The GHS Dance Team will hold a Mini Poms Dance Clinic on Saturday, February 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Golden High School Main Gym with a special appearance by Caitlynn Kern, Broncos cheerleader and GHS Dance Team alumni.
This 3-hour dance clinic is for kids in Kindergarten though 6th Grade. Participants will work on dance skills, play games and learn a dance to be performed with the award-winning GHS Dance Team at a Golden High School Basketball game on February 12 at 7 p.m.
If you have never been to the Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF), mark your calendar for February 21 to 23. Back for its 13th year, CEFF will present a timely and inspiring program of thought provoking films that raise awareness of a wide variety of interconnected ecological, social and economic themes. Nearly 50 films by local, international and young filmmakers will screen in two theaters. For many of the screenings, filmmakers will be present to engage with the audience in Q&A sessions.
Activities planned to complement the festival include a CEFF Community Night and an Eco Expo that will bring together local golden businesses and festival-goers who want to learn more about the issues presented in the films, and discover ways to actively get involved. Highlights of this year’s Eco-Expo include Wildlife Protection Solutions who will provide a virtual reality wild animal experience, and Nature’s Educators who are bringing their amazing live animal ambassadors to educate and wow attendees!
Community Night is from 5 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St. It is free and family friendly. A silent auction, CEFF’s largest fundraiser, will help support this important film festival.
You can find a full schedule of events and showings, film descriptions, as well as purchase tickets online at www.ceff.net.
If you have never been to the Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF), mark your calendar for February 21 to 23. Back for its 13th year, CEFF will present a timely and inspiring program of thought provoking films that raise awareness of a wide variety of interconnected ecological, social and economic themes. Nearly 50 films by local, international and young filmmakers will screen in two theaters. For many of the screenings, filmmakers will be present to engage with the audience in Q&A sessions.
Activities planned to complement the festival include a CEFF Community Night and an Eco Expo that will bring together local golden businesses and festival-goers who want to learn more about the issues presented in the films, and discover ways to actively get involved. Highlights of this year’s Eco-Expo include Wildlife Protection Solutions who will provide a virtual reality wild animal experience, and Nature’s Educators who are bringing their amazing live animal ambassadors to educate and wow attendees!
Community Night is from 5 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St. It is free and family friendly. A silent auction, CEFF’s largest fundraiser, will help support this important film festival.
You can find a full schedule of events and showings, film descriptions, as well as purchase tickets online at www.ceff.net.
If you have never been to the Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF), mark your calendar for February 21 to 23. Back for its 13th year, CEFF will present a timely and inspiring program of thought provoking films that raise awareness of a wide variety of interconnected ecological, social and economic themes. Nearly 50 films by local, international and young filmmakers will screen in two theaters. For many of the screenings, filmmakers will be present to engage with the audience in Q&A sessions.
Activities planned to complement the festival include a CEFF Community Night and an Eco Expo that will bring together local golden businesses and festival-goers who want to learn more about the issues presented in the films, and discover ways to actively get involved. Highlights of this year’s Eco-Expo include Wildlife Protection Solutions who will provide a virtual reality wild animal experience, and Nature’s Educators who are bringing their amazing live animal ambassadors to educate and wow attendees!
Community Night is from 5 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St. It is free and family friendly. A silent auction, CEFF’s largest fundraiser, will help support this important film festival.
You can find a full schedule of events and showings, film descriptions, as well as purchase tickets online at www.ceff.net.
Celebrate women at the 4th annual Jeffco International Women’s Day on March 8 at Baldoria on the Water, 146 Van Gordon Street in Lakewood. The event is sponsored by the City of Golden, SCL Health Lutheran Hospital and IX Power Clean Water. Proceeds will benefit “Porchlight,” the new Jefferson & Gilpin County Family Justice Center.
Jeffco International Women’s Day
Keynote speaker: Dianne Primavera, Lt. Gov. of Colorado
Speaker: Mayor Marjorie Sloan
Buffet lunch
Awards – “Shattered Glass” and “Unsung Heroine”
Seminars & other speakers
Networking time
Women Vendors’ “Marketplace”
Door prizes
SWAG bags
Speakers
Marjorie Sloan, Mayor of Golden
Libby Szabo, Chairman Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Dianne Primavera, Lt. Governor of Colorado
Candace Coolidge, Jefferson / Gilpin County Family Justice Center
Carol Salzmann, Lutheran Hospital
Nathan Richie, Golden History Museum & Park
Deborah Deal, IX Water & IX Power Foundation
Seminars
Dr. Amber Fontenont Ferris – “What’s New in Women’s Health”
Attorney Colleen Calandra – “Legal Options for Sexual Harassment”
plus – Lorraine D’Aversa and Coach Stacy Fowler
Save as much as $15 on tickets — deadline for reduced-price “Early-Bird” tickets is Valentine’s Day – Feb. 14 or search “Jeffco Women’s Day” in Eventbrite.
For questions, contact Deborah Deal, Founder & Chair “Jeffco International Women’s Day” at 303-277-9520 ext. 310.
Are you a business or nonprofit looking to connect? Coors, NREL, Bob’s Atomic Burgers, Connect Workspace, Powder 7, and Wells Fargo will discuss their approaches to corporate philanthropy and collaboration with Golden nonprofits. Join the discussion at noon on Wednesday, March 20, in Council Chambers.
The objectives of the panel are to: 1) Help businesses and nonprofits in Golden get to know one another better; 2) Identify collaborative or partnership opportunities; 3) Explore tools that our community could use to connect businesses to nonprofits; and 4) Explore ways to
track the volunteer hours that businesses and residents provide to nonprofits. Panelists include Bob’s Atomic Burgers, Connects Workspace, Coors, NREL, Powder 7 and Wells Fargo.
Please RSVP by March 15 to Robin Fleischmann, Redevelopment Specialist, rfleischmann@cityofgolden.net or 303-384-8080.
Taste of Golden features a wide variety of Golden’s fine dining restaurants, eateries, and sweet-shops; along with local breweries and distilleries. Come and sample some of the best that Golden has to offer.
A limited number of tickets are available and no tickets will be sold at the door, so purchase tickets in advance online.
Don your Wild West best, stroll among Golden’s finest saloons for food and drink tastes and specials, then party at the awesome new Buffalo Rose with live music by Wood Belly, the 2018 winner of the Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest. All while supporting a good cause! Proceeds from Western on Washington: A Saloon Stroll go to support the Mitchell Elementary PTA Playground Update Project
Tickets are available online at www.WesternOnWashington.com.
