Blue, Gray, and Golden
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Wednesday, May. 27th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- 8:30AM - Special Events Review Committee Meeting
- 9-10:30AM - Golden Walks
- 9:30-10:30AM - Fit and Energize Exercise Class
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 3PM - Weekly Jam Session
- 3-5PM - Virtual/Call In: Hard Times Writing Workshop
- 4:30-6PM - REDI Task Force Meeting
- 6PM - Bingo Night @ American Legion
- 6-8:30PM - Community Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting
- 6:30PM - Taproom Trivia @ Holidaily
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Night @ Golden Mill
- 6:30-9PM - Intro to Hiking Safety
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
8:30AM Special Events Review Committee Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 8:30AM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
The meeting will begin by accepting public comment. The Committee will then review last night's Golden Bike Cruise and their plans for the rest of the season. They will also consider a grant request from the American Legion to support their food booth at the upcoming 4th of July celebration.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
3PM Weekly Jam Session @ 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)
4:30-6PM REDI Task Force Meeting @ City of Golden Planning and Public Works
The REDI (Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Task Force is composed of community members and city staff who have a key role in implementing aspects of the REDI Action Plan, finalized by the City in November of 2022.
The Task Force focuses on promoting accountability for implementing the REDI Action Plan and coordinating community-wide efforts to advance equity. The public is welcome to attend. More information
Location:
City of Golden Planning and Public Works
1445 10th St (Map)
6-8:30PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 6PM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Provide public comment during the meeting, starting at 6PM.
Staff from the Water Department and Parks Divisions will provide an update to the Board about the City’s plans to address drought conditions this year and will outline water conservation strategies currently underway.
The board will review bids for a new five-year contract for residential solid waste collection.
The City has purchased several new electric vehicles for the City fleet. They have installed electric car charging stations at the Splash and Beverly Heights Park. They have also replaced the gas stoves in all City-owned affordable housing units with electric stoves. Learn more in the meeting packet.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
The Golden Word - 05/27/26
Live Music for Wednesday, May. 27th
- 6-9PM Chance Gallagher @ Miners Saloon
- More Live Music
4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
5-8PM Dave Frisk @ Rock Rest Lodge
5:30-8:30PM Open Mic Night @ Barrels and Bottles
5-8PM Dave Frisk @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Golden’s Age of the Dinosaurs
You never know what you’ll encounter on the Triceratops Trail (map)
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by Guest Columnist Donna Anderson
Living in Golden, we are familiar with the amazing dinosaur tracks and bones at Dinosaur Ridge near Morrison. But did you know that Golden has its own dinosaur trail, with different dinosaurs than those near Morrison? Golden is also home to the first Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) tooth and likely the first T. rex footprint found in North America!
A T. rex tooth was discovered on the southwest flank of South Table Mountain, near the intersection of Rimrock Street and Golden Road, in 1874 by Peter Dotson, a student, and Arthur Lakes, part-time drawing and geology instructor at the newly-established Colorado School of Mines. The tooth was sent to O. C. Marsh at the Yale Peabody Museum where it lay forgotten until it was identified around 2000 by Kenneth Carpenter, a paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Lesson: Be careful what you put in the basement and forget!
Triceratops Trail, west of Fossil Trace Gold Course, is home to a host of dinosaur tracks. A rare T. rex footprint is present next to tracks of a duck-bill dinosaur, Edmontosaurus. On the easternmost side of the trail are tracks of the three-horned dinosaur, Triceratops, hence the name of the Trail. From about 69 to 66 million years ago T. rex hunted Edmontosaurus and Triceratops, among other dinosaurs, in an ancient tropical rainforest and swamp in Golden.
Other fossil tracks in Golden include those of Iguanodon-like dinosaurs, as well as crocodile swim marks and ultra-rare bird-tracks. Much older than T. rex, the track sites are all within rocks of the Dakota Hogback at the north and south edges of the City, but the sites are not open to the public due to hazards from old clay mines.
Who knew that Golden was such a hotbed of dinosaur activity?
Guest Columnist Donna Anderson is retired from the oil and gas industry and is an Affiliate Faculty in Geology at Mines. She and Paul Haseman are the authors of Golden Rocks! about the geology and mining history of Golden.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 59 overnight. Southwest wind around 3 mph.
Wednesday: A chance of rain showers before noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 3 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 58 overnight. South southwest wind 1 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 55°F
Thursday: Mostly Cloudy then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 76°F
Thursday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 55°F
Friday: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 80°F
Friday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 55°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 79°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 53°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 80°F
Sunday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 55°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 79°F
Monday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 56°F
Tuesday: Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 76°F
Supporters
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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, and Vicki Greivel
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, Carie Chimbel, GoldenBrokers, and Elizabeth Coil
