Good Morning, Golden! Moms and Cinco De Mayo are being celebrated, gardens are being planted, and the kids? They’ve got ants in their pants and summer in their sights!

It’s the final countdown to vacation: Mines wraps up this week ⏳, and the high schoolers are kicking off summer pyro style 🔥—gathered ‘round a (sanctioned) bonfire in the school parking lot, roasting s’mores alongside their final shreds of academic motivation. Here’s to the graduates! 🎓

In today’s issue:

• 💐 Mother’s Day on Sunday

• 📌 Bulletin Board

• 🍻 Weekly Trivia

• 🚸 Kids Corner

• 📆 Events This Week & Upcoming

• 🎵 Live Music

💐 Mother’s Day is on Sunday

Hey dads and kids, here’s your annual reminder to grab a card, buy a gift, build a bouquet, or book those brunch reservations! Because this Sunday, we celebratin’ the MOMS!

Looking to gift an experiences around town? Look no further…

• The crafty time gift…Crafternoon Tea for Mother’s Day at the Makerspace

• The gift of zen…Mother’s Day Rooftop Yoga at The Golden Mill

• The gift of bouquet making…Something Styled Bouquet Class at The Golden Mill (it’s BYOB…build your own bouquet)

• The gift of a soundbath…Mother’s Day Red Light Therapy Sound Bath at PranaTonic

• The gift of a massage…Woodhouse Spa’s Mom’s Night out (5/14)

• The gift of a tea time…nope, not tee time, dads…Babe’s Tea Room

📌 Bulletin Board

🌳 Yard Waste Collection Week (May 5-9) - Time to evict those freeloading weeds and broken branches. Golden will collect yard waste on your regular trash day—just set it out by 7 a.m. Accepted materials include grass clippings, pine needles, leaves, weeds, branches, sawdust, and ground or chipped wood. Use your green organics cart, bundle it up, or use certified compostable bags from the hardware store.

📫️ Place a Bag of Nonperishable Food Next to Your Mailbox this Saturday (5/10) - Yes, really! Your mail person will pick it up for The USPS Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive with Golden Pantry & Thrift.

🚰 Irrigation Rebates - The City of Golden is offering irrigation rebates up to $200 for residents and businesses for high efficient nozzles & drip irrigation equipment.

📣 Leadership JeffCo applications open May 1-31 - Aspiring leaders are encouraged to apply for this year’s class. Enhance your leadership style, learn more about JeffCo, and network with peers and local leaders.

🧑‍🎓 Mine’s Graduate Commencement is on Thursday at 3pm - The parents are back in town! Students, hide the keg. Everyone else, beware of traffic.

🧑‍🚒 Free Wildfire Evacuation “Go Bags” for Golden Residents - Sign up for a Detailed Home Assessment here and get a free evacuation go bag with everything from a solar crank radio to a basic first aid kit to a 3-in-1 portable charging cord and more. Limited to the first 50 signups.

🇺🇸 Volunteers Needed to Honor Fallen Heroes on Memorial Day - The City of Golden is looking for volunteers to help plant flowers (5/20), place flags on veterans' graves (5/23) and to assist with flag removal (5/27). Sign up here. 

🚗 Summer Parking Permits are in effect - The three Golden Community Center parking lots – 10th Street, 8th Street and the Overflow Lot (off 10th Street) will return to permit parking only Friday through Sunday until October 1. Golden Residents can get their FREE resident permit here.

🚿 The City’s Water Waste Ordinance in effect - Watch yo water! Rules below…

🗓️ City of Golden Calendar This Week

🍻 Weekly Trivia

• Tues - The Golden Mill @ 6:30pm

• Tues - Buffalo Rose Sky Bar @ 6:30pm

• Tues - Atomic Cowboy @ 7:00pm

• Wed - Over Yonder @ 6:00pm

🚸 Kids Corner

Kid friendly events (more details in Upcoming Events below):

• 🚂 Storybook Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum (5/6)

• ⚔️ Star Wars Family Concerts with Jefferson Symphony Orchestra (5/18)

📆 Events This Week & Upcoming

MONDAY (5/5) - Cinco De Mayo

• 🍻 Cinco De Mayo Fiesta at El Dorado (5/5 @ 2-9pm) - They’re usually closed Mondays, but not today! Join for food and drink specials…or maybe a margarita tower.

• 🛍️ Monday Market at Cannonball Creek Brewing (5/5 @ 5-8pm) - “Grab a beer and check out unique gifts and products from local artists and small business owners!”

TUESDAY (5/6)

• 🚂 Storybook Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum (5/6 @ 10-11am) - “This one of a kind tour takes you on a trip throughout the Museum’s rail yard inspired by some of the best of children’s literature!”

WEDNESDAY (5/7)

• 🚴 Bike Demo Day with Spot Bikes at New Terrain Brewing (5/7 @ 2-7pm) - Try out new models from Spot Bikes on-trail at the New Terrain Brewing Demo Days. Free to demo but make sure to bring the items on the site.

• 👚 Clothing Swap at Holidaily Brewing (5/7 @ 5-7pm) - “Bring old clothing in good condition, swap, grab new to you duds, and we donate the rest!”

• 🎵 Show Tunes at Golden High School (5/7 @ 7pm) - GHS Choir’s last show of the year! $10 at the door in the GHS Auditorium.

