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 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications

  Calhoun's Columns

• 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"

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2009 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Wake-Up Call: Pressing engagements at the Stock Show

  published Jan 15, 2009

  "Want to be smarterr Subscribe to the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post and read them for a half-hour each morning." We were on our annual rounds of the Hall of Education at the Stock Show, and... More >>

• Bistro Vendome's mussel deal is no shell game

  published Jan 14, 2009

  Restaurants are outdoing themselves offering bargains this month, trying to bolster what's always a blah month. But it's going to be tough to beat the deal that Bistro Vendome, the charming French re... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Collision course

  published Jan 14, 2009

  As I was running out of my office last night, late again, I got a call from a neighbor. "Do you know why the police are in front of your houser" she asked. Uh, no, I said, wondering if the ... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: We're bullish on Denver

  published Jan 13, 2009

  Thirty years ago, Denver boosters were so worried that the city was considered a cowtown that they launched a campaign to appear more cosmopolitan, banishing any bovine connections. Westword res... More >>

• Fallout from Aspen's New Year's Eve bomb

  published Jan 13, 2009

  New Year's Eve bombed in Aspen, thanks to James Chester Blanning, the 72-year-old who thought it would be a blast to threaten city officials with "mass death" and planted four bombs around town. Even ... More >>

• Former Palomino going Prime

  published Jan 12, 2009

  Palomino was one of the first restaurant closures of 2008, and one of the most high-profile all year. It shut down exactly a year ago -- after a ten-year run -- because the corporate ... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: The waiting game

  published Jan 12, 2009

  A few loose ends from last year are now neatly tied up. New Secretary of State, check: Bernie Buescher will be sworn in at 3 p.m. Wednesday (so long as the Colorado Senate confirms the appointment). ... More >>

• Adam Mali resurfaces at Nick's Cove

  published Jan 12, 2009

  The January 11 Denver Post travel section included a Los Angeles Times story on Nick's Cove, a "chic, eccentric hideaway" an hour north of San Francisco -- but one with a significant Denver connectio... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: FEMA trouble

  published Jan 09, 2009

  Among the residents who evacuated in the face of a fast-moving fire in Boulder this week was Michael Brown, current consultant and talk-show host, and former head of the Federal Emergency Management ... More >>

• Denver Post all wet on Santa Fe Tequila Company

  published Jan 09, 2009

  We know it's tough to track all the restaurant openings and closings in town, but given the level of vehemence in the comments following our December 29 Santa Fe Tequila Company blog,... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: It's on to 2010

  published Jan 08, 2009

  The Colorado Legislature just convened yesterday, with four months of hard work and tough budgeting choices ahead. So it's no surprise that in their off-hours, citizen lawmakers would rather ignore t... More >>

• Lights out at Cebiche...for now

  published Jan 08, 2009

  The lights have been out for a few days now at Cebiche, the Peruvian restaurant at 2257 West 32nd Avenue that got a good review from Jason Sheehan won our Best Fried Pumpkin award in the Best of... More >>

• Mezcal cabaret application decision due soon

  published Jan 07, 2009

  After dueling meetings with business and neighborhood groups last week, Mezcal's application for a cabaret license went before a hearing officer with the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses on M... More >>

• Riding the Orient Express to Izakaya Den

  published Jan 07, 2009

  Toshi Kizaki, who founded Sushi Den back in 1985 with his brother, Yasu, is currently in Japan meeting with vendors, fishmongers and a third brother, Koichi, who visits the markets daily to buy ... More >>

• The Berkshire is going bananas over Elvis

  published Jan 07, 2009

  Elvis may have left the building, but his appetite lives on at the Berkshire. In honor of what would have been the King's 74th birthday tomorrow, the pork-pushing restaurant at 7352 East 29th Avenue ... More >>

• The fighting Irish need to learn from the Italians

  published Jan 07, 2009

  My review of the Celtic Tavern (which will be posted here later today) started an interesting conversation among some of the more Hibernian-leaning staff at the Westword office, chewing over why Denv... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: New jobs for Andrew Romanoff

  published Jan 07, 2009

  On November 5, the day after Democrats scored such a stunning upset in Colorado, I spotted affable, outgoing Colorado House of Representatives speaker Andrew Romanoff at the Saucy Noodle, of all pla... More >>

• Is it smart to like Subwayr

  published Jan 07, 2009

  The last time we saw Rick Rosner, the then-Denver bouncer/stripper who'd beaten all comers on an Omni IQ test, he was on the cover of Westword wearing roller skates, a loincloth and the que... More >>

• When Irish guys aren't smiling, they could be looking for an Irish bar in Denver

  published Jan 06, 2009

  There are things I like about the Celtic Tavern. I like the fact that it sits at 18th and Blake, one of my favorite parts of downtown. I've rarely spent a night in this neighborhood that hasn't culmi... More >>

• Wellshire Inn is out....for now

  published Jan 06, 2009

  I have some fond memories of the Wellshire Inn. Decades ago, the Tudor building on the city-owned Wellshire Golf Course hosted a wild party for a local gal who'd just become a Playboy Playmate of th... More >>

• Red Robin just keeps bobbing along

  published Jan 06, 2009

  Back in 1996, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers moved its national headquarters to Greenwood Village. And while other chains are scaling back (or disappearing altogether), those based in Denver seem to be doi... More >>

• Another Star to shine in Broomfield

  published Jan 06, 2009

  When we last checked up on Heaven Star, which the owners of Super Star Asian (the best dim sum joint in the city) are opening at 7600 West 120th Avenue in Broomfield, the opening date was slated for... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Park and chide

  published Jan 06, 2009

  In a day of bad news, yesterday had one bright spot: a neighbor notified us that our petition for residential parking permits had been approved. This is a pretty live-and-let live (or park) neighbor... More >>

• Happy news yearr

  published Jan 05, 2009

  The first few weeks of the new year are generally a quiet time in the restaurant industry. Under normal economic conditions, this is a time for the bean-counters and accountants to put their heads to... More >>

• Twelverestaurant introduces its third menu

  published Jan 05, 2009

  When I checked in with Jeff Osaka, chef/owner of twelverestaurant, last month, he told me that although he'd just opened his restaurant at 2233 Larimer in early November, he was already reducing the p... More >>