Good morning, Golden! Do you smell that? …tacos 🌮, flowers 🌸, and subtle notes of goat poop 💩. Ah, yes…May has arrived. We’ve got Cinco De Mayo tomorrow (shoutout to El Dorado Mexican Restaurant, a personal favorite), Mother’s Day on Sunday (consider this your gentle reminder to order flowers), and Baby Goat Night at New Terrain next Wednesday (mark your calendar!).
Other things to look forward to in May…Jefferson County Orchestra’s season finale show (5/17), Golden Bike Cruise starts up again (5/26), and New Terrain’s annual Bluegrass weekend (5/28),
Meanwhile, Mines students are sprinting towards finals, and I’ve been recklessly planting some of my Garden in a Box haul before the sacred Mother’s Day safe zone. Now the weather’s decided to do me dirty with a midweek snow threat. 🤨
May your tacos be plentiful and your plants frost-free. Let’s get to it!
In today’s issue:
🎵 Goldengrass Bluegrass Weekend
📌 Bulletin Board
🍻 Weekly Trivia
📆 Events This Week & Upcoming
🎵 Goldengrass Bluegrass Weekend
New Terrain’s annual weekend of Bluegrass is May 28-31.
“Join us for the Goldengrass Bluegrass Weekend here at New Terrain Brewing! Starting back in 2017, this festival has brought bluegrass music and craft beer together here in our beautiful outdoor beer garden backdropped by North Table Mountain.
This year we will have multiple food trucks daily, an ice cream truck and face painting on Saturday & Sunday, plenty of bars to get beer from, more activities to be announced, and, of course, the following FREE live acts:”
📌 Bulletin Board
Colorado Apex’s FIRST home game (5/9) - Special shoutout to our local pro ultimate frisbee team that kindly gave up their former name (Colorado Summit) to the women’s pro soccer team. Come out to support them Saturday night at Mines stadium!
Extra Yard Waste Collection Pickup is THIS week (5/4-5/8) - “Once in the spring and once in the fall for residents who participate in the Pay-As-You-Throw waste collection program….Material may be placed in your organics cart, bundled, or in certified compostable bags available for purchase at any home improvement store.”
Reminders:
Tomorrow (Tues, May 5) there are two community meetings:
Clear Creek Trail Improvement Meeting @ 5:30 - 7:00PM - Review “the design plans for the Clear Creek Trail improvement efforts in Downtown Golden.”
Lions Park Playground Replacement Project Community Meeting @ 5:30 - 7:00PM - “Help decide the look and feel of the new community playground at Lions Park.”
🍻 Weekly Trivia
In keeping with semi-regular updates on Trivia, here’s what’s going on around town…
Tues - Buffalo Rose Sky Bar @ 6:30pm
Tues - Bivy Beer Bar @ 6:30pm
Tues - Atomic Cowboy @ 7:00pm
Wed - Holidaily @ 6:30pm
Wed - The Golden Mill @ 6:30pm
Thurs - Scully’s Cafe @ 6pm
📆 Events This Week & Upcoming
Highlighted in green = Kid Friendly
TUESDAY (5/5)
Community Meeting: Clear Creek Trail Improvement Meeting (5/5 @ 5:30 - 7:00pm) - Review “the design plans for the Clear Creek Trail improvement efforts in Downtown Golden.”
Community Meeting: Lions Park Playground Replacement Project (5/5 @ 5:30 - 7:00pm) - “Help decide the look and feel of the new community playground at Lions Park.”
🍺 Cinco De Mayo at The Eddy (5/5 @ 4-8pm) - “…drink specials, food specials, and adoptable pups from @souldogrescue. We’re turning tacos & margaritas into something even more meaningful. 10% of all sales will be donated back to Soul Dog Rescue.”
WEDNESDAY (5/6)
🚲 Bike Demo Days at New Terrain (5/6 @ 3-7pm) - “Experience new models from Revel Bikes”
📖 Contemplative Memoir Class Begins (5/6 @ 5:30pm) - “Writing a memoir may be the most challenging and consequential writing we will ever do.”
🤖 Black Mirror / Red Carpet: A Night of Improvised Sci-fi Horror with Mines Spring 2026 Robots Ethics Class (5/6 @ 7pm) - “What happens when futuristic fears, ethical dilemmas, and a room full of brilliant minds collide with live improv?” Located at Gnarly’s.
THURSDAY (5/7)
🥖 Class: Culinary Accoutrements for Summer Cooking: Herbal infused oils, Salts & Spices (5/7 @ 6pm) - “Make herbal infused oils, like rosemary, thyme & garlic dipping oils. Learn how to blend herbs to create amazing cooking blends for sautes, grilling or cooking meat.”
💛 Denver Giving Group Q2 Meeting at Connects Workspace (5/7 @ 7pm) - “We are a group of 100 friends dedicated to making amplified contributions to four selected non-profits each year.”
FRIDAY (5/8)
🎸 A Tribute to Journey at Buffalo Rose (5/8 @ 8pm)
SATURDAY (5/9) - Mother’s Day
🧘 Yoga with a Ranger (5/9 @ 8:30am) - FREE, registration required; “Find peace and stillness this season with a gentle indoor yoga session held in the Nature Center's exhibit area.”
