Email Author Patricia Calhoun

Awards

• 2011 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published September 9, 2010

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 2011 - Golden Quill Award/International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, published September 23, 2010

  "Crying Shame"

• 2011 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published September 9, 2010

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published September 9, 2010

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 2010 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 14, 2009

  "School Daze"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published August 13, 2009

  "Boxed In"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 14, 2009

  "School Daze"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published March 5, 2009

  "Double Trouble"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published December 11, 2008

  "Join the Club"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 21, 2008

  "True West"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published January 3, 2008

  "Reminders"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 31, 2007

  "The Nigerian Scam Strikes Again"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 3, 2007

  "Exhibitionists"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 15, 2007

  "Ladies Plight"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2005

  "Screwed for Life"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 10, 2005

  "A Peace of the Action"

• 2006 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications

  Calhoun's Columns

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 12, 2005

  "A Piece of the Action"

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2012 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Four chefs give the lowdown on what makes LoDo cook

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​Chefs are Denver's rock stars, and lower downtown is one hell of a stage. Last night I was lucky enough to moderate a panel of four LoDo chefs -- Jen Jasinski, Matt Selby, Tom Coohill and Max M More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Colorado Firefighters calendar relaunch party should be one hot event

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​Where there's smoke, there's ire! People were feeling burned last fall, when news broke that Fired Up for Kids, the outfit that had produced the Colorado firefighters calender -- with proceeds More >>

• Bin 1884 Cheese Bar will fill space in The Empty Bottle

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​South Pearl Street has seen more than its fair share of action this year. But in the 1800 block of South Pearl, it's all about growth -- not the closings that marked the start of the new year o More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Colorado firefighter calendar rises from the ashes tonight

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​The party had everything: a worthy beneficiary (the Children's Hospital Burn Center), lots of alcohol for the mostly female crowd, and stripped-down, smokin' hot firefighters. But then the Denv More >>

• Reader: Phat Thai's goat curry is fu*king delicious, and so is Mark Fischer

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​Does anyone remember Wolfgang Puck's place in Cherry Creekr Not after they've had a bite of the goat curry at Phat Thai, the restaurant that Mark Fischer opened in December in that same spot at More >>

• Reader: California brought Colorado a sh*t ton of money and jobs

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​On Monday, Westword posted its own version of "Shit people say" in Denver....and the shit quickly hit the fan. People from Texas and California, in particular, didn't appreciate the joke. Her More >>

• Hot Pockets, a cool Colorado invention, is moving out of state

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​Denver has long proclaimed itself the home of the cheeseburger, and even has a monument to that invention on Speer Boulevard -- though several other cities have tried to claim the burger-king c More >>

• Dan Savage made Rick Santorum's name mud...or close enough

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​You can bet that the 26,000-plus Coloradans who voted for Rick Santorum at yesterday's Republican caucuses, pushing the conservatives' conservative to a surprise victory, are not faithful reade More >>

• Reader: Is FIVE too much of a good thingr

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​Leigh Sullivan founded FIVE, a group of Denver chefs who cook across the country, back in 2008; the lineup, like Sullivan herself, has gone through some changes over the years. Sullivan recentl More >>

• Reader: S*it video was mighty tasty

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​Westword writers may not have a future as filmmakers, but they do know how to capture what people say -- as evidenced by our "Shit people say" video dedicated to Denver. Even so, we missed a f More >>

• Denver got a bargain when David Choe made his mark on the city

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​The Terminal Kings project was billed as bringing "world-class" art to Denver -- a city that many of us would argue already has world-class artists. But when street artist David Choe, along wit More >>

• Club 404 to roll out cleaned-up look as the Denver Wheel Club 404 on Saturday

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​Get a first look at the renovated Club 404 Saturday night, when the Denver Cruisers hold their "I (Heart) Cruisers" event at the venerable watering hole at 404 Broadway -- which will now be kno More >>

• Reader: Top Chef's main dish should be shark -- because they're jumping it every episode

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​Top Chef casting agents are coming to Denver -- as well as several other major metropolitan cities -- to test potential talent for the tenth season of the Bravo show. Notes the website: "Every More >>

• American Constitution Party has a major problem preparing for own caucus

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​The American Constitution Party has a major problem in Colorado. Because Republican renegade Tom Tancredo, who ran for governor on the ACP ticket in 2010, got more than 36 percent of the vote i More >>

• Reader: More sh*t people from Denver say

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​In Internet time, the "shit people say" videos really peaked last month -- but we never came across one that really captured the phrases and idioms of Denver. So we made one. But apparently w More >>

• Reader: Broadway's cup is running over...and that's a good thing

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​While My Sweet Bakery has closed in Berkeley, the Baker neighborhood is living up to its name, and is now home to a number of bakeries, sweet spots and coffee shops, with more -- including Happ More >>

• David Choe, a street artist worth $200 million in Facebook stock, made his mark on Denver

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​The newly painted wall outside the Denver Performing Arts Complex looks like a million bucks. Make that $200 million. Because that's what graffiti artist David Choe stands to make in Facebook's More >>

• Reader: Trout or tilapiar Heaven only knows...

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​All the snow that fell across the Front Range Friday had fishing enthusiasts thinking about just what will happen when all that white stuff melts -- pouring water into this state's streams, riv More >>

• Reader: XX marks the spot for ladies' restrooms

  published Feb 03, 2012

  ​If you were looking for a restaurant restroom and found one labeled "Wags," would you assume it was a ladies' roomr Would it help you if you knew that the other restroom was named "Ballers"r T More >>

• Komen Denver affiliate rejects ban on Planned Parenthood grants

  published Feb 03, 2012

  ​For many years, the regional Planned Parenthood headquarters was Westword's neighbor, and we had a front-row seat for the picketers who harassed employees of an organization that does so much m More >>

• Readers: John Waters, what's with the stacher And the serial killersr

  published Feb 03, 2012

  ​John Waters is the guy who came in from the cult. In advance of his visit to Denver next month -- for an event aptly titled An Evening With John Waters -- we've been wondering what questions to More >>

• Guess where I'm peeingr

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​When you're trying to answer the call of nature at a restaurant, you shouldn't have to first answer a riddle about the names or symbols that the restaurant has stuck on the restroom doors. Sti More >>

• CU Regents support Colorado ASSETS tuition plan for illegal immigrants

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​The Colorado Legislature is once again tackling the issue of tuition for the children of illegal immigrants, and yesterday, CU's Board of Regents voted 5-4 to support Colorado ASSET, with Repub More >>

• Reader: Keep pouring out columns about Chartreuse and other lesser-known bottles

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​Sean Kenyon had a busy fall -- working at Euclid Hall, opening Williams & Graham, and traveling to a monastery in France, where he got to mix a Chartreuse cocktail for a monk. But Chartreuse i More >>

• Reader: Impossible Winterbourne's art should pop up everywhere! Full steampunk ahead!

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​Impossible Winterbourne knows the importance of public art. "It gives the public a voice, inspires people, makes people happy, makes rundown buildings beautiful, and does all this while asking More >>