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

• Stock Show corrals a herd of food trucks, including Biker Jim's

  published Jan 04, 2012

  The National Western Stock Show is rolling into town, which means there will be almost as much beef on the hoof as on the plate in this cowtown, although steakhouses definitely anticipate fattening up... More >>

• Reader: From the Dinner Bell to the Den restaurants, Pearl Street keeps evolving

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Several New Year's Eve restaurant closings surprised the city -- including that of Se7en and M&D's Cafe -- but the three-way closings on South Pearl Street were a real triple whammy. As anticipated, t... More >>

• Vail Resorts Epic Pass holders get snowed by Montana rustlers

  published Jan 04, 2012

  While Colorado skiers keep watching the skies and the weather reports, hoping to see some of the white stuff, other states aren't sitting idly by on their snowboards. Montana's Big Sky, for example is... More >>

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  Shirt happens...and Viviane Le Courtois wants yours

  published Jan 03, 2012

  Vivianne Le Courtois, a Westword MasterMind, uses unusual items to make art: artichokes, gym shoes, junk mail, junk food, potato peels...and now, with any luck, your old T-shirts. For an installation... More >>

• Reader: John Hickenlooper invited to hang with Barack Obama because he's a sell-out, too

  published Jan 03, 2012

  John Hickenlooper still isn't sure why he was the only elected official invited to sit in the President's Box with Barack Obama and this year's Kennedy Center Honors recipients: Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollin... More >>

• Reader: Bitter over Bittersweet's exclusion from best new restaurants list

  published Jan 03, 2012

  Close to 300 new restaurants opened in the metro area in 2011 -- by our count, at least, which you can see when our Restaurant roll call for 2011 is posted here later today. When Laura Shunk narrowed... More >>

• Union Station parking disappears: Lots of luck parking your car in LoDo in 2012!

  published Jan 03, 2012

  Still need to make a resolution for 2012r How about this: Don't try to park in LoDo. Now that RTD has chosen the Union Station Alliance to revamp the facility, the project to turn the area around the... More >>

• Happy new year! And it's happier still because 2012 won't see the end of the world!

  published Jan 02, 2012

  Latest Word scribes -- and the Westword office -- are taking today off, celebrating the fact that the world is not going to end in 2012, since local heroes at PeaceJam have revealed that people are m... More >>