Events

Golden Cultural Alliance Members:  Click here to add an event to the calendar. Jan * Feb * March * April * May * June * July * Aug * Sept * Oct * Nov * Dec  August 2010 Events  through Aug 31 Live at Lunch on the GHC Patio - Fridays in August Mark your calendar for live music at the Golden History Center's patio. Buy a sandwich and listen to live banjo and other fun bluegrass music, featuring local artist Warren Kennison, Jr.  Afterward, explore the new Show & Tell exhibit, and you'll get one dollar off admission.  12:00 to 1:00 p.m.  Free.  Golden History Center, 923 10th Street. Golden History Museums Aug 2 - 6 Camp Foothills Week 9 Children's Summer Camp. Monday & Friday - Design: In the Modern World, Intro to Industrial and Architectural Design - Observing design in the world around us, students will create and market their own product, just like the pros. Tuesday - Thursday - Swinging String Art - Incorporating the various uses of string and techniques from traditional art, students will explore new ways to make 2-D and 3-D mixed media pieces. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  $176.00.  Foothills Art Center, 809 15th Street. Foothills Art Center Aug 3 - Oct 30 Evolutions and A Tisket a Tasket See two quilt exhibits: 20 pieces from the recent juried art quilt challenge and 19th and 20th century basket quilts from the permanent collection.  $6.00 adults, $5.00 seniors, RMQM members free.  Monday thru Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Sundays 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. thru Labor Day.   Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 1213 Washington Avenue.  For more information please call 303-277-0377. Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Aug 6 Opening Reception - Evolutions Quilt Exhibit Meet the Evolutions Quilt challenge participating artists. Share the excitement as the winners are announced. 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.  Free.  Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 1213 Washington Avenue.  For more information please call 303-277-0377. Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Aug 7 Hands-On Woodstove Cooking Drop in and learn the art of cooking on a woodstove with our masters of the domestic arts, Linda Griffin and Tanya Walls. Help them cook up a storm in the Pearce Cabin as you learn what went in to putting dinner on the table for a frontier family. At Clear Creek History Park, No pre-registration required. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  $5 suggested donation for materials (cash only).  Clear Creek History Park, 822 12th Street. Golden History Museums Aug 11 Museum sPEAKer Series - The Last Man on the Mountain with Jennifer Jordan In 1939 the Savage Mountain claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet uneasy with a life of leisure, Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rockport, Maine, set out to become the first man to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain and, in the opinion of mountaineers, an even more formidable challenge than Mt. Everest. Although close to middle age and inexperienced at high altitude, Wolfe, with the team leader, made it higher than any other members of the expedition, but he couldn't get back down. Suffering from altitude sickness and severe dehydration, he was abandoned at nearly 25,000 feet; it would be another sixty-three years before Jennifer Jordan discovered his remains. In a story where The Great Gatsby meets Into Thin Air, readers follow Wolfe from the salons of Europe to the most forbidding landscape on earth. Wolfe went to K2 to find his own strength, only to encounter his teammates‚ lethal weaknesses in a place called the Death Zone. Jennifer Jordan, an award-winning author, filmmaker, and screenwriter, has twice lived at the base of K2, where in 2002 she found the hero of this, her second book. 7:00 p.m.  $5 for the general public.  $3 for CMC/AAC Members.  Free to Friends of the Museum and AAC Library.  American Mountaineering Museum, 710 10th Street.  Sponsored by: First Ascent and KEEN Footwear. Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum Aug 14 Dinosaur Discovery Day: Geocaching Do you like puzzles, treasure maps or secret hiding places? Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge and Geocaching Colorado for a day of adventure at Dinosaur Ridge. There will be lessons in Geocaching for both kids and adults. You can bring a GPS device or rent one from the USGS booth. At the Visitor Center: Activities such as gold panning, fossil sifting, dinosaur track painting, kids caches, puzzles, and a scavenger hunt are free for all ages! Food is available for purchase, and offsite parking will be free. Sign up at the information table for door prizes, such as a GPS receiver, a family four pass to the Morrison Natural History Museum, a family four pass to the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, and more! On the Ridge: Guides will be stationed along the trail to explain the geology and fossils and assist in GPS puzzles. Hiking the trail is free (and there are several caching locations along the way); our shuttle will be available for $3.00 per person, five and under ride free. The Greater Denver Area Gem & Mineral Council will give each kid a free mineral specimen. 