Email Author Patricia Calhoun
Awards
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2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 27, 2011
"Pen Pals"
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2011 - Golden Quill Award/International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, published September 23, 2010
"Crying Shame"
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2011 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published September 9, 2010
"Spreading Her Wings"
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2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published September 9, 2010
"Spreading Her Wings"
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2011 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published September 9, 2010
"Spreading Her Wings"
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2010 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 14, 2009
"School Daze"
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2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published August 13, 2009
"Boxed In"
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2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 14, 2009
"School Daze"
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2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published March 5, 2009
"Double Trouble"
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2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published December 11, 2008
"Join the Club"
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2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 21, 2008
"True West"
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2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published January 3, 2008
"Reminders"
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2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 31, 2007
"The Nigerian Scam Strikes Again"
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2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 3, 2007
"Exhibitionists"
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2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 15, 2007
"Ladies Plight"
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2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 12, 2005
"A Piece of the Action"
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2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2005
"Screwed for Life"
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2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 10, 2005
"A Peace of the Action"
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2006 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications
Calhoun's Columns
2013 Stories by Patricia Calhoun
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FEATURED STORY
"Of Rabbits and Hares" leaps into Junction Box tonight for the Forum's story-telling series
published Jun 19, 2013
Sam Pike knows how to tell a story. There's a good one behind The Forum, the series he founded that will have its fourth edition, "Of Rabbits and Hares," at 6:30 p.m. tonight. "I was visiting a friend... More >>
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Reader: Cherry Creek is no more than a large convenience store for aging, unwelcoming locals
published Jun 19, 2013
Tony P's closed in Cherry Creek this past weekend, and while owner Tony Pasquini has certainly had a tough couple of years, his family feud might have been less a factor in the restaurant's closing th... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Tony P's goes pasta point of no return in Cherry Creek
published Jun 18, 2013
Tony Pasquini has had a rough ride in Cherry Creek, where he closed the first Tony P's this past weekend. He'd initially opened the place in early 2012 as a Pasquini's, but he had to change that last ... More >>
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Reader: Adelitas serves an amazingly good guac
published Jun 18, 2013
Summertime, and the living is easy...but finding good guacamole is not. The tortas were not the only disappointing dish at Ay Caramba!, which Gretchen Kurtz reviewed last week; the guac was also bland... More >>
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Reader: Ay Caramba! needs to invest in some spices for the guac
published Jun 17, 2013
A torteria in Cherry Creekr That was the idea Alex Gurevich had when he opened Ay Caramba!, a full-service spot that focuses on the Mexican sandwiches. But while the neighborhood could certainly use ... More >>
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Reader: Scratch Burrito is not your typical burrito, but welcome to the neighborhood!
published Jun 14, 2013
Scratch Burrito & Happy Tap opened on Tuesday in the former home of Shazz, and quickly inspired discussions of 1) the geographic boundaries of the Berkeley neighborhood, 2) how much a burrito should c... More >>
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Sean Yontz will be cooking again in Denver -- starting at Monday's Del Maguey dinner
published Jun 13, 2013
Sean Yontz's job effectively ended at the end of service on May 3, when El Diablo and Sketch closed for good and he parted ways with Jesse Morreale, owner of the red-tagged First Avenue Hotel, after e... More >>
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Reader: The only good thing about Old Chicago is that it's better than Red Robin
published Jun 13, 2013
Old Chicago got its start in Boulder in 1976; since then, it's grown to close to a hundred locations around the country. The Broomfield-based chain is now in the midst of a national brand redesign th... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Flobots' Jamie Laurie raps Boulder for turning down Palestinian sister city
