Summertime at the Library, a New Round of Itty-Bitty Art, and a Whole Lot of Ice

Vanover Park with Castle Rock in the Background — *Golden Eye Candy – Richard Lucken – Vanover Park on a Summer Morning – enlarge*

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

Library Summer Challenge – Cultivate Kindness BEGINS
Spring Whale of a Used Book Sale Members Only Preview Night @ Jefferson County Fairgrounds

*A sampling of last year’s Itty-Bitty Art – enlarge*

9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The Public Art Commission will discuss their recent meeting with the Parks board. The two groups were considering locations for public art in the various parks. Ulysses Park is being redesigned, and that will have a more specific discussion, as will the proposals submitted by community groups.

We will soon begin seeing a new crop of Itty Bitty Art projects, in anticipation of ArtsWeek 2023. This year’s projects will be concentrated in Parfet Park. The Commission, working with the Fire Department, has commissioned a new bronze piece celebrating the Golden Firefighters. It will be installed later this summer.

9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
3-9PM Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch @ Mountain Toad
4:30-6PM REDI Task Force Meeting @ City Hall
6-7PM Ukulele Thursdays @ Golden Library
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6:15PM Natural Mineral Makeup Class @ Earth Sweet Boutique
7:30PM The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies @ Miners Alley Playhouse

See the complete calendar of events.

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LIVE MUSIC

5-8PM Josh Blackburn @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Teague Starbuck @ Mountain Toad
5-9PM Bruce Cole @ Wrigley’s
5:30-8:30PM Earth Juice @ Goosetown Station
6PM Mark Morris & The Rope Duckers @ New Terrain Brewing

6-9PM WhipKey @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7-10PM Timberline Troubadours @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

*The center building became Treffeisen’s City Meat Market in 1916 – enlarge*

107 Years Ago
The June 1, 1916 Colorado Transcript announced that the City Meat Market, formerly located at 10th and Ford, was moving into its new building on Washington Avenue.

A. J. Treffeisen has taken a five-year lease on the Coors block on Washington Avenue, and the building has been fitted up with new and modern fixtures. An immense new vault, having a capacity of 6,750 pounds of ice, has been installed. This vault will need refilling only four or five times in a year… The back room and the basement of the building will be used for the manufacture of prepared meats and for storage. Mr. Treffeisen and his family will occupy the second floor.

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!

Dear Sponsors and Supporters,

My apologies for the missing list of supporters today. The software that I use to generate that list just released a new and improved version. So far, the most notable new feature is that it doesn’t work. I hope the list will be in tomorrow! Thanks, as always, for your support.

Barb Warden