WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval (Virtual)
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9AM TriceraTOTs
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10AM-5PM Holiday Art Market @ Foothills Art Center
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop (Virtual)
6-8PM Backcountry Skiing in CO Front Range with Denver Mountain Guiding @ Bentgate Mountaineering
6-7:30PM Open House: Lookout Mountain Road Proposed Nighttime Vehicle Access Management @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center (map)
Lookout Mountain Road, between the Chimney Gulch Trail pullout and Lookout Mountain Park, travels through Jeffco Open Space and Denver Mountain Parklands. Both agencies post park hours as closed from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. All trailheads and pullouts are posted no parking for closed hours. Mobility data, law enforcement contacts, trash, and significant property damage affirm that the posted park hours are not being followed and the area, in fact, is busier at midnight than it is at 10 a.m. on weekends. This activity presents a safety hazard and threatens Lookout Mountain’s significant natural and cultural resources. A broad coalition of stakeholders support the installation of automatic closure gates that limit vehicle access during park closure hours and significant snow events. Learn more…
6-7:30PM Bingo Night @ American Legion Post 21 (map)
Bingo is open to the public. Everyone is familiar with Bingo, and there is a sign-up sheet at the Club (walk-ins are welcome, too). Every second and fourth Wednesday.
6:30PM Trivia Night @ Over Yonder
6:30-8PM Santa is Coming to Town @ Calvary Episcopal Church (map)
Get your picture with Santa! Kids, bring your letters to Santa! Police officers and elves from the North Pole will be collecting letters and making sure Santa receives them. There will be free cookies, coloring, crafts, and lots more! More information
7:30PM A Christmas Story @ Miners Alley Playhouse
7:30PM The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
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CITY MEETINGS
6:30PM Historic Preservation Board @ City Hall
The Historic Preservation Board will discuss their accomplishments for 2023 and their goals for 2024. Learn more….
LIVE MUSIC
4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
5-9PM Open Mic @ Cannonball Creek
6-9PM CW Wooten @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Chris Koltak @ Miners Saloon
6:30-8PM Choir/Band/Orchestra Sing-a-Long @ Bell Middle School (map)
6:30PM Combined Holiday Concert @ Golden High school (map)
Presented by the Golden High School Music Department
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
100 Years Ago
The December 13, 1923 Colorado Transcript is full of suggestions for Christmas giving.
Jefferson County Power & Light suggested percolators, electric irons, and Hoover sweepers. Linder Hardware thought we needed Pyrex cooking ware, Winchester Tools, and Flexible Flyer sleds. Alpine Drug Store offered boxed candy, cigars, and stationery. Robinson’s Bookstore had books, Kodak albums, and “pennants for your college friends.”
Foss Drug suggested perfume, ivory brushes, and ma jong sets for her, Kodaks, cuff links, and radio sets for Him, and balls and dolls “for the Kiddies.” Tierney Jeweler promised that “Nothing can express the yuletide sentiment more appropriately than one of our brilliant diamonds or beautifully engraved wrist watches.”
Koenig Mercantile reminded us of the need for oranges, raisins, mince meat, and dates, and the City Meat Market said they would be getting a lot of nice turkeys.
G.H. Buckman & Co., dealers in coal, wood, feed, ice, and salt reminded us of the need to Buy Local with their suggestion to “Patronize home industry by buying Leydon Coal, mined in Jefferson County.”
The most interesting ads came from blacksmith Fred Bochatey, Churches Garage, and the Golden Motor Company. Mr. Bochatey said, “Here is your chance to give your sore footed horse a pair of shoes for Christmas.”
In this transitional time (from horses to cars), Grant Churches thought “something for the car for Christmas” would be just the thing. Golden Motor Company was a bit less anthropomorphic, saying that the fancy accessories were gifts for the motorist, rather than the car itself.
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!
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