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

• Williams & Graham offers free shift dinners for industry workers

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Williams & Graham just opened to the public on Tuesday night -- but word of the stylish speakeasy's free shift meals for industry types got out fast. By the time the group meal was served, fifteen app... More >>

• Reader: Who goes to Marlowe's for Denver Restaurant Weekr

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Eric Uffelmann, the executive chef at Marlowe's, is no fan of Denver Restaurant Week. As he tells Lori Midson in this week's Chef and Tell, what he'd like to see less of in Denver is Denver Restaurant... More >>

• Colorado Springs lives it up with new logo and slogan

  published Nov 17, 2011

  When you think of Colorado Springs, what do you think ofr Pikes Peakr The Garden of the Godsr The Broadmoorr The Air Force Academyr Ted Haggardr Yesterday, while Visit Denver's annual meeting was lear... More >>

• Reader: Patti Cramer lives on through her work

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Patti Cramer passed away just over a year ago, shortly after she left the town where she'd lived forty years, collecting hundreds of fans in the process. But her art lives on. And at Westword, where ... More >>

• Thanksgiving on a stick! The Denver County Fair throws a party for its cookbook

  published Nov 16, 2011

  The folks who put on the Denver County Fair last July didn't have a lot of control over the food sold at the event: The concessionaires came with the National Western Stock Show venue. But they're mak... More >>

• Carol Harvey's ouster from state Commission of Indian Affairs unanimously validated

  published Nov 16, 2011

  Update: The Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs conference-call meeting this morning was crowded, despite the fact that there was only one item on the agenda. But since that item was the dismissal o... More >>

• Reader: Photos of Ambria's dishes look good enough to eat!

  published Nov 16, 2011

  The space at the Tabor Center that's now home to Ambria, chef/owner Jeremy Kittelson's restaurant that opens today, was a Ling & Louie's just two weeks ago...but it's undergone an amazing transformati... More >>

• Reader: Quit horsing around with wild mustangs

  published Nov 16, 2011

  The Bureau of Land Management's attempts to remove thousands of wild horses from public lands has generated outrage across the country, as well as Wild Horses & Renegades, a new film by Santa Fe-based... More >>

• New York Times pours on the love for Colorado distilleries

  published Nov 15, 2011

  Colorado's distilleries will get their due in the New York Times travel magazine on Sunday. And the piece, in "Blithe Spirits," has already been posted on the web. The article celebrates this state'... More >>

• Golden Corral in Aurora skips Military Appreciation Monday for remodeling

  published Nov 15, 2011

  Monday, November 14, was 2011 Military Appreciation Monday at hundreds of Golden Corral restaurants across the country, where free "thank you" dinners were served from 5 to 9 p.m to anyone who has eve... More >>

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  Race to pick your favorite pooch in One Book One Denver photo contest

  published Nov 15, 2011

  Which dog in this town has the most "person"alityr For the One Book One Denver "Dogs Are People Too" photo contest, pet-owners got to submit pictures of their dogs that best captured the feel of this ... More >>

• Carol Harvey out as Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs' executive secretary

  published Nov 15, 2011

  If Thanksgiving is approaching, it must be time for another controversy at the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, which is overseen by the state's lieutenant governor. Back in 1988, then-lite guv ... More >>

• Reader: Dropping the flag on the Joe Paterno shot

  published Nov 15, 2011

  People in sports bars across town were glued to TV sets last week, watching the latest development in the Penn State scandal. The news of the coverup -- and the longtime coach's subsequent firing -- i... More >>

• Reader: Colorado's on a roll with roller derby

  published Nov 15, 2011

  The 1st Bank Center played host to twelve of the best roller derby teams from around the country this past weekend. And although our hometown teams did not triumph in the Women's Flat Track Derby Ass... More >>

• Tree Haus Bistro takes root on 17th Avenue

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Tree Haus Bistro opened today at the corner of Lafayette and East 17th Avenue, in the restored Victorian that previously held Grindhaus. For now, the place will be limited to lunch service six days a ... More >>

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

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Cafe Society served up five Guess where contests last week, some of them stumpers, including a still-unidentified plate of pasta smothered in fra diavolo. There was also a loaded pizza at MyPie, a pit... More >>

• Fashion Forum at Crossroads tonight

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Another clothes call! Arts & Venues Denver will host a fashion forum tonight for local fashion/accessory and jewelry designers, which it describes this way: "This is a forum to LISTEN & HEAR from YO... More >>

• Readers: The naked truth on Padma, Nigella, Nadia -- anyone but Mario Batali!

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Inspired by the nakey pictures of Anthony Bourdain that have surfaced on the web, last week we served up the "Five celebrity chefs we'd love to see naked," starting with Rachel Ray and ending with...M... More >>

• Diamond Lil's was the most historically accurate adult store in Denver

  published Nov 14, 2011

  To get a feel for the changing face of Denver, drive the twenty blocks of Larimer Street -- which is now two-way northeast of Broadway -- down to Larimer Square, and take note of all the businesses po... More >>

• Reader: $100 H&M prize for a YSL design contest could be the unkindest cut

  published Nov 14, 2011

  While H&M fans waited for the first Colorado store of the Swedish chain to open at the Denver Pavilions on November 10, some of Denver's best designers showed off their skills in a Cut 'n' Sew competi... More >>

• Boone's is now smokin' in the DU neighborhood

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Boone's opened today in the former home of Smugs (and Fagan's long before that), at 1135 East Evans Avenue. The neighborhood joint is named after Denver Boone, the University of Denver's official mas... More >>

• Jef Otte's ode to Barnum has the stupidest line ever by a professional journalist

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Residents of Barnum love their neighborhood, and several added their own reasons why to Jef Otte's "O, Barnum! An ode to Denver's least desirable neighborhood." Otte loves the activity, the weird sto... More >>

• Reader: Cool of James Rugile to comment on Patrick Horvat interview

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Readers are raving about Lori Midson's Chef and Tell interview with Patrick Horvat, the exec chef at Venue. Among those commentingr Former Venue exec chef James Rugile: Great interview Patrick, I'm... More >>

• Tailgate Roadhouse moves into former Brauns space

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Brauns closed its doors at 1055 Auraria Parkway this spring after nine years; the Pepsi Center, which owns the building, did not renew the lease. Now the space is getting ready to pour again: Aramark,... More >>

• Fortune Valley bets on a new name: Reserve Casino Hotel

  published Nov 11, 2011

  When the Colorado Gaming Commission heads to Central City for its monthly meeting next week, it will be greeted by a new casino. Or at least, a casino with a new name: Fortune Valley, which got its st... More >>