🧘 Mother’s Day Rooftop Yoga at The Golden Mill (5/9 @ 9:30am) - “Whether you’re treating yourself or bringing Mom along, this is the perfect way to start the day feeling refreshed and recharged.”; be sure to RSVP
🎂 Barrels & Bottles 13 Year Anniversary Celebration (5/9) - “Live music, pig roast, beer releases, new merch giveaways.”
🍺 Gluten-Free Foodie Fest (5/9 @ 11am-6pm) - Special beer release, live music, 10+ food vendors, & family friendly!
🎭 Cinderella at Miner’s Alley (5/9 @ 1pm) - “A peachy keen update on a classic tale!”
🥏 Colorado Apex’s FIRST home game (5/9 @ 1:30pm) - Taking on Salt Lake City at Marv Kay Stadium at Mines. Next home game is 5/29.
🎵 Tribute to Michael Jackson at Buffalo Rose (5/9 @ 8pm)
SUNDAY (5/10)
✨ Beauty of Ayurveda at PranaTonic (5/10 @ 1pm) - “Ayurvedic Skincare, Teas & Oils. Create and Experience Beauty Rituals Rooted in Nature”
💃 Sunday Swing at Buffalo Rose (5/10 @ 5pm) - Swing dance lessons and live music.
📚 Silent Book Club at New Terrain (5/10 @ 5pm) - BYOB(ook), enjoy a quiet space to read in their Terminus Room, and then feel free to talk amongst others about your book beginning at 7pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
🌿 Spring Yard Waste Collection Day (5/4-5/8) - Happens twice a year. Extra yard waste will be collected this week.
🌼 Spring Foothills Wildflowers with Jeffco (5/11 @ 10am) - “Come explore the trails at the top of Mount Falcon. Enjoy the nice views while we search for a wide range of wildflowers.”
☕ Golden Startup Coffee (5/13 @ 9am) - “A simple morning meetup for entrepreneurs, innovators, creatives, professionals, investors, and everyone to elevate the entrepreneurial community in Golden, Colorado.”
🐐 Baby Goat Nights at New Terrain (5/13 @ 5-8pm) - FREE. “Guided Goat Hikes will be here with about a dozen miniature goats of various age and size!”
🍷 Wine, Women, & Wealth (5/13 @ 6:30pm) - “a community of local women supporting each other in business and in their relationship with money"
🐶 Watering Bowl Social at Foothills Animal Shelter (5/13 @ 5:30 - 7:30pm) - “wine, spirits, beer & N/A tastings, small bites, live music, wine pull”
🧑🌾 Gardening at Altitude: Native Plants for Mountain Landscapes (5/14 @ 6:30pm) - “Learn which native plants thrive in mountain and foothill climates, how to work with seasonal patterns, and how native landscaping can strengthen ecological connections between wildlands and your community.”
🪐 Jefferson County Orchestra: Music of the Spheres (5/17 @ 3pm) - “Enjoy the sounds of a country river brought to life in Smetana's classic work The Moldau. Visit outer space with The Planets by Gustav Holst.”
💚 Delicious Detox Juices: Herbs, Juice & Veggies at Earth Sweet Boutique (5/19 @ 6pm) - “We'll make and taste a glowing green juice, an irresistible red, and a radiant orange juice. You'll take home tried-and-true recipes, too!”
🐛 Beyond Pollinators: What Insects Reveal About Your Garden’s Health (5/19 @ 6:30pm) - “Learn how to identify these often-overlooked visitors, understand the services they provide, and interpret what their presence means for overall garden health.”
🍺 Golden Beer Talks (5/19 @ 6pm) - Topic: “Going to Extremes to Uncover the Secrets of Dinosaur National Monument’s Ponderosa Pine”
🤘 American Sign Language Class at New Terrain (5/19 @ 6pm) - “$15 takes care of the class as well as a beer (or other drink) with three ten-minute breaks at 6:40, 7:20 and 8pm. You can expect Beginner Level signing from this course.”
🚲 Bike Demo Days at New Terrain (5/20 @ 3-7pm) - Spot Bikes will be on site; demo a bike or talk to a rep.
🤣 SCRIPTprov at Miner’s Alley (5/20 @ 7:30pm) - “What happens when a scene from a "legit" play gets hijacked by improvisers? HILARITY ENSUES!”
🚲 Golden Bike Cruise (5/26 @ 5:30pm) - Theme: Outer Space
☀ Golden Hour at Foothills Art Center (5/29 @ 6pm) - “Join us for Golden Hour at Foothills Art Center, where stunning sunsets, live music, and demonstrating artists come together in the heart of Golden!”
📫 USPS Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive 2026 (6/9) - Local letter carriers collect and bring donated food items to Golden Pantry! Help set up, organize, sort, or shelve the donated items.
🧹 Clear Creek Cleanups will resume (6/1) - Every Monday at 7am beginning in June. Sign up for one morning or all of them.
THANKS!
If this was nacho average newsletter, share it with a friend, your mom, or your mom’s friend who knows all the neighborhood gossip.
Happy Mother’s Day, moms! 💝
