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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2011 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• John Hickenlooper: The beer-flavored lesson for Colorado from Phantom Canyon Brewing Co.

  published Jan 14, 2011

  Beer was flowing (figuratively, at least) when John Hickenlooper offered his first address to the Colorado Legislature yesterday and told the story of a brewpub. Not the Denver-centric story of the Wy... More >>

• Reader: If gin is good enough for the Queen Mum...

  published Jan 13, 2011

  Is gin really "the original flavored vodka"r That's what Sean Kenyon suggested in his recent Ask the Bartender devoted to gin, and more than one reader took exception to the description. But it didn'... More >>

• Denver mayor's race: And they're off!

  published Jan 13, 2011

  Now that John Hickenlooper has been sworn in as governor, and Bill Vidal is officially Denver's interim mayor, the focus will soon shift to the race for the next mayor. A dozen candidates have already... More >>

• Stock Show weather; fry, fry again

  published Jan 12, 2011

  How cold was it yesterdayr So cold that this concession stand at the National Western Stock Show -- which specializes in funnel cakes, corn dogs and fried Twinkies -- turned off the fryer, with a sign... More >>

• Reader: A restaurant should try hard even during a soft opening

  published Jan 12, 2011

  Yesterday, Drink of the Week columnist Nancy Levine told of a disappointing stop at a restaurant that had opened eleven days earlier -- opened enough to be on OpenTable, where she'd made a reservation... More >>

• John Hickenlooper: Coining a new governor at the State Capitol, and keeping the change

  published Jan 12, 2011

  The most moving sight in a day filled with eye-popping activities surrounding the inauguration of John Hickenlooper: the lineup of former governors -- Dick Lamm, Roy Romer, Bill Owens, Bill Ritter (an... More >>

• Denver mayoral races are not easy to predict

  published January 13, 2011

  John Hickenlooper had not yet... More >>

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  Worth a thousand words: John Hickenlooper and the Wynkoop's founders

  published January 13, 2011

  The four friends stand on the sidewalk in their dirty sneakers, jeans and T-shirts, beneath a sign advertising their ambitious new project: the... More >>

• John Hickenlooper off to a fast start with three executive orders

  published Jan 11, 2011

  The inauguration ceremony was cold, but Governor John Hickenlooper is off to a blazing start. Hickenlooper issued three executive orders in the first few minutes of officially holding office, taking ... More >>

• Reader: It's hard to be Jason Sheehan

  published Jan 11, 2011

  Jason Sheehan has been gone from Westword for a year, but he is far from forgotten, as evidenced by yesterday's missive from Still Reading in response to the Julia & Julia characterization of Laura Sh... More >>

• John Hickenlooper administration to kick off with cannon fire marking start of mayor's race

  published Jan 11, 2011

  Eight years ago, John Hickenlooper was barely a blip in early polling for the 2003 mayoral election. Four years ago, he won re-election in a walk. This morning, he'll resign the office of Denver may... More >>

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

  published Jan 10, 2011

  Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, with items ranging from hot-and-sour soup at P. F. Chang's (hey, it's no crime to eat at a chain) to a still unidentified pork sandwich to ... More >>

• Reader: Laura Shunk is a 2011 Julie & Julia

  published Jan 10, 2011

  Laura Shunk's discovery of authentic ramen at Sachi Sushi in Niwot didn't thrill everyone. Tired of Drivel posted this: My new year's resolution is to give up reading the Westword every week in hopes... More >>

• John Hickenlooper for presidentr First, he has to get to the State Capitol

  published Jan 10, 2011

  John Hickenlooper has not yet been inaugurated as Colorado's next governor, and the city of which he is still mayor -- for another 26 hours or so -- is buried in the sort of snowstorm that shows how m... More >>

• Roslyn Grill is closed...for remodelingr

  published Jan 07, 2011

  Roslyn Grill, the colorful dive at 504 East Colfax Avenue, wasn't open to see the new year start; by then a sign had been posted on the door, claiming that the bar is closed for remodeling. There wa... More >>

• Man shows his meat to Burger King staffer

  published Jan 07, 2011

  Michael Roberts has the scoop on Richard Troupe, the Longmont man charged with dropping trou at a Longmont Burger King and asking a staffer to hold his "whopper." But Longmont Police spokesman Jeff S... More >>

• John Hickenlooper making appointments fast -- but only half as many as when he was mayor

  published Jan 07, 2011

  John Hickenlooper is moving fast to build his administration. Since December 31, he's announced more than a dozen appointments, including three yesterday alone: Barbara Kelley will remain as director ... More >>

• Reader: Hope this smart chef stays in Denver!

  published Jan 07, 2011

  Jorel Pierce, the saucy chef at Euclid Hall, told all -- almost all -- to Lori Midson for his recent Chef and Tell interview, and readers appreciated his candid comments (if not the sausages around h... More >>

• Fat Bros hopes to be "the fun spot in RiNo"

  published Jan 06, 2011

  Derek Macias, a tractor/trailer driver for UPS, was heading to work one day when he saw a for-sale sign on the building at 3763 Wynkoop Street that once held Hospoda, a strange little Czech restaurant... More >>

• Reader: Keep your kids out of the kitchen!

  published Jan 06, 2011

  In his most recent In the Weeds, Kyle Garratt listed the "Five Things Kids Should Not Do in Restaurants" -- a topic that you'd think would be far more controversial than hot tea or lousy tippers. Fo... More >>

• John Hickenlooper hits first obstacle to becoming governor

  published Jan 06, 2011

  Next Tuesday morning, John Hickenlooper will resign his post as Denver mayor, a job he's held almost eight years, but is giving up to become Colorado governor, and walk out of the City and County Buil... More >>

• Reader: Have a little charity when commenting on charitable deeds

  published Jan 05, 2011

  Not surprisingly, Xarchy's lament about the lack of good ethnic eating in this town inspired many suggestions -- and a few excellent insults (read them all here). Still, for efficient put-downs, it'... More >>

• Michael Hancock has a lucky address in his run for Denver mayor

  published Jan 05, 2011

  And they're off! John Hickenlooper won't resign the office of Denver mayor until 8:30 a.m. next Tuesday (ninety minutes before he's sworn in as governor), but the ever-increasing group of candidates w... More >>

• Seen and Herd

  published January 6, 2011

  In our hearts, Denver will always be a cowtown: not as a spot where boots are frequently stepping into bullshit, but as a frontier of eternal,... More >>

• That Can-Do Spirit

  published January 6, 2011

  “We’re officially in crunch time,” says Ben Davis, spokesman for the inaugural committee planning Colorado Can Do, the... More >>