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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2010 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Remembering Sandy Widener, John Parr and Chase Parr

  published Dec 22, 2010

  The reminder for the memorial site at muchloved.com came in at 5:01 this morning. I did not need it: Not a day goes by that I do not think about Sandy Widener, John Parr and Chase Parr, the three memb... More >>

• Landmark Preservation Commission to consider bid to destroy Bosler House

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Every morning, I look east to where the oldest house on our historic block once stood -- a Victorian bungalow that was delisted as a Denver landmark, then demolished and replaced by a gargantuan singl... More >>

• Commerce City approves an incentive package to grow a King Soopers

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Food deserts -- that's what areas without grocery stores are called. And Commerce City is ready to provide some irrigation for the desert area around Reunion, a planned community whose plan has so far... More >>

• Reader: KushCon II deserved more coverage

  published Dec 21, 2010

  And here we thought marijuana made its proponents more mellow than our average cranky correspondents. Yesterday morning, shortly after Nick Lucchesi posted his piece on one of the products he'd seen... More >>

• Reader: Here's a tip for Kyle Garratt -- get a different job

  published Dec 21, 2010

  After thirteen years in the restaurant business, Kyle Garratt knows what it means to be in the weeds. Still, he's really feeling the heat after posting the first of what will be a series of weekly wai... More >>

• El Paso County Jail's postcard-only policy is returned to sender

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Prisoners in El Paso County got an early Christmas present yesterday, when county officials agreed to stop limiting outgoing inmate mail to just postcards. The ACLU had filed suit against that policy,... More >>

• Denver's meters may be smart, but they can also be dim

  published Dec 20, 2010

  How smart are Denver's new "smart" meters if they're so dim you can't read them at nightr We could find out soon enough, if Denver City Council tonight passes the plan to allow all-night parking in pa... More >>

• Reader: First the Crips and Bloods. Now the Highlands Mommies

  published Dec 20, 2010

  The Highlands Mommies, the northwest Denver neighborhood group profiled by Melanie Asmer in the most recent Westword cover story, have inspired raves and rants, including this one from Gringo Whiteycr... More >>

• Reader: Laura Shunk's post-Barolo restaurant list was rude

  published Dec 20, 2010

  In her Barolo Grill review, Laura Shunk said that she could think of three dozen places in the area where she'd rather drop $200 on dinner for two. And then she put her mouth where her money was, and ... More >>

• Guess where you're eatingr At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Brian B

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Cafe Society served up six Guess Where contests last week, with entries ranging from the exemplary fries at Cheeky Monk to a festive drink garnished with a rosemary tree at Edge Restaurant & Bar, to t... More >>

• Will it be lights out for Qwest's blue signr

  published Dec 20, 2010

  For years, the blue light of the Qwest sign has dominated the downtown Denver skyline, even as its been joined by other light shows -- the spire on the Four Seasons, the logo atop the Xcel building. B... More >>

• This weekend: Cooking with cannabis

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Chefs Scott Durrah (8 Rivers), Lauren Gennett and Rachel Wolpo will offer a series of cooking demonstrations for Simply Pure, the Colorado edibles company founded by Durrah and his wife, Wanda James, ... More >>

• Reader: Gypsy House sends a curse of "white lightn" to Starbucks lover

  published Dec 17, 2010

  That colorful stretch of 13th Avenue in Capitol Hill is getting a new polish, with the upcoming opening of Jelly and other developments outlined today in a Denver Post story about "the punk-rock block... More >>

• John Hickenlooper, governor-elect, prepares to pour out plans, not beer

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Yesterday, John Hickenlooper returned to the Denver Press Club -- an iconic joint he first visited two decades ago, when he was thinking of writing a screenplay about Damon Runyon, a Denver Post write... More >>

• Reader: DIA needs to wake up and smell the coffee

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Denver International Airport may have just been named the "Best Airport in North America" -- for the sixth consecutive year! -- by Business Traveler magazine, but it's definitely lacking in a few depa... More >>

• Denver International Airport stores selling Colorado craft beersr The idea could really fly

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Denver International Airport was just named the "Best Airport in North America" by Business Traveler magazine -- for the sixth consecutive year. Want to know what could make DIA even betterr Some dece... More >>

• Could a craft-beer souvenir store fly at Denver International Airportr

  published Dec 15, 2010

  As we report in this week's Off Limits, there's a good explanation why you can't buy growlers of craft beer at Denver International Airport (as you can at the Portland airport, as Jonathan Shikes rece... More >>

• Let there be lights in LoDo

  published Dec 15, 2010

  On Sunday night, a fellow judge and I careened around all the road work downtown, attempting to look at the 21 windows that are all competing in LoDo Aglow, an annual decorating contest sponsored by t... More >>

• Lola's Jamey Fader wants to know where to eat in the DTC

  published Dec 15, 2010

  "Does anyone know of a restaurant in all of the Tech Center that 1) doesn't serve pre-packaged/out of the bag/straight from the can ingredients; 2) actually uses fresh ingredients which is sort of li... More >>

• Reader: For whom the Taco Bell Toils

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Taco Bell has introduced two new sauces, which Jenn Wohletz reviewed here yesterday. But the chain's most fiery condiment is very, very bland compared to the comments her post inspired, including this... More >>

• Qwest, CenturyLink merger on the line for Colorado Public Utilities Commission

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Colorado's Public Utilities Commission is slated to sign off on Qwest's merger with CenturyLink today, a day after Montana became the fourteenth state to okay the deal, pushing memories of Mountain Be... More >>

• Que Bueno is grounded for a remodel and expansion at DIA

  published Dec 14, 2010

  For many travelers at Denver International Airport, a meal at the colorful Que Bueno -- with cold beers and fiery hot sauces -- has been more than enough consolation prize for a delayed flight. But t... More >>

• Reader: Read Cafe Society, have fun, get laid

  published Dec 14, 2010

  Every week, Lori Midson sits down with a local chef to cook up the always enlightening Chef and Tell. The tables were recently turned by 303 magazine, which interviewed numerous people in the local di... More >>

• Chicken lovers cry fowl over city's rules banning against backyard birds

  published Dec 14, 2010

  The chickens are coming home to roost. James Bertini, the founder of Denver Urban Homesteading who's been campaigning for more than a year, will meet with city officials today in his campaign to "Free... More >>

• Reader: Laura Shunk's review lacks substance...unlike this biscuit

  published Dec 13, 2010

  While Jason Sheehan continues to stir up controversy from a thousand miles away ("sanctimonious prick" is among the labels recently slapped on him here), Laura Shunk is getting a grilling, too, for he... More >>