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

• Tom Tancredo & "Ask a Mexican" columnist Gustavo Arellano keep talking in debate videos

  published Nov 19, 2010

  Update: The immigration debate continues, two days after the November 16 face-off that pitted Tom Tancrtedo against "Ask a Mexican" columnist Gustavo Arellano. "Gustavo seems to speak out of both side... More >>

• John Hickenlooper: Denver mayor turned governor-elect no longer name-checked at DIA

  published Nov 18, 2010

  You know you're back in Denver when you hear that bossy voice admonish you for "delaying the departure of this train" at DIA. It belongs to 9News' Adele Arakawa, who replaced original admonisher Reyne... More >>

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  Joe's Buffet, home of the Mexican hamburger, lives on in legend

  published Nov 17, 2010

  The space at 753 Santa Fe Drive -- most recently occupied by Club 753 -- is once again dark. But the address deserves some time in the spotlight for one very good reason: It was here that the Mexican... More >>

• Ask the Mexican: Did Denver invent the Mexican hamburgerr

  published Nov 16, 2010

  Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican and a former food critic in Orange County, California, is in town this week for a visiting professorship at Metro and his debate tonight with Tom Tancredo. B... More >>

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

  published Nov 15, 2010

  Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, including everything from fried pickles at Madison Street to bone marrow at Euclid Hall to the box of baked goods above. For correctly iden... More >>

• Art Meets Beast, round one: Buffalo Bill and the cave paintings

  published Nov 10, 2010

  "What we eat is an expression of who we are," said Adam Lerner, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, by way of introducing the first session in the three-day Art Meets Beast project. "Fo... More >>

• Mercury Cafe among the winners of the Mayor's Design Awards

  published Nov 10, 2010

  At 6 p.m. tonight at the Mercury Cafe, still-Mayor John Hickenlooper will hand out Denver's 2010 Mayor's Design Awards, honoring eleven neighborhood projects that combine form and function in remarkab... More >>

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  Today: Art Meets Beast stampedes into MCA Denver

  published Nov 09, 2010

  When Adam Lerner moved to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, he brought with him the fabulous Mixed Taste program he'd started at Belmar, which pairs lectures on two very different topics in a del... More >>

• Tom Tancredo votes mean Amer. Constitution Party is preparing for major party status

  published Nov 09, 2010

  By inching over 10 percent of the vote last Tuesday, Dan Maes saved the Colorado Republican Party from the humiliation of falling to minor-party status. But while Tom Tancredo didn't win the race, his... More >>

• Lakeview Lounge hosts unofficial sunrise service

  published Nov 08, 2010

  Lakeview Lounge, a classic dive at 2375 Sheridan Boulevard in Edgewater, is a great place to drink any time of the day or night, as Drew Bixby reported in this recent Drunk of the Week. But the best t... More >>

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

  published Nov 08, 2010

  Cafe Society served up four Guess Where contests last week (as well as a Guess Which Food Celebrity Drives These Hot Wheels query after Guy Fieri's car was sighted in town), covering everything from n... More >>

• John Hickenlooper does the math, stays at City Hall until January

  published Nov 08, 2010

  Even as John Hickenlooper was heading to the Capitol the day after the election to discuss his plans for the state, city employees were reading this e-mail from the governor-elect: "Many of you have a... More >>

• Open Tap turns off the tap

  published Nov 05, 2010

  Open Tap Bar & Grill has turned off the tap. The space at 1446 South Broadway that once held Cafe Cero has gone dark, again; several restaurant groups are eying the spot, which has a great outdoor pat... More >>

• Tom Tancredo's run for Colorado governor proves that shirt happens

  published Nov 05, 2010

  Tom Tancredo didn't win Colorado's wacky gubernatorial race, but at least he went out in style: Not only did he concede graciously -- and far more quickly than Dan Maes -- on election night, but he di... More >>

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  Den Deli will turn into Ototo Food & Wine Bar

  published Nov 04, 2010

  Look for Den Deli, the sibling of Sushi Den and Izakaya Den that opened last fall at 1501 South Pearl Street, then closed last month for a remodel, to unveil its new look within the next few weeks. ... More >>

• John Hickenlooper plays politician in Casino Jack, cousin George Hickenlooper's swan song

  published Nov 04, 2010

  "I can't keep saying I'm not a politician," governor-elect and definite politician John Hickenlooper said yesterday as he stood the State Capitol, outlining his transition-team plans. From where he st... More >>

• Claim Jumper hits a dry hole, sold to Landry's

  published Nov 03, 2010

  No sooner had we published our restaurant roll call for October, a roster of the places that had opened and closed that month, than updates started rolling in. For example, Colorado lost its only Cla... More >>

• The McRib is back, and Denver's got it

  published Nov 03, 2010

  The McRib is back, available at the 200 McDonald's restaurants across the state until November 22. The elusive sandwich, billed as "a boneless pork patty dressed with fresh-slivered onions, dill pickl... More >>

• Dan Maes tops 10 percent, which means he's not the Biggest Loser in CO elections... but close

  published Nov 03, 2010

  Tom Tancredo was about to concede the gubernatorial race, but many more Colorado contests were up in the air when I walked into the ballroom of the downtown Marriott, site of the Colorado Democratic P... More >>

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  Today: El Diablo celebrates Day of the Dead

  published Nov 02, 2010

  El Diablo is already full of incredible art, but the cantina at 101 Broadway got all decked out for Halloween, with giant spider webs reminiscent of what Jesse Morreale found when he took over the ol... More >>

• Wellshire Inn is down for the count -- and a recount by the city auditor

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Diners who've lived in Denver for more than a decade all have tales of some meal they had at the Wellshire Inn, the elegant restaurant that Leo Goto ran out an old Tudor-style building on the park/gol... More >>

• Ken Salazar: Democrats holding Senate might've been easier if he hadn't taken Obama's job offer

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Tired of the endless Ken Buck/Michael Bennet attack ads that have made it unsafe to turn on your television for the past monthr Blame Barack Obama, who pulled Ken Salazar from his spot in the U.S. Sen... More >>

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  Restaurant roll call for October

  published Nov 01, 2010

  There were major developments on the local dining scene last month, including the openings of ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro and EDGE, the reopening of Frasca Food & Wine -- and the closing of Zona's Tama... More >>

• Guess where you're eatingr At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're NoBo Bear

  published Nov 01, 2010

  Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, featuring everything from a still-unidentified squash salad to a cup of hot chocolate at the Corner Bar at the Boulderado to a bowl of mac ... More >>

• Election day warning: Quit looking in the mailbox -- because your ballot's not coming

  published Nov 01, 2010

  Think this campaign season has been messyr The all-mail August primary created an unprecedented amount of confusion with voters who assumed a November 2 ballot would arrive in their mailbox. Get a clu... More >>