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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Wednesday, Jul. 8th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Is He Really Buried Here? A Free Presentation @ Buffalo Bill Museum
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- 9-11AM - Golden Startup Coffee
- 9-10:30AM - Golden Walks
- 9:30-10:30AM - Fit and Energize Exercise Class
- 10:15-11:15AM - Discovery Play
- 1-2:30PM - SPARK! Alzheimer's Association Program
- 3-6PM - Golden Midweek Market
- 3PM - Acoustic Preserves
- 3-5PM - Virtual/Call In: Hard Times Writing Workshop
- 5:30-7PM - Contemplative Memoir
- 6PM - Bingo Night
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Night @ Golden Mill
- 6:30PM - Historic Preservation Board Meeting
- 6:30-8PM - Wine, Women, and Wealth (WWW) in Golden
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
11:30AM and 12PM Is He Really Buried Here? A Free Presentation @ Buffalo Bill Museum
Join us every Wednesday in June, July and August at 11:30 and Noon for a FREE presentation! William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was buried on Lookout Mountain on June 3, 1917. Rumors circulate to the present day that he was really buried somewhere else. Hear details about what led to the controversy and learn the real story at this FREE 15-minute graveside program. More information
Location:
Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave
987½ Lookout Mountain Road (Map)
3-6PM Mid-Week Farmers Market
The Golden Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the launch of a new Golden Midweek Market! This will be on Wednesdays from 3pm – 6pm at Golden High School from June 10th through July 29th. This will give the community more chances to purchase fresh foods– and will allow small businesses and local farmers the opportunity to sell more of their products to the Golden community! This midweek market is in addition to hosting our Saturday Golden Farmers Market for the 24th year. More information
Location:
Golden High School Parking Lot
701 24th Street (map)
1-2:30PM SPARK! Alzheimer's Association Program @ Foothills Art Center - Astor House
SPARK! at Foothills Art Center is a free program designed to make art accessible for people experiencing mild memory loss, early-stage Alzheimer’s, or a related dementia, and their family, friends, and guests. Join a trained facilitator for an engaging afternoon in a welcoming environment. Participants will enjoy an insightful tour and conversation followed by an art activity inspired by the featured artworks. All materials will be provided. Enjoy complimentary refreshments while connecting with fellow attendees during each session. This monthly program is free with advance registration. Register
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Astor House
1133 Arapahoe Street (Map)
3PM Acoustic Preserves @ Golden Community Center
Dust off your old guitar, fiddle, harmonica, mandolin, ukulele, dulcimer and drop into the Front Porch for a friendly jam session. Questions? Call the Front Porch at 303-384-8130. Free. Active Older Adults aged 50+
Location:
Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street (Map)
5:30-7PM Contemplative Memoir @ Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus
Writing a memoir may be the most challenging and consequential writing we will ever do. We think we know ourselves well enough to write about our lives, but the effort seems daunting, and its value dubious. After all, how do we begin to choose which stories to tell from all the days and years? And who cares? First of all, no life is ordinary. No life is without miracles and magic, great loss and great love. And probably no life is more crucial for our children to understand then ours, because they share more than our genetics, they share our spiritual DNA. What made us who we are, helps them see who they can become. In that sense, we leave them with more than stories. We leave them with meaning and hope. More information
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
Tonight's topics include:
Certificate of Appropriateness for exterior changes to 412 18th Street (map), which is a non-contributing structure within the East Street Historic District. This is somewhat after the fact, as the changes have already been made. The owner had not realized that she was supposed to refer her changes to this board before making them. The board will now review the changes and have the opportunity to provide comments and suggestions. They have the option to pronounce the changes "appropriate" for a non-contributing structure within a Historic District.
Staff will provide an update on the plan to demolish 612 10th Street (map).
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
Learn to Make Mocktails @ Earth Sweet Boutique
Thursday, July 16th | 6-8PM | $50 Per Person
Join Herbalist Liz Faermark in this fun and informative class. Enjoy delicious, alcohol-free herbal mocktails that are as beautiful as they are nourishing. In this hands-on class, you’ll learn:
How to make Alcohol-free, herbal Mocktails
How to infuse vinegars for Shrubs
How to make an Herbal Shrub
How to make flavorful herbal syrups
How to elevate your creations with unique glass rim mixes made from herbs, spices, salts, and sugars.
We will be sampling NA drinks throughout class!
Make & Take home your own rim mix to use on drinks at home
All materials are provided
Space is limited so sign up now!
Location:
Earth Sweet Boutique
1224 Arapahoe St. (map)
The Golden Word - 07/08/26
Too Much Tin in the Trash
Tin cans for scrap salvage to be acceptable at detinning plants must be washed, labels removed, ends cut out and can flattened.
Colorado Transcript - January 28, 1943
83 Years Ago
I expected "Tin on the Hog-Back," which appeared in the July 8th, 1943 Colorado Transcript, to be about a new ore discovery. As it turned out, it contained a pointed rebuke about Golden's unpatriotic waste disposal habits.
City Council had recently discussed moving the town dump from a spot near the highway to some gulch in a less-visible location. The Transcript team decided to visit the dump for themselves.
Upon arrival, what most struck them was the appalling number of cans that people were bringing to the dump. They were supposed to be donating them for use in the war effort.
Besides being an unsightly mess right along side of one of Golden’s main feeder roads, this dump has another objectional feature. It witnesses that Golden folks have in a large measure neglected to salvage for the army their tin cans. There is enough tin on the hog-back in this one dump to blow Hitler to hell, were the shot properly placed.
Colorado Transcript - July 8, 1943
Live Music for Wednesday, Jul. 8th
- 6-9PM Chris Koltak @ Miners Saloon
- More Live Music
4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
5:30-8:30PM Open Mic Night @ Barrels and Bottles
5-8PM Dave Frisk @ Rock Rest Lodge
6PM Open Mic @ Cannonball Creek
6-9PM Drunken Hearts @ Golden Hotel
6PM Open Mic @ Scully's Cafe
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Weather
Overnight: Partly cloudy. Low around 66, with temperatures rising to around 69 overnight. West wind around 8 mph.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny. High near 88, with temperatures falling to around 84 in the afternoon. North wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5am. Partly cloudy. Low around 64, with temperatures rising to around 67 overnight. West wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 64°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 86°F
Thursday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 62°F
Friday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 89°F
Friday Night: Mostly Clear, 63°F
Saturday: Sunny, 93°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 67°F
Sunday: Sunny, 96°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 68°F
Monday: Sunny, 97°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 71°F
Tuesday: Sunny, 97°F
News About Golden - July 8, 2026
Goldenites celebrate US 250th anniversary along Clear Creek
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Exactly 250 years ago this month, a group of men signed the Declaration of Independence, marking the birth of the United States of America and its independence from Great Britain... Read more...
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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, and Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young
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, 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, Marge Frueh. Nannette Johnson, Edgar Walker, Bivy Beer Bar, Nancy Cooper, Jane & Mike Templeton, Vicki Greivel, Kim McDonough, Carie Chimbel, Peggy Brochtrup, and Cindy & Matt Finley
Followers:
($5-9.99/month or $55/year)
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, Chris Toney, Alicia Zimmerman, Tamara Feucht, GoldenBrokers, and Elizabeth Coil
