Email Author Patricia Calhoun

Awards

• 2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 27, 2011

  "Pen Pals"

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

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 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"

• 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 May 12, 2005

  "A Piece of the Action"

• 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

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2012 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Mike Coffman's boneheaded performance has been very, very shmucky

  published May 25, 2012

  First, he said he "misspoke" when he said that Barack Obama -- the President of the United States -- was "not an American." Then he tried to explain away the comment as "boneheaded." And Congressma... More >>

• Readers: Keep corporate cookie-cutter carts off the 16th Street Mall

  published May 25, 2012

  The Downtown Denver Partnership has been working hard to increase the mix of menu options on the 16th Street Mall, expanding hours as well as offerings. "One of the things we've been striving for for ... More >>

• Smart meters: There's still time to send in your stupid parking stories

  published May 25, 2012

  Parking at Smart meters can be stupid. After encountering two dumb problems in the space of a few hours downtown, we asked people to submit their most stupid parking story -- for the chance of winning... More >>

• Reader: Pedestrians need to get off the Cherry Creek Bike Path

  published May 25, 2012

  "Those B cycle riders are almost as dangerous as the spandex warriors," says Yosh, in response to Bree Davie's rant about the Cherry Creek Bike Path. This Memorial Day weekend, Denver's parks and trai... More >>

• Jim Deters's [i4c] contest encourages small business to think big

  published May 24, 2012

  This is National Small Business Week, but local entrepreneurs should think big. "Better cities, better entrepreneurs...and vice versa," proclaims [i4c], and the venture is putting its money where its ... More >>

• Reader: Which came firstr The taco or the truckr Comida or Pinche or T|ACOr

  published May 24, 2012

  The talk continues about T|ACO, the updated taqueria with the awkward name that opened yesterday in Boulder. It's not the first hip taqueria in the area, of course. Pinche Taqueria gave the Pinche Tac... More >>

• Reader: Chalk up a short life span as one of the charms of chalk art

  published May 24, 2012

  On Tuesday, artist Kyle Banister and a crew of Southwest Airlines employees and students from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design spent four hours creating a masterpiece. And just a few minut... More >>

• Celebrate with Sarah and Julie Slater at Gorinto tonight

  published May 23, 2012

  Sarah Slater, founder of the Titwrench music festival, is a 2011 MasterMind award winner -- and it looks like smarts run in the family. Because tonight, Sarah and her sister, Julie Slater, will host a... More >>

• Smart meters can be stupid: Share your story and win $50

  published May 23, 2012

  The 500-space, three-month parking pilot project that's installed sensors under many of the meters downtown may enable Denver to teach its Smart meters new tricks -- including zeroing out any time lef... More >>

• Reader: It takes a global village to hate the T|ACO name

  published May 23, 2012

  T|ACO opens today in Boulder. It's a new concept from the folks behind H Burger Co. (an outpost of that joint just opened in Boulder, too), and readers agree that the place looks good -- the urban taq... More >>

• Reader: Colfax Marathon runner depends on the kindness of strangers

  published May 23, 2012

  The Colfax Marathon always includes plenty of entertainment: end-or-race parties, streetside viewing at the Irish Snug, and this year a scooter parade. But when you're on the run, it's the very little... More >>

• Reader: Ian Kleinman's show at Studio F is fun and fabulous

  published May 22, 2012

  Kitchen magician Ian Kleinman is ensconced at James Mazzio's Studio F for the rest of the week, where he'll be offering a special pop-up dinner that plays with liquid nitrogen. Lori Midson was there ... More >>

• Denver's Smart meters make looking for open spots a zero-sum game

  published May 22, 2012

  With the city facing a $94 million shortfall in its 2013 budget, every penny counts. As part of the pilot project that recently installed sensors in 500 parking places downtown, Denver is now zeroing ... More >>

• Reader: Attachment parenting creates crybabies

  published May 22, 2012

  Time magazine started the whole thing, with a cover that featured a toddler smirking like a teenager while latched onto his mother's breast. The cover story, on attachment parenting, inspired a respon... More >>

• Elise Wiggins: Getting to the meat of the matter in Panzano, Italy

  published May 21, 2012

  Panzano Executive Chef Elise Wiggins is in the small town of Panzano, Italy, doing a stagisti with Dario Cecchini, the mad butcher of Panzano and owner of Antica Macelleria Cecchini. Wiggins, who rece... More >>

• Reader: What do buffets in America have to do with starving children in Indiar

  published May 21, 2012

  The news served up a smorgasbord of tidbits on buffet last week, including a guy in Wisconsin who picketed a restaurant that cut him off from an all-you-can-eat fish fry, and a Chinese buffet in the U... More >>

• Aurora History Museum: Welcome to Colorado, now go home

  published May 21, 2012

  Aurora's tourism efforts got a big boost Friday, when the state's Economic Development Commission approved $81 million in Regional Tourism Act incentives for the hotel/resort/convention complex planne... More >>

• Reader: Wayne's World will be epic at Film on the Rocks

  published May 21, 2012

  The movies for the 2012 Film on the Rocks summer lineup at Red Rocks Amphitheatre -- many of them picked by the people, for the people -- were announced Friday night, and don't blame the Denver FilmCe... More >>

• Frank McNulty kills civil unions bill, earns shmuck of the session

  published May 18, 2012

  He looked shmucky enough at the end of the regularly scheduled session of the Colorado Legislature when he pointed the finger at Democrats for not pushing the civil unions bill earlier, then delivered... More >>

• Reader: District Meats didn't work, but will a tavernr Sorry, Charlie

  published May 18, 2012

  Six months after District Meats opened in a space that hsd already swallowed up a big-time national restaurant operator (the Chodorows, who'd brought Big Game to Denver as well as an outpost of Il Fo... More >>

• National Western Stock Show board meets on same day Gaylord could get state subsidy

  published May 18, 2012

  Today, the state's Economic Development Commission will choose which, if any, of six projects that applied will get subsidies under the Regional Tourism Act. Eco devo chief Ken Lund has recommended th... More >>

• Reader: This younger generation should not be permitted to have a child!

  published May 18, 2012

  .Creeped out by last week's TIME cover story about attachment parenting, Jef Otte penned an essay for the Village Voice about how much attachment parenting sucks and posted it to his wall. As it happe... More >>

• Eddie Maestas Park, aka the Bumuda Triangle, needs plan to go from trash to tribute

  published May 17, 2012

  While protesters gathered in front of City Hall Monday to protest the upcoming ban on urban camping, another group was gathering by the tiny triangular space at 23rd and Lawrence streets, a spot offic... More >>

• Reader: New reviewer should remember to bring a thesaurus

  published May 17, 2012

  The news that Laura Shunk is moving to New York and opening up a slot for a new restaurant critic inspired many readers to suggest possible candidates -- including old restaurant critic Jason Sheehan,... More >>

• Reader: B-cycle is taking this city for a ride!

  published May 17, 2012

  Britt Chester, who sold his car two years ago and relies on his bicycle and public transportation to get around, has been riding around this town's bike trails, stopping to snap pictures. This photos ... More >>