FRIDAY (5/9)

• 🔥 Ring of Fire Opens at Miners Alley Playhouse (5/9) - “A high-energy jukebox musical that brings the legendary songs of Johnny Cash on stage”

• 💃 Sacred Feminine: Menstruation through Menopause at PranaTonic (5/9 @ 5:30pm) - “Join us for a transformative, experiential workshop exploring the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda.”

• 🍸 Mom’s Night Out (5/9 @ 6pm) - Join this FREE event for wine, snacks, and self-care. There will be giveaways, B-12 shots, tarot readings, flower bouquet building, and more!

SATURDAY (5/10)

• 💐 Something Styled Bouquet Class at The Golden Mill (5/10 @ 9:30-11am) - Get tickets to this bouquet making event.

• 🎭️ Shakespeare in a Parking Lot (5/10 @ 12pm) - See Romeo & Juliet FREE in the parking lot of JeffCo Library (8485 Kipling St, Arvada, CO).

• 🫖 Crafternoon Tea for Mother’s Day (5/10 @ 2-5pm) - Join Clear Creek Maker Space for a tea party with crafting at Anderson Park Pavilion.

• 📕 Tarryall Gold: From Rush to Hush at Mines Museum (5/10 @ 5pm) - Presentation and book launch party with geologist, archaeologist, and historian Mark S. Hanson.

SUNDAY (5/11)

• 🧘 Mother’s Day Rooftop Yoga at The Golden Mill (5/11 @ 9:30am) - Buy your ticket & bring your mat.

• 💃 Sunday Swing at Buffalo Rose (5/11 @ 4-7:30pm) - Dance lessons (4-5pm) followed by big band jazz music.

Upcoming Events:

• ☕️ Golden Startup Coffee (5/14 @ 9-11am) - Share ideas, celebrate local innovation, and just hang out to hear about some of the cool things local entrepreneurs are working on.

• 🐐 Baby Goat Night at New Terrain Brewing (5/14 @ 5-8pm) - Exactly what it sounds like. No kidding around.

• 🐶 Watering Bowl Social at Foothills Animal Shelter (5/14 @ 5:30pm) - Drinks, music, food, shelter tours, and a silent action. Each ticket provides spay/neuter services, vaccinations, and microchipping for one shelter pet.

• 🎤 Pitch-A-Friend Millenial Event at The Golden Mill (5/14 @ 6pm) - Showcase your awesome single friend in a 3-5 minute slide presenation! Or come out to meet some singles or support your single friends!

• 🍺 Gluten Free Foodie Festival at Holidaily Taproom (5/17 @ 11am-10pm) - Show up hungry! This free event will have 8 gluten-free food vendors.

• ⚔️ Star Wars Family Concerts with Jefferson Symphony Orchestra (5/18 @ 1pm & 4pm) - Come in costume and save $5 to this 55-minute family concert. Located at Mine’s Green Center (924 16th St).

• 🥃 State 38 Cocktail Class (5/24) - “…hands-on cocktail class that blends craft, education, and flavor.”

• 🚲️ Golden Bike Cruise - Superheroes (5/27 @ 5:30pm) - Grab your bikes and your capes! We ride at six thirty! Kegs will be tapped at 5:30.

• 🎵 Goldengrass Bluegrass weekend at New Terrain Brewing (5/29-6/1) - Free weekend event filled with 11 live music acts, multiple food trucks, an ice cream truck and face painting on Sat & Sun.

• 🍺 Over Yonder Brewing’s 6th Anniversary (5/30 & 5/31) - Live music & beer releases to celebrate.

• 🧺 Opening Day of the Golden Farmers Market (5/31) - Saturdays 8am-1pm through October 4.

• 🧘 Yoga in Parfet Park with PranaTonic (Every Saturday) (5/31) - Beginning 5/31, PranaTonic will host donation based Saturday classes in the park from 9-10am. Be sure to register ahead!

🎵 Live Music

• Wed @ 6pm, Miner’s Saloon - (Performer announced the day of)

• Thurs @ 5pm, The Golden Mill - Teague Starbuck

• Thurs @ 6pm, New Terrain Brewing - Jackie Straw

• Thurs @ 6:30pm, Goosetown Station - Hazel Miller & The Collective

• Fi @ 5pm, Coda Brewing - Silver Steven

• Fri @ 5:30pm, Barrels & Bottles - Emily Rose

• Fri @ 5:30pm, Over Yonder Brewing - Jokerville

• Fri @ 5:30pm, Sky Bar Lounge - Chris Child

• Fri @ 6:30pm, Goosetown Station - Ryan Chrys & the Roughcuts w/ Derek Hall & the Possibilities

• Sat @ 5:30pm, Sky Bar Lounge - Hank Cramer IV

• Sat @ 6pm, Over Yonder Brewing - The Edgewater Project

• Sat @ 6:30pm, Goosetown Station - DJ Williams Band

• Sun @ 3pm, The Golden Mill - Tommy Shugart Duo

• Sun @ 4pm, Over Yonder Brewing - Crader & Bosco

• Sun @ 4pm, Goosetown Station - Whiskey Mash Bluegrass ft the Legendary Kathouse Pickers

• Sun @ 4:30pm, Sky Bar Lounge - Conal Rosenbaum

THANKS!

And that’s a wrap on this week’s goose-worthy announcements & events! As always, if you have feedback or an event to share, send them my way! And sharing this newsletter with a friend, frenemy, or fellow lover of geese is always appreciated.

Until next time! Stay curious. Stay kind. ✨

Answer: A. $191.4 Million! $5.97 million was generated in sales and lodging tax revenues to the City of Golden. Read more in the Spring 2024 Golden Informer.