Email Author Patricia Calhoun
Awards
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2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 27, 2011
"Pen Pals"
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2011 - Golden Quill Award/International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, published September 23, 2010
"Crying Shame"
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2011 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published September 9, 2010
"Spreading Her Wings"
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2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published September 9, 2010
"Spreading Her Wings"
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2011 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published September 9, 2010
"Spreading Her Wings"
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2010 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 14, 2009
"School Daze"
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2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published August 13, 2009
"Boxed In"
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2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 14, 2009
"School Daze"
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2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published March 5, 2009
"Double Trouble"
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2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published December 11, 2008
"Join the Club"
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2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 21, 2008
"True West"
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2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published January 3, 2008
"Reminders"
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2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 31, 2007
"The Nigerian Scam Strikes Again"
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2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 3, 2007
"Exhibitionists"
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2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 15, 2007
"Ladies Plight"
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2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 12, 2005
"A Piece of the Action"
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2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2005
"Screwed for Life"
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2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 10, 2005
"A Peace of the Action"
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2006 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications
Calhoun's Columns
2013 Stories by Patricia Calhoun
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FEATURED STORY
Boone: DU mascot's biggest online backer, LetsGoDU, pulls the plug
published Jun 04, 2013
Is it bye-bye for Booner The once-official, now unofficial University of Denver mascot was all over the news at the end of May, when DU's lacrosse team made it to the semi-finals in Philadelphia and E... More >>
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Reader: A bummer to have another empty spot on Broadway
published Jun 04, 2013
The face of Broadway is changing -- fast -- and the stretch heading south from First Avenue saw plenty of changes in May. Sketch and El Diablo closed at the start of the month, ending one chapter of t... More >>
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Reader: Plenty of places in town do handmade pasta
published Jun 03, 2013
When Lori Midson dropped by a red-sauce place for a disappointing plate of spaghetti and meatballs last week, her server confided that while the pasta was billed as handmade, it wasn't -- making pasta... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Water main break in LoHi: A flood last night, high and dry today
published May 31, 2013
Denver may be landlocked, but Lower Highlands had lots of liquid assets last night. And we're not talking about all the new bars popping up in the hot LoHi area. A water main break at West 29th Aven... More >>
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Reader: Corner Houser Why review the same places Westword rants about all the timer
published May 31, 2013
When she chooses the restaurants she will review, Gretchen Kurtz balances many concerns. Is the restaurant located in a part of town she hasn't written about latelyr Does it serve a kind of cuisine sh... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Superheroes Jason Heller, Stephen Brackett, Jamie Laurie...and our comics contest winners
published May 30, 2013
Westword's comics issue is on the street, the first in what we hope will be an annual series. Noah Van Sciver, the creator of our weekly 4 Questions cartoon (and the artist shown at right), had approa... More >>
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Tavern 13 closes for good on South Broadway
published May 30, 2013
Seven months after Tavern 13 reopened in a new spot three blocks south of its original home at 1312 South Broadway, the venue has closed its doors again. And as a going away-present, the city slapped ... More >>
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BaRed: The naked truth about a bar's name change
published May 30, 2013
What's in a namer Plenty, if you're trying to plan a new bar -- and find that another bar project has claimed the same name. Cliff and Zachary Young, the father/son team opening a new watering hole at... More >>
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Reader: Makes me sad to lose an East European-centric restaurant
published May 30, 2013
Budapest BistroThe Budapest Bistro has closed after more than twenty years on South Pearl Street; the space will become a Mexican restaurant that will share ownership with nearby Gaia Bistro and Kaos.... More >>
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Reader: Paleolithic ancestors hunting confit pork ribsr I hate BS fad diets!
