Community Events

Lakewood community events

By Lakewood Edge • July 31st, 2010

LAKEWOOD – Thunderbolt Orators, one of six Toastmaster clubs in the city, will cater to the younger set on “Bring a Kid to Toastmaster Day” Aug. 5 during their meeting at the Kinder Morgan Building, 370 Van Gordon St.
One of more than 10,000 Toastmaster clubs in the world, the Thunderbolt Orator Chapter is the winner [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Karen Wachtel, Director of Communications, Rocky Mountain College of Art+Design
LAKEWOOD – A little over a year ago, Katie Caron was celebrating her graduation – a hard-earned Master of Arts degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She was helping move partitions used in exhibitions when one of the half-ton walls fell on [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Karen Wachtel,  Director of Communications, Rocky Mountain College of Art+Design
LAKEWOOD – A lot of adjectives have been used to describe Jimmy Joe Roche’s art: “hyper,” “spiritual,” “crazy,” “haunt­ing,” “hilarious.” But one word you’ll never see tied to Roche is “mundane.”
Born in Florida and now based in Baltimore, he represents a new generation of talent [...]

SUBMITTED BY:  Jennifer Kostka, Jefferson County Citizen Involvement Coordinator
JEFFERSON COUNTY – Homeowner association members will have the opportunity to learn about legislation affecting HOAs, legal issues for covenant enforcement, architectural standards for renewable energy and more at a roundtable event at 5:30 p.m., June 10, at Peak Community & Wellness Center, 6612 South Ward Street [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Deb Frazier, Colorado State Parks
LITTLETON – Come join the fun at Chatfield State Park for Slocum Cabin Days on June 18-20.  Events include furs and historic trade goods, storytelling, cannon drill and firing, frontier-style cast-iron cooking, a Saturday night council fire and flag retirement ceremony, old-fashioned crafts such as beading and lace making, [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Mark Techmeyer, Public Information Officer, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
JEFFERSON COUNTY – In an effort to reach out to seniors in the community who may be more at-risk for becoming victims of crime, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office will host its fifth annual senior safety luncheon on Tuesday, June 22,  from 11 a.m. to 2 [...]

Submitted by: Karen Wachtel Associate Director of Marketing/Communications, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
LAKEWOOD – The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Chapter at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD), along with the RMCAD Alumni Association present RMCYCLE—a charity art event benefiting Architecture for Humanity and the work they’re doing in [...]

LAKEWOOD – In his 2010 State of the City address, Mayor Bob Murphy will focus on how a strong community can survive, even in the worst of times, and move on to prosper. “Lakewood has laid the foundation for making the city an enduring community, set to flourish in the new decade,” Murphy said.
The mayor [...]

Submitted by: Karen Wachtel, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
LAKEWOOD – On December 5 the Philip J. Steele Arts and Education Foundation presents the 4th Annual Art Bash.
Proceeds from this exhibition and silent auction support the Foundation’s student scholarship fund. These scholarships give students with financial need the [...]

Submitted by: Karen Wachtel
Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
 Rocky Mountain College of Arts + Design

LAKEWOOD – Italian artist Marco Nereo Rotelli will join Sioux poet Darren M. Grine in an exhibition entitled “Poetic Crossings” coming to Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) September 11th through October 17th. The show will center on a project [...]

The St. Andrew Society of Colorado (SASC) will host the Kilted Golf Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 19th, at Lakewood’s Homestead Golf Course at 11500 W. Hampden Ave.
The tournament is open to women and men, experts and novices for a $100.00 per player entrance fee. The fee includes greens fees, a cart, practice balls, a coupon [...]

LAKEWOOD – The Police Department’s Broken Club Classic Golf Tournament, which benefits the families of police who bear financial burdens due to catastrophes, serious illness or death, will tee off Monday, Aug. 17 at Fox Hollow Golf Course.
Registration and range practice, fueled by breakfast burritos, will be from 6:30-7:30 a.m. and a shotgun start is [...]

State Rep. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, will conduct his monthly “Appetizers with Andy” meeting for constituents July 15 at 240 Union restaurant from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Kerr’s monthly meetings are informal gatherings designed to give Lakewood residents a chance to talk one-on-one with Kerr. They are held at a different locally owned restaurant each month.
“Together [...]

Submitted by David Wiechman:
 
The best pancakes in town are back this summer at the Belmar Farmers’ Market.
Every Sunday this summer through the end of September, the Belmar Optimist Club will be selling pancakes, fruits and hot dogs at the Farmers’ Market. Look for our booth located along West Alaska Place east of Teller Street in [...]