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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2012 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Reader: My Little Pony has already had a makeover

  published Dec 21, 2012

  Since Hasbro's Easy-Bake Oven is finally getting a makeover so that little boy cooks won't have to use pink and purple models, Jenn Wohletz thinks it's past time to update other girl-centric toys to ... More >>

• Reader: Isn't marijuana less addictive than the caffeine kids are drinkingr

  published Dec 21, 2012

  On December 10, the same day he signed Amendment 64 into law, Governor John Hickenlooper assembled a 24-member task force charged with developing policy recommendations. One of its membersr "Addiction... More >>

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  Mayan myths: PeaceJam on the ten worst doomsday predictions, and one surprise

  published Dec 21, 2012

  No one could have predicted that all the wacky doomsday predictions tied to the Mayan calendar and December 21, 2012 would mark a new beginning for PeaceJam, the homegrown effort that links Nobel Peac... More >>

• Reader: GABF should get rid of Ticketmaster instead of BudMillerCoors

  published Dec 21, 2012

  Is that beer craft or "crafty"r Last week the Boulder-based Brewers Association -- which puts on the Great American Beer Festival -- blasted the nation's two largest beer makers for not labeling some ... More >>

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  Will reporters have to stay pot-free in Colorador Not at Westword

  published Dec 21, 2012

  The query came from Jim Romensko, who covers media across the country: "Hi Patti, I'm checking to see how Colorado news outlets are responding to the relaxed marijuana law. Have you screened new hires... More >>

• Reader: If you need a military assault weapon, you really need a penile implant

  published Dec 20, 2012

  Representative Ed Perlmutter wants to introduce gun-control legislation on the first day of the new Congress, and is calling for a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban. Representative Diana DeGett... More >>

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  Tom Tancredo offers his own Colorado Compact on Immigration Fairness

  published Dec 20, 2012

  "Does the GOP have a death wishr" That's what former congressman, former gubernatorial candidate and longtime rabble-rouser Tom Tancredo asks, in the wake of a number of Republicans signing off last ... More >>

• Reader: Restaurants should have the kinks worked out when they open

  published Dec 20, 2012

  Josh and Jen Wolkon and their talented crew put plenty of time and planning into Ace, the ping pong hall/bar/restaurant in a renovated 9,000 square foot garage next to Steuben's, their second restaura... More >>

• Reader: Keith Garcia should stick to picking films, not lottery numbers

  published Dec 20, 2012

  For our New Year's Guide, we asked thirteen cultural tastemakers three specific questions -- but since they're all very involved in the local arts scenes, their answers were very different, and very w... More >>

• Reader: We know more about the Newtown shootings than we do about Aurora

  published Dec 19, 2012

  Conspiracy theories are flying about the shootings at Newtown, and the e-mail that Alan Prendergast received over the weekend pretty much summed it up. Under a subject line that read "Someday we Might... More >>

• Lowenstein complex on Colfax -- let there be light!

  published Dec 19, 2012

  The lights went on outside the Lowenstein yesterday -- ten hours after we published a post about frustrated business owners who'd had been kept in the dark about the status of the "enhanced transit co... More >>

• Reader: Jake Adam York would hate "kindness" to be his legacy

  published Dec 19, 2012

  Jake Adam York passed away Sunday, dead at forty after suffering a stroke. It's a sad loss for Denver, where he taught at the University of Colorado, and a sad loss for this country's cultural scene. ... More >>

• Reader: The McRib contains the same ingredient used in yoga mats

  published Dec 19, 2012

  The McRib has been resurrected for the holiday season, and Jenn Wohletz celebrated its reappearance yesterday in her Merry McRibness ode. But not everyone is celebrating its return (or another fast-f... More >>

• Vesper Lounge hosts Operation Sandy Rescue tonight

  published Dec 18, 2012

  Denver has been very, very good to some New Jersey transplants -- and now they want to give back to the state where they got their start. From 5 to 11 p.m. tonight, they'll gather at Vesper Lounge, w... More >>

• PeaceJam's founders hope to dispel myths about the Mayans

  published December 20, 2012

  If the world doesn't end on December 21, maybe something else will disappear: all the rumors and speculation regarding the Mayan... More >>

• PeaceJam leaders are predicting a busy 2013

  published December 20, 2012

  If the world doesn't come to an end on December 21, it could be the start of very big things for PeaceJam. "We're an overnight... More >>

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  Colfax businesses in the dark over Greektown's blue-light special

  published Dec 18, 2012

  Businesses along a stretch of East Colfax Avenue have been in the dark about why, well, they were still in the dark last week - months after a new lighting project had started on the street, as part o... More >>

• Reader: It's not pot paranoia if the feds are really out to get you

  published Dec 18, 2012

  During the public hearing portion of yesterday's Amendment 64 task force meeting, one member of the audience asked if the group would address the issue of DUI charges related to pot, a topic that Fox3... More >>

• Reader: Forget Jax -- what's the World of Beerr

  published Dec 18, 2012

  Jax is about to add a fourth location, in the new City Set development in Glendale, behind the Hilton Garden Inn at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Cherry Creek Drive -- an area definitely shy of... More >>

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  How Tuaca became "a Colorado thing"

  published Dec 17, 2012

  Colorado is one of the country's top two markets for Tuaca, a liqueur as ubiquitous as snow (and sometimes more so) in the high country. But how did that happenr Blame it on two Summit County bartende... More >>

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  Amendment 64 task force first meeting today: Welcome to the mild, wild West

  published Dec 17, 2012

  A week after John Hickenlooper signed Amendment 64 into law, and four days after President Barack Obama said that the feds have bigger fish to fry than prosecuting recreational users of pot in states ... More >>

• Reader: Bacon has finally jumped the shark

  published Dec 17, 2012

  Can there ever be too much baconr Diners were in hog heaven at last weekend's Bacon and Beer Festival, featuring craft beers from some of the state best breweries as well as bacon in every form imagin... More >>

• Reader: Louie C.K. on what makes a woman

  published Dec 17, 2012

  The Louie C.K. show at the Paramount Saturday night sold out fast. But even if you couldn't snag a ticket, it's easy to catch up with the comedy of Louie C.K. The web is full of examples of how his st... More >>

• Rocky Flats land swap waiting on judge's decision -- a year after the deal announced

  published Dec 14, 2012

  Pardon our dust! Exactly a year ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a complicated land swap at the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge -- the former nuclear weapons plant, minus several... More >>

• Reader: Burnsley bar was built for marital infidelity

  published Dec 14, 2012

  If these stools could talk! The Burnsley Hotel closed yesterday, and with that closure Denver lost an elegant hotel dining room and a tucked-away bar that was many things for many people... Including... More >>