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 - 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"

• 2010 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 14, 2009

  "School Daze"

• 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

• Open Media Foundation celebrates five years of Denver Open Media at a party with Total Ghost

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Here's the perfect way to end your First Friday festivities: Open Media Foundation will celebrate the fifth anniversary of Denver Open Media at its annual fundraiser. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. tonight ... More >>

• Reader: On a collision course with reality at Cherry Creek Whole Foods

  published Dec 02, 2011

  The hits just keep coming regarding "The sh*t-show that's the parking lot at Whole Foods." Although this Cherry Creek nightmare inspired our Comment of the Day yesterday, we couldn't resist sharing... More >>

• Metro State College's identity crisis continues, no new name yet

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Metro State students are getting an unexpected lesson in just how hard it is to rebrand a beloved institution. Yesterday, the school's board voted to postpone by at least a month a final decision on a... More >>

• End of a ban on slaughterhouse inspections could have gourmands horsing around

  published Dec 01, 2011

  Former Westword critic Jason Sheehan was interested in trying horsemeat, "considered a staple in France, a delicacy in Japan and a treat among Italian, Dutch and Belgians." But he couldn't find a sour... More >>

• Reader: 99 percent of the 1 percent shop at Whole Foods...and don't know how to park

  published Dec 01, 2011

  Does the prospect of shopping at the Whole Foods in Cherry Creek frighten your In "The sh*t-show that's the parking lot at Whole Foods,"Lori Midson labels the expanse of pavement outside the store "th... More >>

• Top five pitches for John Hickenlooper and Michael Hancock to use on California businesses

  published Dec 01, 2011

  In a repeat of a trip he made with then-governor Bill Owens back in 2003, Governor John Hickenlooper is now winging his way to California. He and new Denver mayor Michael Hancock are officially trying... More >>

• Reader: Feast your eyes on the food in Babette's Feast

  published Dec 01, 2011

  Just in time for the holidays, Jenny An served up the "Seven tastiest feast scenes in movies," ranging from Eat Drink Man Woman to the Americanized version of that flick,Tortilla Soup, to The Nutty P... More >>

• The Gluten Gladiator will tell you how to defeat wheat

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Brian Gansmann has been in the food-marketing business for more than two decades, a career that includes a stint on the creative team that came up with the porkerific slogan "The Other White Meat." S... More >>

• Clyfford Still Museum rates a rave in the Wall Street Journal

  published Nov 30, 2011

  The Wall Street Journal has a rave review of the Clyfford Still Museum today -- its second piece on Denver's new facility in as many weeks. The first, Daniel Grant's "It's Not Easy Being Single," publ... More >>

• Occupy Trinidad has a hot idea for the cold months ahead

  published Nov 30, 2011

  With temperatures predicted to plummet to just above zero later this week, Occupy Denver is looking increasingly like Occupy Iceberg. But protesters in a small Colorado city a few hours to the south -... More >>

• Reader: Cafe Society is all about gossip...and we love it!

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Will Wild Catch reopen this week, as remaining owner Daniel Kuhlman has promisedr Does Lou's Food Bar need a kick in the pantsr And what qualifies as a chain restaurant in Boulder, anywayr SALTr Any o... More >>

• Reader: A bitch is a bitch even in Mormon country

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Comedian Lori Callahan is not getting rave reviews for her video mocking the current "I'm a Mormon" campaign, the appropriately titled "I'm NOT a Mormon." "To me, it feels like a cult," Callahan says... More >>

• Forward Into the Past

  published November 24, 2011

  Colorado Inside Out, the public-affairs roundtable that Colorado Public Television (then KBDI) launched twenty years ago, takes a... More >>

• Dagstani & Sons Pear Vanilla Preserves is a Good Foods finalist...and available today

  published Nov 29, 2011

  The Good Food Awards has announced the finalists in its second annual national celebration of products that are "tasty, authentic, responsible." And the list includes not just several local brewers an... More >>

• Colorado Innovation Network: Would-be workers cooling their heels in "coolest city"

  published Nov 29, 2011

  Governor John Hickenlooper announced yesterday that he'd created the Colorado Innovation Network, "a roadmap for making Colorado the best state for innovation," he explains, "and where every road must... More >>

• Reader: Mile High fumbles its beer choices...where are the craft brewsr

  published Nov 29, 2011

  For obvious reasons, the Denver Broncos are unexpectedly fun to watch this year -- but unfortunately, the beers available at Sports Authority Field are decidedly less so to drink. We may live in the N... More >>

• Reader: Kathy Griffin isn't worthy of a Muppets cameo

  published Nov 29, 2011

  The Muppet Movie is doing boffo box office; the puppets alone are enough to draw the crowds. But during their lengthy career, the Muppets have also cozied up to many celebrities -- including the quint... More >>

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

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Cafe Society served up four Guess where contests last week, ranging from a dogcentric beer at Denver Beer Co. to a plate of gruisidos at Los Dos Potrillos to this rabbit cassoulet. For correctly ide... More >>

• Reader: Jezebel's deal could cool down hot Highland restaurant scene

  published Nov 28, 2011

  The news that Wanda James and Scott Durrah, the owners of the just-shuttered 8 Rivers, will be opening Jezebel's, a new Southern restaurant, in the former home of the Squeaky Bean at 3301 Tejon Street... More >>

• Ladies' night foe Steve Horner takes on Las Vegas... and lives to tell about it

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Local bar owners breathed a sigh of relief when Steve Horner left town taking the discrimination charges he'd filed against them for offering ladies' night deals with him. Denver's gain is Las Vegas's... More >>

• Reader: Shop 'til you're dropped...unless you buy local

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Shop 'til you're dropped! The all-consuming holiday chaos at malls -- including one in nearby Falcon -- captured in "Black Friday 2001: A soul-crushing compilation of humanity at its worst," prompted ... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Nothing says the holidays are here more than a Mexican breakfast, Christmas-style -- smothered in both red and green -- served up alongside some excellent early decorations. Can you guess where I'm e... More >>

• Colorado Uncovered offers a new look at this state's scenic beauty

  published Nov 25, 2011

  The photographs in Colorado Uncovered -- a new book by photographer Darrell Pierson and his wife, Sherry Whitney, which places naked models before both manmade and natural landmarks in this state -- c... More >>

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  Jezebel's will take over former Squeaky Bean space

  published Nov 25, 2011

  When the Squeaky Bean abruptly left its spot at 3301 Tejon Street in June, it left a hole in fans' hearts -- and also in the hot, hot restaurant neighborhood of Highland. But now the corner space next... More >>

• Newt Gingrich's plan for letting some illegal aliens become citizens got its start in Colorado

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Newt Gingrich is taking heat for the comment he made during this week's Republican debate on a possible path to citizenship for some illegal aliens. And that path starts at a foundation based at a hor... More >>