout Mountain to their namesake’s gravesite.
The return trip to downtown Golden became a fun tradition that fellow equestrians carry on to this day — along with car enthusiasts, uniformed pedestrians and others brave enough to trek Washington Avenue in front of thousands of people... Read more...
Temporary Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Unincorporated Jefferson County
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Jefferson County, CO. – Effective at 7 a.m. on July 30, 2024, Jefferson County Sheriff Reggie Marinelli implemented Temporary Stage 1 Fire Restrictions for all lands in unincorporated Jefferson County... Read more...
The best pizza toppings make for emotional debates
By Jonathan Shikes
Denver Post
This is a story about pizza toppings. My favorites. Your favorites. And Giles Flanagin’s favorites.
But before we can talk about what goes on top, we’ve got to lay down some information about what goes on the bottom at Blue Pan Pizza, which Flanagin co-founded in 2015 with pizza chef Jeff Smokevitch... Read more...
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Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, AC Development, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer
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