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 - 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"

• 2011 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, 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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2013 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

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  Union Station fire: Blazing truck endangers historic overhang

  published May 17, 2013

  Things have gotten hot at Union Station, where two model-train clubs are scrambling to find new spaces for their train layouts, which have occupied space in the basement for decades. Although both gro... More >>

• Reader: Can't we come up with something other than pizza and beer barsr

  published May 17, 2013

  Although downtown just lost another pizza spot, Toppings, today Pizza Republica will make its debut on 14th Street, right in front of the Colorado Convention Center -- and this downtown version of a r... More >>

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  Photos: Five benefits of Denver Airport City development for Adams County

  published May 16, 2013

  On May 1, Adams County commissioners and other elected leaders gave Mayor Michael Hancock a week to provide a list of "tangible benefits" they would realize from Denver's plans to push forward with de... More >>

• Reader: Twelve offers a good dining value -- and a great amuse bouche

  published May 16, 2013

  When Lori Midson went to twelve this week for a birthday celebration, she feasted on everything from beet carpaccio to sweetbreads. But the real star was the amuse bouche, a grilled scallop in a pool ... More >>

• Reader: Green "chile" is disgusting gruel

  published May 15, 2013

  When Jenn Wohletz moved from the Midwest to New Mexico, she discovered Mexican food -- make that New Mexican food -- at Little Anita's, and she got hooked on both red and green chile. During a stint i... More >>

• Jen Jasinski's James Beard win felt like a lifetime achievement -- although her career is cooking

  published May 14, 2013

  Prince Harry might have stopped by The Market on Monday, but the real royalty was right down the street, at Rioja. Just a week before, Jennifer Jasinski, the chef who opened that Larimer Square restau... More >>

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  Sand Creek massacre: Tribes, History Colorado to consult on exhibit while Collision is closed

  published May 14, 2013

  When a wrong is almost 150 years old, righting it may not be quick. That's one of the many lessons of the Sand Creek Massacre, a stain on Colorado history that stretches back to November 29, 1864, whe... More >>

• Reader: It's getting harder for me to justify the consumption of meat

  published May 14, 2013

  Last week several Denver chefs traveled to Kansas to visit the Callicrate Ranch, a cattle ranch and slaughterhouse owned by fiercely opinionated, radically passionate Mike Callicrate, to witness the s... More >>

• Reader: First Avenue Hotel renovation should continue -- Broadway deserves a hip hotel

  published May 13, 2013

  The latest chapter in the First Avenue Hotel saga -- the closing of both El Diablo and Sketch at the end of service on May 2, right before the city's latest notice to vacate was issued for May 3 -- go... More >>

• Reader: Commenter Donkey Hotay is at a turning point

  published May 10, 2013

  It was a sad moment yesterday when "Budd Jones," who appeared on the web a week or so ago to urge (very) frequent commenter DonkeyHotay to mellow out, seemed to be signing off. In a response to a post... More >>

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  Better Block Project comes to Five Points: Don't fence us in!

  published May 10, 2013

  The Better Block Project comes to Five Points tomorrow, when it will focus on sprucing up the block of Welton Street that's home to the legendary Sonny Lawson Park -- and its ballfield. Neighborhood g... More >>

• Reader: Federal Bar & Grill opened in a spot thirsty for a new bar

  published May 10, 2013

  Federal Bar & Grill is now open in the former home of Micky Manor, right across a parking lot -- the bar's own parking lot! -- from Jack-n-Grill. There's not much grill yet to the bar, which occupies... More >>

• Federal Bar & Grill opens in the former Micky Manor

  published May 09, 2013

  For almost eighty years, the Micky Manor -- and that's Micky, without an "e" -- was a landmark on Federal Boulevard, its trademark-respecting neon Mickey and Minnie signs a constant. But in the fall ... More >>

• Reader: Andrew Zimmern's palate has been tarnished by undercooked testicles

  published May 09, 2013

  When Andrew Zimmern, host of Bizarre Foods, listed the "Best Ethnic Food in the U.S." for Food & Wine, he lauded Denver for its Den-Mex -- gravy-like green chile in general, and the variations served ... More >>

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  Civic Center Park: Here's what it costs to party in the heart of Denver

  published May 08, 2013

  Civic Center Park is ready for its close-up tonight, when the Civic Center Conservancy, Historic Denver Inc. and Denver Parks and Recreation will share a 2012 State Honor Award for their Civic Center ... More >>

• Reader: If I get charged by the pound, it's not pizza

  published May 08, 2013

  How about some pizza to soak up all the comments still coming in about Jenn Wohletz's "five cocktails only dickheads would order," as well as Sean Kenyon's responser While Lori Midson has everyone gue... More >>

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  Iron Man 3 compares villain's work to Sand Creek Massacre

  published May 07, 2013

  Historian Ari Kelman was watching Iron Man 3 this past weekend with his son when he was startled by a familiar reference, one that seemed very out of context in a Hollywood blockbuster. Mandarin, the ... More >>

• Reader: I'll order an Old-Fashioned often from now on

  published May 07, 2013

  Is it too early for a drinkr All the heated discussion of Jenn Wohletz's "Five cocktails only a dickhead would order," followed by veteran barman Sean Kenyon's response, left many people very, very th... More >>

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  Rocky Ford cantaloupes making a comeback, but drought's drying up other crops

  published May 06, 2013

  While last week's snow and this week's predicted rains have made forecasts of drought seem all wet in metro Denver, the threat is still very real to farmers in southern and eastern Colorado. Last week... More >>

• Reader: Go ahead and slam daiquiris, but leave old-fashioneds alone

  published May 06, 2013

  "There is a thin line between self-indulgence and being a dickhead, a line that any bartender could draw for you." That's how Jenn Wohletz started Friday's piece "five cocktails only a dickhead could ... More >>

• Reader: Without Trader Joe's, we have not really been living

  published May 03, 2013

  While King Soopers has pulled out of the project set for the former University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Ninth and Colorado Boulevard, last month construction got under way on the first Tr... More >>

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  El Diablo, Sketch want you to send them off in style -- tonight!

  published May 02, 2013

  Have El Diablo and Sketch reached the end of the liner According to El Diablo's Facebook page, the restaurants will be closing at the end of business tonight: "Please come by and send us off in style... More >>

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  Evan Makovsky, Colorado Preservation honoree, saved El Chapultepec: Will trains be nextr

  published May 02, 2013

  While the truncated 4/20 festivities have turned Civic Center Park into ground zero for a discussion of which events are a First Amendment exercise and which are commercial, the Civic Center Conservan... More >>

• Reader: Go to Costco if you don't like Opus's prices -- no one is making you go out

  published May 02, 2013

  After Opus left Littleton last summer, it moved up to Cherry Creek, where it merged with Aria. Last week chef Sean McGaughey unveiled the new look and menu of Opus Restaurant & Aria Wine Bar at 250 Jo... More >>

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  Oxford's urinals top our list of alternative Denver tour stops: What tops yoursr

  published May 01, 2013

  Civic boosters love to travel to other cities to see how they do business -- and maybe engage in some monkey business themselves. The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce's City-to-City Leadership Exchang... More >>