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  Free.  Dinosaur Ridge, 16831 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison.  Dinosaur Ridge is located just west of the C-470 exit at Alameda Parkway. Dinosaur Ridge Aug 19 Jefferson Symphony Summer Concert Overture to Ruslin and Ludmilla by Glinka Salute to the Big Bands Stars and Stripes Music from West Side Story by Bernstein An American in Paris selections by Gershwin Festive Overture by Shostakovich Overture to Candide by Bernstein Free.  6:30 p.m.  Exempla/Lutheran Medical Center, 8500 W. 38th Ave. at Lutheran Parkway, Wheat Ridge.  For more information please call 303-278-4237 or e-mail info@jeffsymphony.org. Jefferson Symphony Summer Concert Aug 21 Colorado Railroad Museum Wine Train Join us for a private evening experience at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Enjoy the gentle rock of the rails as you ride behind the historic No. 346 locomotive in one of our classic passenger cars, while sampling a variety of wines from Colorado wineries. Live music provides the background as you stroll the grounds featuring our vintage locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars and cabooses. Collectible railroad memorabilia and Colorado Wine baskets will be featured as door prizes and available through silent auction bidding along with other railroadiana. Proceeds from the evening go to benefit the Colorado Railroad Museum's restoration projects. Doors open at 4:00 p.m. Event is from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  $40 in advance.  Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Avenue. Our special thanks to these Colorado wineries for sponsoring this event: Cottonwood Cellars, Dithyramb Winery, Varaison Vineyards and Winery, and Verso Cellars. Colorado Railroad Museum Aug 21, 22 Clear Creek History Park activities during the Golden Fine Arts Festival Lace making, cooking, and blacksmithing were part of daily life on the frontier. Watch demonstrations of these and other traditional skills, taste what’s cooking on the woodstove, and say hello to the chickens. The Clear Creek History Park showcases the artisans of yesteryear as part of the annual Golden Fine Arts Festival. SCFD sponsored free admission. 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  Clear Creek History Park, 11th and Arapahoe Streets. Golden History Museums Aug 21, 22 Colorado Railroad Museum Junior Railroad Days Kids, come to the Colorado Railroad Museum for Junior Railroad Days and earn your Junior Engineer Certificate. Learn all about railroad ties and spikes, the Roundhouse and turntable, lantern and whistle signals, telegraphs and communication and railroad safety.  And be sure to get on board a steam locomotive for a ride around the Museum.  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Members enjoy this event for free.  Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Avenue.  For more information please e-mail info@coloradorailroadmuseum.org. Colorado Railroad Museum Aug 22 Jefferson Symphony Summer Concert Overture to Ruslin and Ludmilla by Glinka Salute to the Big Bands Stars and Stripes Music from West Side Story by Bernstein An American in Paris selections by Gershwin Festive Overture by Shostakovich Overture to Candide by Bernstein Free.  6:30 p.m.  Parfet Park, 10th St. and Washington Avenue.  For more information please call 303-278-4237 or e-mail info@jeffsymphony.org. Jefferson Symphony Summer Concert Aug 27 - 29 Watercolor: Start to Finish FAC is pleased to present this exciting watercolor workshop by RMNW juror Judy Morris. Judy will present demonstrations and several examples of her own work. Students will enjoy group discussions, as well as one-on-one feedback from Judy.  9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  $395.00.  Foothills Art Center, 809 15th Street. Foothills Art Center Aug 28 Quilters Garage Sale Come to the patio behind the museum and search for treasure! Find great bargains on fabric, books, patterns, and other sewing, crafting, and quilting items. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Free.  Does not include museum admission.  Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 1213 Washington Avenue. 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