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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2009 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

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  FEATURED STORY

  Jason Sheehan makes Time's top ten list

  published Dec 10, 2009

  Time magazine is out with the Top 10 of Everything in 2009 -- and Jason Sheehan's Cooking Dirty makes the list of the top ten non-fiction books of the year, coming in at #9. Here's what Time says abo... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: No Kumbaya moment at Pinon Canyon

  published Dec 10, 2009

  Last month's Kumbaya moment, which featured most of Colorado's top GOPs uniting behind gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis and the Republican Party's Platform for Prosperity, did not resound in sout... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Dec 09, 2009

  Liver lovers are an exclusive bunch. And as a lunch special on a cold winter's day, this steaming plate of organ meat smothered with onions and jalapenos had half of our table swooning -- and the othe... More >>

• Marijuana Matrix: Name your medical marijuana dispensary with this handy chart!

  published December 10, 2009

  With new dispensaries opening daily across Colorado, the prime names are getting snapped up faster than the docs who are willing to prescribe... More >>

• Diamond Cabaret gets a new menu, courtesy CY Steak

  published Dec 09, 2009

  How cold was it last nightr So cold that Barry Fey was wearing long pants. But the dining room at CY Steak, the revamped steakhouse attached to the Diamond Cabaret at 1222 Glenarm Place, warmed up fa... More >>

• Congress Park will get its Tavern

  published Dec 09, 2009

  The call came yesterday: The Denver Department of Excise and License has approved the liquor license for the Tavern Hospitality Group's project at the Lowenstein, in the space that had been occupied b... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Senator Chris Romer submits a bill for pot!

  published Dec 09, 2009

  State senator Chris Romer could have used some medical marijuana last night, to soothe the headache of dealing with all of yesterday's complaints over his just-released, 63-page bill to regulate the i... More >>

• Rooster & Moon Coffee Pub now pouring

  published Dec 08, 2009

  The first VFW post in the country was founded in Denver in 1899, in a building in the Golden Triangle. A century later, VFW Post #1 moved around the corner to 955 Bannock Street -- and attempted to re... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Who's the thiefr Erik Osborn's trial begins

  published Dec 08, 2009

  He missed a court date at the end of November -- but disgraced developer Erik Osborn showed up in plenty of time for his trial in Denver District Court, which got under way on Monday. The crux of thi... More >>

• The Egg Shell is on the move

  published Dec 07, 2009

  After 25 years in its current location at 300 Josephine Street, the Cherry Creek Egg Shell will be moving this month to the former home of Mel's, at 235 Fillmore Street. "The new, improved Egg Shell ... More >>

• Guess where I'm drinkingr

  published Dec 07, 2009

  Nothing says holiday party like a tall Bloody Mary the morning after.And this one even supplies some much-needed protein and vitamins, to help you bounce back in time to enjoy all the parties ahead. C... More >>

• Give PeaceJam a chance: Buy a guitar

  published Dec 07, 2009

  The five hand-painted guitars signed by ten Nobel Peace Prize winners that will be auctioned off on eBay today are truly for the man who has everything -- although "that's not true until they buy one ... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Holiday parties go to pot

  published Dec 07, 2009

  At holiday parties this weekend, everyone was talking about pot. I haven't been asked about marijuana this much since my first day of college in 1972, when I wore a hippie-print dress and my dormmates... More >>

• Where are you eatingr At a DINR restaurant, if you're Jon S

  published Dec 04, 2009

  Anyone who buys a DINR deck is a winner: For $50, you get 52 cards, each offering a $10 discount at a local, independent restaurant. You can buy the decks at any Tattered Cover location or at www.eatd... More >>

• Rack & Rye opens tonight in LoDo

  published Dec 04, 2009

  Paul Piciocchi is putting into the former home of Alto, opens tonight at 1320 15th Street. The Drink, a sports tavern, made its debut on November 20; Mix Music Lounge is set to open next week. But ri... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Pull some strings for Peacejam

  published Dec 04, 2009

  It's been a tough year for Peacejam, the homegrown nonprofit that over the past fifteen years has reached out to hundreds of thousands of kids around the globe, showing them that in the toughest circu... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Dec 03, 2009

  OrOn these cold days, there's nothing more warming than a big plate of pasta smothered with red sauce. But first, of course, you have to eat your greens -- even if they're swimming in gorgonzola dress... More >>

• Party like a playboy at the Warwick

  published Dec 03, 2009

  In December 1967, Denver's Playboy Club opened at 1776 Grant Street. Today, the club is just a memory (one that leaves a smile on a certain generation of businessmen's faces). The address now belongs ... More >>

• The most exclusive joint in town: a pot in every chicken

  published Dec 03, 2009

  First, the folks behind 8 Rivers open a medical marijuana dispensary up the street. Now comes word that Colorado's first "gourmet marijuana restaurant" will be opening next week in Denver. The offici... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: City Hall's Santa knows when you've been bad or good

  published Dec 03, 2009

  "Oh, we know you were here," a city official told me Monday, after I'd returned from my undercover mission to inventory the shlock and awe that is Denver's annual holiday display on the steps of City ... More >>

• Julie Powell books a different Denver appearance

  published Dec 02, 2009

  Julie Powell, the author of Julie & Julia, canceled her big stage talk, but she's still coming to town: She's scheduled a last-minute event at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, December 10, at the LoDo Tattered Cov... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Live blog: Charlie Brown presents his pot proposal

  published Dec 02, 2009

  This morning, Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown presented his proposed ordinance to regulate the city's medical marijuana dispensaries to the council's Safety Committee. We live blogged the hearing... More >>

• Ernie's opens in northwest Denver, now it's on to Congress Park

  published Dec 02, 2009

  Ernie's will open on schedule today, after a whirlwind renovation by Rod Wagner of the space that for years held 3 Sons, and for decades before that was home to Ernie's. But while the original Ernie's... More >>

• 8 Rivers goes to pot -- in a good way

  published Dec 02, 2009

  Wanda James and Scott Durrah, the owners of 8 Rivers, just celebrated the end of their first year at 1550 Blake Street in LoDo, where they moved their restaurant after a successful run in the tiny spo... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Stirring the pot at Denver City Council today

  published Dec 02, 2009

  Unlike Michigan, Colorado doesn't have a Cannabis College -- not yet. But the entire state is getting quite an education in both the efficacy of medical marijuana in soothing certain maladies and the ... More >>