Overcast Evening in Golden
Photo by Linda Cobb
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Wednesday, Jan. 14th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- 8-10AM - Golden Startup Coffee
- 9-10:30AM - Golden Walks
- 9:30-10:30AM - Fit and Energize Exercise Class
- 9:30AM-3PM - Perfect your Binding with Rita Meyerhoff
- 10-11AM - Author Talk with Manuel Ramos @ Front Porch
- 10:15-11:15AM - Discovery Play
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 1-3PM - Be Bold. Be Free. Paint What You See!
- 3PM - Weekly Jam Session
- 3-5PM - Virtual/Call In: Hard Times Writing Workshop
- 6PM - Bingo Night
- 6:30PM - Wednesday Night Trivia
- 6:30PM - Historic Preservation Board Meeting
- 6:30-8PM - Wine, Women, and Wealth (WWW) in Golden
- 7-11PM - Country Line Dancing with Jeff Goodwin and The Front Range Cowboys
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9:30AM-3PM Perfect your Binding with Rita Meyerhoff @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Love it or hate it - your binding has to live up to the beauty of your quilt. This 5 hour class will give you the opportunity to learn, then actually apply perfect binding to a placemat sized project that you provide to class. Then you get to ask all those burning questions you still have - like how to bind scallops and other specially shaped edges.
If you have a project or pattern that you've been postponing because you don't quite feel secure in your binding skills or techniques, bring it with you and get some tips. More information
Location:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street (Map)
10-11AM Author Talk with Manuel Ramos @ Front Porch
Manuel Ramos will be discussing his book "Angels in the Wind: A Mile High Noir." Register Active Older Adults aged 50+
Location:
Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street (Map)
1-3PM Be Bold. Be Free. Paint What You See! @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
In this 2-session watercolor class, participants will capture what is seen - the scene, the object, or the person in an understandable way. Participants will learn about composition and color, values and abstract shapes, and how to tie all the elements together to create a unique painting. Participants will also explore how to use those elements to communicate the emotion behind the subject matter. This class meets twice on 1/14 and 1/21. Register
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
809 15th Street (Map)
6:30PM Historic Preservation Board Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 6:30PM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Send comments on any of the following topics to planning@cityofgolden.net
- Provide in-person comment (limited to 3 minutes) during the meeting, at 6:30PM.
The Historic Preservation Board will review their accomplishments for 2025 and discuss their goals for 2026, in preparation to presenting a work plan to City Council. Some or all of them will attend the Saving Places conference in early February. They will discuss the board positions that will be open this year and potential recruitment of appropriate candidates.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
7-11PM Country Line Dancing with Jeff Goodwin and The Front Range Cowboys @ Buffalo Rose
Kick Up Your Heels at the Buffalo Rose! Get ready to boot scoot and boogie at Golden's hottest country night! Join Jeff Goodwin and the Front Range Cowboys for an evening of toe-tapping tunes and line dancing that'll have you two-stepping till closing time. Buffalo Rose (main venue)
Location:
Buffalo Rose
1119 Washington Avenue (Map)
The Golden Word - 01/14/26
Live Music for Wednesday, Jan. 14th
- 6-9PM Chris Koltak @ Miners Saloon
- More Live Music
4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
5-9PM Open Mic @ Cannonball Creek
6PM Open Mic @ Scully's Cafe
6PM Live Music @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: The Most Disreputable Block and a Half in Golden
The highlighted area shows the "disreputable" buildings that were later replaced with Mitchell Elementary. The large building on the left was the Belle Vista Hotel. The buildings along Ford Street, on the right, were a commercial block. There were several houses in between.
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89 Years Ago
The January 14, 1937 Colorado Transcript announced that our new elementary school would be dedicated on Sunday, January 17th. Knowing that everyone in the community would want to see the new building, Superintendent Roger Q. Mitchell arranged for public tours.
In 1956, the school was renamed in honor of Supt. Mitchell. At that time, Fleet Parsons, editor of the Colorado Transcript, remembered Mitchell’s efforts to get the school built:
It was the most disreputable block and a half in Golden. The rat infested wreckage of the old Bella Vista Hotel was in one corner. On Ford St. there were some 4 or 5 unoccupied, abandoned dilapidated, run-down two-story store buildings. This Golden Shopping Center of that early date had been moved up onto Washington Ave., where it is now thriving. A few old, illy-kept homes were located on Eleventh Street. It was a whale of a job that Supt. Mitchell had determined to accomplish, and I told him so.
When the school was moved to the north end of town in 1997, the new building kept the name, Mitchell Elementary.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 35, with temperatures rising to around 38 overnight. Northwest wind around 6 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High near 56, with temperatures falling to around 53 in the afternoon. North northwest wind 5 to 9 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 42, with temperatures rising to around 44 overnight. West wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 42°F
Thursday: Sunny, 59°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 30°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 47°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 30°F
Saturday: Sunny, 52°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 36°F
Sunday: Sunny, 59°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 30°F
M.L. King Jr. Day: Sunny, 54°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 35°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 59°F
News About Golden - January 14, 2026
COLORADO Department of Personnel & Administration
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE GOLDEN RANGE AT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
...to develop affordable housing, enhance behavioral health capacity, improve access to childcare services, support broadband deployment, and explore other public-private partnership (“P3”) opportunities that benefit Coloradans... Read more...
JEFFERSON COUNTY ADDS MOBILE SHELTER CAPACITY TO EXTREME WEATHER RESPONSE PLAN
City of Golden
Jefferson County, in coordination with local municipalities including the City of Golden, has strengthened its regional severe weather response through a recently executed Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) focused on public safety and emergency shelter access for people experiencing homelessness.
A new and important component of this coordinated effort is the addition of mobile emergency shelter capacity, expanding the region’s ability to respond during prolonged periods of extreme cold... Read more...
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Sponsors:
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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, Clothilde Elingbow, Michael Mason, Goosetown Station, and Earth Sweet Boutique
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 Vic DeMaria
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $250/yr)
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, Centennial State Wealth Advisors, and Steve & M.L. Richardson
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, 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, Pam Logan, Clare Shier, Wendy Weiman, and Marge Frueh
Followers:
($5-9.99/month)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins, 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
