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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Wednesday, Mar. 4th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - The First Annual Golden Comfort & Comedy Festival
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- 9-10:30AM - Golden Walks
- 9:30-10:30AM - Fit and Energize Exercise Class
- 9:30AM-3:30PM - Basics of Quilt Top Construction with Rita Meyerhoff
- 10AM-5PM - Free Day @ Buffalo Bill Museum
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 2PM - The Odd Couple (Female Version)
- 3PM - Weekly Jam Session
- 3-5PM - Virtual/Call In: Hard Times Writing Workshop
- 5:30PM - Planning Commission Meeting
- 5:30-7PM - Contemplative Memoir
- 6PM - Peter Juris: Family-Friendly Comedy and Magic
- 6:30PM - Wednesday Night Trivia @ Holidaily
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Night @ Golden Mill
- 8:30PM - Peter Juris: Comedy Hypnotist
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
10AM-5PM Free Day @ Buffalo Bill Museum
Visitors to the Buffalo Bill Museum enjoy free admission on the first Wednesday of the month from November through April. Free dates in 2025 include November 5th and December 3rd. Free dates in 2026 are January 7th, February 4th, March 4th and April 1st. For groups of 10 or more please make a reservation. To request an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter or CART, contact us at buffalobill.museum@denvergov.org or call (720) 865-2160. Please provide three business days’ notice. More information
Location:
Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave
987½ Lookout Mountain Road (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)
5:30PM Planning Commission Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 5:30PM **
- 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 during the meeting, at 5:30PM.
** The video equipment in City Council chambers may still be broken, which would mean that we won't be able to watch the meeting live. If that's still the case, look for the recording tomorrow.
Comprehensive Plan
Planning Commission is being asked to approve a new version of the Comprehensive Plan ("the Comp Plan"). The Comp Plan is treated by staff and council as the expressed will of the people and is used as the basis for policy decisions.
The 2011 Comp Plan was written based on an extensive public input process. It included several goals which have been largely dropped or degraded in this version, such as "Safe, clean and quiet neighborhoods."
In 2017, the Plan was changed to say that 45% of Golden's housing should be affordable to low, moderate, and median income households.
This 2026 version emphasizes increasing density and fitting more people in the City's limited space. It states that most new development will be multi-family housing rather than single family homes. It emphasizes use of transportation demand management plans as a way to provide less parking. It focuses on adding affordable housing developments.
This new Comp Plan also includes a new section on "Regional Partnerships." This is primarily focused on the School of Mines, which has shown dramatic growth over the past few years. This is always a matter of concern to the City, since they have little or no control over what and where the School decides to build. This section mentions the City's desire to have more input into future campus expansion plans.
Planning Staff has held several public meetings to take public input, but they emphasize that comments they received at those events were not necessarily representative of the public's desires. The Planning Commission is being asked to approve the plan tonight and it will go to Council for approval in April.
Learn more: Staff memo and supporting documents | Draft Comprehensive Plan
Changes to 817 16th Street and 821 16th Street
This property includes a house with apartments on the first and second floors and a garage with an apartment in the basement. The applicant is requesting a major adjustment that would allow a third apartment in the house (in the basement) and two additional units in the garage. Learn more.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
6PM and 8:30PM Peter Juris Comedy and Magic @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
6PM Family Friendly Comedy and Magic
Peter Juris has performed all over the world and blown away audiences with his hysterically unique brand of entertainment. Whether he is performing in front of 3600 people on a cruise ship or in front of five people at a dinner table, Peter is a true professional in every sense of the word. Magic, clowning, stilt walking/dancing, balloon twisting.... he does it all. Tickets
8PM Comedy Hypnotist
From the moment Peter Juris takes the stage, the audience knows they are ready to experience the power of the mind. Peter’s interactive comedy hypnosis show is a show where the volunteers become the stars of the performance. This show is sure to have you laughing and cheering for more! Tickets
Location:
Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
1100 Miners Alley (Map)
The Golden Word - 03/04/26
Live Music for Wednesday, Mar. 4th
- 6-9PM Jordan Yewey @ Miners Saloon
- More Live Music
4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
5:30-8:30PM Open Mic Night @ Barrels and Bottles
6PM Live Music @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: This will go on your permanent record!
Jefferson County Courthouse
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100 Years Ago
The March 4, 1926 Colorado Transcript reported that 27 School of Mines students had been charged with the theft of a wheelbarrow. The students were all members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity The wheelbarrow had been left at a site in Clear Creek Canyon where Golden Canal & Reservoir employees had been doing repair work on the Welch Ditch.
The superintendent for the ditch company said the company had experienced “continual thefts of tools, powder, etc. from the ditch.” Though the wheelbarrow was valued at only $10, the frustrated superintendent offered a $50 reward for information regarding its whereabouts. Thus inspired, a marshal soon located it in the Kappa Sig yard, and all 27 members of the fraternity were charged with its theft.
The fraternity offered to settle the matter out of court, but the ditch company refused. The boys entered a plea of not guilty.
When the case was brought before the district court the following week, the district attorney recommended that the case be dismissed, which the judge permitted.
Weather
Overnight: A chance of rain and snow before 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday: Sunny. High near 62, with temperatures falling to around 60 in the afternoon. South southeast wind around 6 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 38, with temperatures rising to around 40 overnight. West southwest wind around 7 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 38°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Light Rain, 64°F
Thursday Night: Rain And Snow, 32°F
Friday: Snow, 39°F
Friday Night: Light Snow Likely, 24°F
Saturday: Sunny, 51°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 33°F
Sunday: Sunny, 64°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 40°F
Monday: Sunny, 69°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 42°F
Tuesday: Chance Rain And Snow, 61°F
News About Golden - March 4, 2026
Mines students invited to solve forestry’s toughest issues
By Jane Reuter
Golden Transcript
Some of the brightest young minds in Colorado are taking on one of forest management’s biggest, unsolved issues. And they have just a few weeks to solve it.
The Biomass Challenge kicked off Feb. 20 at the Colorado School of Mines and will end April 3... Read more...
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