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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2006 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Peak Performance

  published January 12, 2006

  Lewis and Clark are so yesterday. This is Zebulon Pike's year. In 1806, Pike led an expedition exploring the Southwest, an adventure that took him... More >>

• Pin the Tale on the Donkey

  published August 3, 2006

  This political season has been pushing buttons with everyone, which is reason enough for tonight's Oh, It's Just the Fate of the Republic Talk... More >>

• Mining History for Laughs

  published April 13, 2006

  Aggressive panhandling is forbidden in Denver, but at The Mock Trial of Baby Doe Tabor, a Colorado History Group/Colorado Women's... More >>

• Foraging and Fine Dining

  published April 20, 2006

  Nothing in the house for dinner? Just step outside, scoop some little critters off the ground and pluck a few berries from the garden, and you... More >>

• Go With the Flow

  published June 8, 2006

  The transport will be light — but the drinks will not — when Tom "Dr. Colorado" Noel leads this evening's Light Rail Pub Crawl.... More >>

• Ah, There's the Rub

  published June 1, 2006

  Some historians have grave reservations about the stories that rapscallions wanted to steal the body of Buffalo Bill Cody. But then, there's that... More >>

• The Rest Is History

  published June 22, 2006

  Eureka! There's no Starbucks in Silver Plume. No Baby Gap. No Disneyfied vision of what the Olde West must have looked like. That's because Silver... More >>

• Herd Mentality

  published July 20, 2006

  Round 'em up and moo 'em out. For years, Denver looked on enviously as other cities around the globe hosted CowParades — or simply stole the... More >>

• Green Acres

  published September 7, 2006

  "It is going to be the event of the century!" Dana Miller promises of the 2007 Krisana Park Modern Green Home Tour and Parade, which runs... More >>

• X Marks the Spot

  published August 17, 2006

  Dozens of adult film stars will show off their very fine body of work at the third annual Adult Filmstar Ball, which runs from 6 p.m. to 2... More >>

• Mounting a Challenge

  published October 5, 2006

  If you can conquer a fourteener, why not a seat on the local school board — or in Congress? Since 1998, the Women's Wilderness Institute has... More >>

• For a Good Time…

  published October 12, 2006

  Everyone has a bad-date story. Some of us have lots of them. And singles coach Carolyn Ferber confesses that after her divorce, she "experienced a... More >>

• No-Tell Hotel

  published October 26, 2006

  I've encountered plenty of spirits at the Oxford Hotel, but always of the alcoholic variety. More sensitive souls, including the folks at Ghost... More >>

• For the Record

  published October 19, 2006

  Grab your favorite music — whether it's on vinyl, a CD or an MP3 — and head to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, which opens at noon... More >>

• All Aboard

  published December 21, 2006

  The Ski Train's 67th season gets rolling today, and although the ride to Winter Park is an old Denver tradition, there's always something... More >>

• Prints Charming

  published December 14, 2006

  Forget the champagne fountains: Tonight the ten-gallon fish tank will be swimming with mojitos for MATTER's 8th Annual Printsale and Party.... More >>

• Countdown

  published December 21, 2006

  Throw the bums out. The grumbling started even before Denver City Council convened its December 2 hearing on the election debacle. Snowflakes... More >>

• Last Call

  published November 16, 2006

  "The British are coming, the British are coming." The empty bottle of rotgut might have addled his other senses -- but it had spared the... More >>

• Full Circle

  published November 16, 2006

  "I'm real optimistic about everything going on," Eddie Maestas said, gazing out the window of Johnnie's Market at the changing landscape of... More >>

• On Call

  published November 9, 2006

  I got fucked by a male escort. Was it good for you? At 5:05 a.m. last Wednesday, Peter Boyles was telling his KHOW audience about an... More >>

• Surviving Episode Seven

  published Dec 28, 2006

  Ever since last week, we've known that Brooke was going to have a freak-out party in Episode 7. But that didn't make it any less painful to watch last night. In most seasons of The Real World, ... More >>

• Surviving Episode Seven

  published Dec 28, 2006

  Ever since last week, we've known that Brooke was going to have a freak-out party in Episode 7. But that didn't make it any less painful to watch last night. In most seasons of The Real World, ... More >>

• Surviving Episode Seven

  published Dec 28, 2006

  Ever since last week, we've known that Brooke was going to have a freak-out party in Episode 7. But that didn't make it any less painful to watch last night. In most seasons of The Real World, ... More >>

• Surviving Episode Seven

  published Dec 28, 2006

  Ever since last week, we've known that Brooke was going to have a freak-out party in Episode 7. But that didn't make it any less painful to watch last night. In most seasons of The Real World, ... More >>

• Surviving Episode Seven

  published Dec 28, 2006

  Ever since last week, we've known that Brooke was going to have a freak-out party in Episode 7. But that didn't make it any less painful to watch last night. In most seasons of The Real World, ... More >>