published Jun 12, 2013
Jamie Laurie makes music -- and also political and social change. A founder of the Flobots, he was raised in Denver, where he grew from a comic-loving kid to an East High teacher sharing rap with stud... More >>
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Reader: A $10 burritor Somewhere in Denver, a hard-working Mexican is laughing
published Jun 12, 2013
Clay Markwell used to cook at TAG. Now he has a place of his own: Scratch Burrito & Happy Tap, which just opened yesterday in northwest Denver, in the former home of Shazz. The focus here is on burrit... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
DIA slips from 11th to 13th on busiest airports list as Dreamliner dream team heads to Japan
published Jun 11, 2013
"This new nonstop flight will be a gateway into Colorado for Japan and other Asian countries," said Governor John Hickenlooper at yesterday's send-off for the inaugural United flight direct from Denve... More >>
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Reader: Chains have killed American's taste buds...and that killed Laudisio
published Jun 11, 2013
Ristorante L, formerly Laudisio, closed on Saturday after almost 25 years in Boulder. Was the restaurant killed off by nearby chainsr Or by independent restaurants that had raised the bar on what peop... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Boulder's sister city proposal with Palestine's Nablus leads to political fireworks
published Jun 10, 2013
With seventy of this state's movers and shakers headed to Japan this week for an economic mission that includes a side trip to Denver's sister city of Takayama, there should be lots of sibling revelry... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Izakaya Den opens tomorrow in its new home on South Pearl
published Jun 10, 2013
After a year of construction that carved out the original home of the Pearl Street Grill and replaced it with a modern, multi-level structure, the new Izakaya Den will officially open tomorrow right n... More >>
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Elway's ready to fly at DIA today
published Jun 10, 2013
"I swore I'd never get in the restaurant business," John Elway told the crowd gathered for a private party last Thursday at the Elway's at DIA. Today, of course, the Hall of Famer has four restaurants... More >>
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Reader: OMG! How could you recommend that ice creamr
published Jun 10, 2013
Although we proclaimed the Boulder-based Glacier Ice Cream & Gelato the best ice cream in the area in our Best of Denver 2013 (in addition to Glacier's several spots in Boulder, a Glacier outpost open... More >>
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So pho, so good: A second helping of Cafe Society June 1-7
published Jun 08, 2013
This week Mark Antonation served up round three in his loo at Denver's finest stretch of noodle bars, with a meal at Pho Duy. Gretchen Kurtz returned to Oak at Fourteenth in Boulder, a restaurant she ... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
John Elway and Michael Hancock showering together and other tales from Elway's DIA
published Jun 07, 2013
Tired DIA travelers were doing double-takes as they boarded the escalator heading down out of Concourse B last night, their eyes drawn to the right by the bright sign on a new restaurant -- and then ... More >>
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Reader: Charging a penalty would cut down on restaurant no-shows
published Jun 07, 2013
Oak at Fourteenth is a very good restaurant, and it earned raves from Gretchen Kurtz in her review this week. But even a very good restaurant can have very big problems with no-shows, as co-owner Brya... More >>
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Buffalo Doughboy has closed for "restructuring"
published Jun 06, 2013
Buffalo Doughboy won the Best Bakery award in the Best of Denver 2010. Business boomed, and in April 2012 the bakery moved out of its tiny spot in a Victorian home off Broadway for a space three times... More >>
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Reader: Is there no hidden gem on Federal Boulevardr
published Jun 06, 2013
Mark Antonation has been eating his way up Federal Boulevard in A Federal Case, and yesterday he reached Pho Duy, the third spot in Denver's trio of terrific noodle joints in one strip mall. You'd thi... More >>
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Squeaky Bean introduces a happy hour, with an earlier opening, punch...and shmears
published Jun 05, 2013
Squeaky Bean won't turn one until later this month, but already the restaurant has given LoDo a couple of presents: an outdoor patio with seating for sixteen, and a new happy hour that starts at 4 p.m... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Rocky Flats Cold War Museum is on the move -- forward into the past!
published Jun 05, 2013
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," said George Santayana, who condensed his moral code into The Life of Reason in 1951 -- the same year the feds announced they was buildi... More >>
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Reader: South Broadway needs more (good) Mexican restaurants
published Jun 05, 2013
Pizza joints are popping up along Broadway, which lost a couple of Mexican mainstays last month. Although Adelita's Cocina y Cantina opened a few weeks ago at 1294 South Broadway, that's still a mile ... More >>
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South of Rocky Flats, the real estate market is heating up
published June 6, 2013
Stake your claim in the latest residential hotspot," urges the story in Saturday's New Homes section in the Denver Post touting an open... More >>
