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

• Reader: From Dollar Tree to Whole Foodsr The thigh's the limit

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Let us give thanks not just for the bargains at Dollar Tree -- as Jenn Wohletz did in "Get your Thanksgiving dinner from the Dollar Tree" -- but also the samples at Whole Foods, as described in "Whole... More >>

• Reader: How can Occupy Boulder obey the rules if Boulder can't get the rules straightr

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Occupy protesters kept occupied over Thanksgiving week. While Occupy Wall Street crews prepared to descend on Black Friday shoppers, Thunderdome supporters greeted Governor John Hickenlooper and Mayor... More >>

• Reader: Give roller derby a sporting chance

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Roller derby isn't just a very entertaining spectacle, it's a real athletic endeavor -- as anyone who saw the national WFTDA championships earlier this month at the 1stBank Center could tell you. Or ... More >>

• Arrow Electronics CEO says Colorado is cool because it's where "could be" meets "can be"

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Denver is the coolest city in the country, according to William Frey of the Brookings Institute, who parsed three years of stats -- from 2008 through 2010 -- to determine that more young adults are mo... More >>

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  Naked in Colorado: New book shows models as works of art in the Centennial State

  published November 24, 2011

  Scene and herd: "Most women would rather be photographed as works of art than pinups," says Sherry Whitney, explaining the... More >>

• Reader: Joe Miklosi won a Best of Denver, but is he the best candidate to take on Mike Coffmanr

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Joe Miklosi came out early as a Democratic willing to take on incumbent Mike Coffman in the sixth congressional district -- whatever that might look like when redistricting is done. But party insiders... More >>

• Gallery of the Future could move Union Station into a brave new world

  published Nov 23, 2011

  The two groups vying to win the contract to redevelop Union Station are both missing the boat, says one reader. Instead of building off the concepts of the past, they need to look to the future, to th... More >>

• Reader: Voodoo Doughnuts is X-rated, and X-cellent

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Fans of Voodoo Doughnuts would be very thankful if the Portland, Oregon-based chain opened an outlet here -- and recent rumors suggest one could be coming our way. Not fast enough to satisfy Brains76... More >>

• Union Station: All aboard for saving the model train sets in the basement!

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Like the Little Engine that Could, the come-from-behind proposal by the Union Station Alliance to redevelop Union Station just keeps chugging along. And at yesterday's executive session of the RTD boa... More >>

• Reader: Shop local, buy local, read local

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Susan Froyd rounded up some of the season's best homegrown shopping opportunities in her "Buy Local Week" post, prompting this from Marie (yes, one of the local artists whose creations Froyd singles o... More >>

• Buy Local Week kicks off on Tennyson Street

  published Nov 22, 2011

  It's been a long fall for the businesses along Tennyson Street, already bumping along in a bad economy -- and then suffering through a major construction project that had the road in front of their ad... More >>

• What's on your bucket list, before it's too late?

  published November 24, 2011

  Denver has narrowly escaped destruction numerous times. When the railroads crossing the country in the 1860s threatened to skip the infant city... More >>

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  Fifteen reasons why young people are moving to Colorado

  published November 24, 2011

  From this state's start, manufactured messages designed to draw people here have not worked out particularly well. The "Pikes Peak or Bust"... More >>

• Reader: Wild Catch owner's prediction of reopening sounds like a fish story

  published Nov 22, 2011

  It's been a wild ride for Wild Catch, the new fishhouse that saw its chef/partner and most of its staff (above) walk out this weekend, leaving the place high and dry. Justin Brunson, an owner of Maste... More >>

• Molly Midyette denied a new trial after judge rules she wasn't a battered woman (VIDEO)

  published Nov 22, 2011

  Molly Midyette seemed to have everything: a law degree, a husband who was part of a very prominent Boulder family, a new baby. But one day in 2006, when husband Alex was watching him, baby Jason fell ... More >>

• Reader: Don't hate credit-card hippies for their dreadlock love

  published Nov 22, 2011

  Some art is timeless. And so it goes with "White People With Dreads: A field guide," which Jef Otte created over a year ago, but keeps attracting comments from dreadlock enthusiasts. Creditcard hipp... More >>

• Stick it! And give thanks for the Denver County Fair cookbook

  published Nov 21, 2011

  At a release party this weekend for the Denver County Fair's cookbook, Andrew Novick, the fair's new entertainment director (who hosted the X-Treme Pancake Breakfast at the inaugural fair last summer)... More >>

• Guess where you're eatingr At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Jill5009

  published Nov 21, 2011

  Cafe Society served up five Guess where contests last week, ranging from the bread at Coohills, which just opened at the start of the month, to a sandwich at the Porch, to craft-brewed beer and a cone... More >>

• Readers: Best burgers list is incomplete without Cherry Cricket, Citygrille

  published Nov 21, 2011

  In honor of Steak 'n Shake finally opening an outpost in metro Denver, Laura Shunk revisited her list of Denver's best hamburgers, and added a few more to come up with "Denver's ten best burgers." An... More >>

• Carol Harvey dismissal: Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs looking for her replacement

  published Nov 21, 2011

  The e-mails were flying before last Wednesday's Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs meeting, which had one agenda item: the dismissal of executive secretary Carol Harvey, who'd been on the job since... More >>

• Reader: Newlon Elementary is green, and growing

  published Nov 21, 2011

  Jef Otte wrote "O, Barnum! An ode to Denver's least desirable neighborhood" as a celebration of his own neighborhood -- one that counts several other Westword writers as residents. Some of their neig... More >>

• Give PeaceJam a Chance

  published November 10, 2011

  PeaceJam, the homegrown nonprofit that brings kids around the world together with Nobel Peace Prize winners, is turning fifteen -- but it isn't... More >>

• Michael Hancock takes a ride down Ambassador Street... and just misses Occupy Denver

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Yesterday was not a good time to tour downtown. As city officials jumped in pedicabs to check out the newly refurbished 14th Street, which runs along the edge of downtown starting at Market Street, qu... More >>

• Reader: Dollar Tree Thanksgiving a real turkey!

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Some readers were not giving thanks for Jenn Wohletz's "Get your Thanksgiving dinner from the Dollar Tree," a seasonal guide to her favorite store. Sniffs dishpr: This comes off as snobby, elitist an... More >>

• Reader: Doesn't take a white person to see that Barnum streets are neglected

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Uh-ode! Some readers didn't appreciate Jef Otte's "O, Barnum! And ode to Denver's least desirable neighborhood," which was intended as a love letter, but Don saw as hate mail: Hey Pendejo, It's obv... More >>