published May 29, 2013
Loren Cordain, a professor at Colorado State University since 1990, wrote the original version of The Paleo Diet a decade ago, but the eat-like-a-caveman regimen has taken off in recent years, given a... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Union Station: Could model-train layouts qualify for public-art commissionsr
published May 28, 2013
Last week, Union Station Alliance announced the first three restaurant tenants that will be in the rehabbed station for its summer 2012 opening -- local projects all. But while a Snooze, the Kitchen N... More >>
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Reader: Looking forward to Pizzeria Locale Lite -- but would like the real deal in Denver, too
published May 28, 2013
It's been in the works for years -- and, finally, tomorrow the crew behind Boulder's Pizzeria Locale (and, of course, Frasca Food and Wine) will open the doors on a Pizzeria Locale in Denver. But it ... More >>
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Abrusci's goes under in subterranean Cherry Creek space
published May 24, 2013
Heading to Cherry Creek for dinner tonightr Skip Abrusci's. The Italian restaurant that took over the former Campo di Fiori spot just over three years ago has closed, and there's a "for lease" sign on... More >>
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Izakaya Den will leave its original home Sunday night, then reopen in new space next week
published May 24, 2013
Izakaya Den will finally leave its original home at 1518 South Pearl Street at the end of service on Sunday, May 26, then reopen the following week in its brand-spanking new space at 1477 South Pearl,... More >>
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Reader: Love Taita's pisco sours, but lower prices would sweeten lunch
published May 24, 2013
Want to take a quick culinary trip this weekendr Try Taita, the Peruvian restaurant that Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week. In addition to the classic dishes of Peru, Taita serves up an interesting fus... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Fox31 admits it was fooled by source on gun story -- but why did she do itr
published May 23, 2013
By now, just about everyone admits that the Fox31 story of the cab driver fingering an Italian businessman with the Perazzi gun company as a terrorist was a fake, including the station, grudgingly. We... More >>
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Reader: Can't see the forest of health-code violations for the treer
published May 23, 2013
Eww. Just eww. A reader alerted us to the notice from the Denver Department of Environmental Health ordering the closure of Pho on 6th for "imminent health risks" -- which the restaurant had posted be... More >>
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Selling the Contemporary Learning Academy could mean big opportunities for DPS
published May 23, 2013
Last week's meeting of the Denver Board of Education was a mess of complicated math problems, including: Question 1) If Denver Public... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
9News says Fox31 story about Italian gunmaker suspected of terrorism a hoax
published May 22, 2013
Last week, Mayor Michael Hancock was at the CELL to announce the expansion of Transportation on Patrol, a program that empowers Denver's cabbies, limo drivers, truckers and even pedal-cab operators to... More >>
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Reader: We lost the Rocky Mountain Diner for thisr
published May 22, 2013
Ghost Plate & Tap opened in June 2011 in the historic Ghost Building. It had a great location (the former home of the Rocky Mountain Diner) and savvy owners: the Wynkoop/Breckenridge crew. But Ghost w... More >>
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Reader: Voodoo Doughnuts make me uber-happy
published May 21, 2013
Interesting new restaurants are popping up all over metro Denver, but yesterday all the talk was about Voodoo Doughnuts -- a chain out of Portland, Oregon, that's finally coming to Denver after almost... More >>
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Reader: Talking on a cell phone in a restaurant is as dirty as a diaper change
published May 20, 2013
Alex and Ruth Burgos made big news after they changed their one-year-old's dirty diaper on a table at the Starbucks in Stapleton, as a (very) public complaint over the lack of changing tables in the b... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Union Station fire: Blazing truck endangers historic overhang
published May 17, 2013
Things have gotten hot at Union Station, where two model-train clubs are scrambling to find new spaces for their train layouts, which have occupied space in the basement for decades. Although both gro... More >>
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Reader: Can't we come up with something other than pizza and beer barsr
published May 17, 2013
Although downtown just lost another pizza spot, Toppings, today Pizza Republica will make its debut on 14th Street, right in front of the Colorado Convention Center -- and this downtown version of a r... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Photos: Five benefits of Denver Airport City development for Adams County
published May 16, 2013
On May 1, Adams County commissioners and other elected leaders gave Mayor Michael Hancock a week to provide a list of "tangible benefits" they would realize from Denver's plans to push forward with de... More >>
