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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2013 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Reader: I can make better green chile than Boone's on the hood of my car

  published Mar 29, 2013

  The Best of Denver 2013 is out, with more than a hundred categories in our Food & Drink section. One of the most hotly contested categories is always Best Green Chile. This year, the readers voted for... More >>

• Reader: Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria will help Park Meadows

  published Mar 28, 2013

  Grand Lux Cafe closed in Park Meadows last week. According to the Park Meadows website, the mall (inside or out) still has Brio Tuscan Grille, California Pizza Kitchen, Champps, Cru - a Wine Bar, Earl... More >>

• Stanley Film Festival kickoff party (and volunteer bait) tonight

  published Mar 27, 2013

  Be afraid. Be very afraid. The inaugural Stanley Film Festival, which will run May 2 through May 5 this year in Estes Park, is holding an open house for fright-film fans and potential volunteers tonig... More >>

• DStill will celebrate Colorado's liquid assets

  published Mar 27, 2013

  Craft beers are not Colorado's only liquid assets. This state's craft-spirit industry is booming, too. Two years ago, when the Colorado Bartenders Guild, the Colorado Distillers Guild, Westword and th... More >>

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  Sand Creek Massacre and John Chivington's explosive actions 151 years after Glorieta Pass

  published Mar 27, 2013

  The explosions outside the State Capitol yesterday startled people from downtown to Capitol Hill. But unlike so many other explosions today, these were planned. Artillery blasts marked the 151st anniv... More >>

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  Thirty years in, these Best of Denver winners are still the best in town

  published March 28, 2013

  This is our thirtieth Best of Denver edition. Over the years, we've given at least 15,000 awards. Some of the categories — Best Mobile... More >>

• Reader: I wasn't disappointed by On the Road

  published Mar 27, 2013

  For fifty years, fans of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, an ecstatic recount of crossings and recrossings of North America in the late 1940s that provided a road map for the Beat generation, have been wai... More >>

• Reader: Two of the best meals I ever had in Denver were at Argyll

  published Mar 27, 2013

  In advance of the Best of Denver 2013, which will hit the streets (and the web) later today, we took a look back at the winners of the Best New Restaurant award over the past decade. Most of those win... More >>

• Reader: Can't wait to eat Brian Laird's food again

  published Mar 26, 2013

  There have been several big restaurant openings in the past month -- including Old Major and Beast + Bottle -- but diners are already setting their sights on fall, when Brian Laird, longtime chef at B... More >>

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  Video: John Hickenlooper's angry exchange with reporter latest example of his very hard year

  published Mar 25, 2013

  For Governor John Hickenlooper, it was a very hard week at the end of a hard year, filled with disasters both natural and man-made -- disasters Colorado is still struggling to understand. The frustrat... More >>

• Reader: Park Meadows could use some new restaurants

  published Mar 25, 2013

  The idea for Grand Lux Cafe came to life when the Venetian Resort, Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas asked David Overton, founder of the Cheesecake Factory chain, to create an upscale casual restaurant co... More >>

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  "Mustang" will glow on when lights go out at DIA tomorrow

  published Mar 22, 2013

  Is Denver International Airport in the darkr The airport will be celebrating touchy-feely Earth Hour tomorrow, turning off lights between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. The black-out i... More >>

• Alamo Drafthouse offers half-price snacks, $2 movies during staff-training days

  published Mar 22, 2013

  The Alamo Drafthouse will officially open on Monday, March 25, with a grand-opening ceremony featuring Pam Grier. But starting today and running through the weekend, the Drafthouse will be showing a s... More >>

• Reader: Bubba Chinos is on a remodel, close, rinse and repeat cycle

  published Mar 22, 2013

  The Bubba Chinos that opened last summer in a space near City Hall that has been many, many restaurants over the years has closed, too -- for "renovations," according to a sign on the door that says ... More >>

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  NRA takes aim at Colorado's 2014 election

  published Mar 21, 2013

  It should be all hearts and flowers when Governor John Hickenlooper signs the civil unions bill at History Colorado this afternoon. But we're betting that this historic moment will also have a history... More >>

• Reader: An Americanized Korean chain is better than no Korean chain at all

  published Mar 21, 2013

  Bop & Gogi, a fast-casual Korean joint, opened last fall in Centennial. Gretchen Kurtz reviews Bop & Gogi this week and likes many things there, including spicy radish kimchi, with chunks of daikon ra... More >>

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  TBD Colorado collecting online opinions on transportation, education

  published Mar 20, 2013

  When all the smoke clears over the gun debate, Colorado will still have other tough issues to tackle. What's the future of this stater That's what TBD Colorado wants to determine. Last year, the non... More >>

• Izakaya Den holding job fair Monday

  published Mar 20, 2013

  Construction is moving quickly on South Pearl Street, with Izakaya Den slated to move into its new home next tosibling restaurant Sushi Den in late May. In the meantime, Izakaya is holding a job fai... More >>

• Reader: How are Arby's and other chains still in business when they serve such crudr

  published Mar 20, 2013

  What are the worst fast-food joints in the countryr Last week Jenn Wohletz offered her list of five chain restaurants that should be put in chains, for various crimes against humanity, good taste -- a... More >>

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  Joe Garcia will continue as Colorado's coolest lieutenant governor

  published Mar 19, 2013

  Joe Garcia, Colorado's coolest lieutenant governor, won't be going to Washington, D.C. -- not now, at least, and not as the head of the Department of Labor. Yesterday, the White House announced that T... More >>

• Reader: Chubby's should merge with Pasquini's and end the confusion

  published Mar 19, 2013

  Confused about which Chubby's is whichr Join the club. The Original Chubby's that is slated to open next week at 14th and Kalamath is a second venture by Julian Cordoba, who opened the first Original ... More >>

• Jennifer Jasinski a James Beard finalist for Best Chef Southwest

  published Mar 18, 2013

  The James Beard Foundation just released the finalists for this year's food and restaurant awards, and the list of locals has been whittled considerably since the semifinalists were announced back in ... More >>

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  Sex and drugs at Colorado Senate today

  published Mar 18, 2013

  Want evidence of just how colorful Colorado has becomer Stop by the Colorado Senate this morning, where two big bills will be considered. One, calling for new sex education standards, shows how very b... More >>

• Grand Lux Cafe closing tomorrow in Park Meadows

  published Mar 18, 2013

  Going, going, almost gone. Tomorrow Grand Lux Cafe will join the ranks of eateries that have closed in Park Meadows. Five years ago, not long after the giant restaurant opened, then-critic Jason She... More >>

• Reader: Beast + Bottle's menu sounds fantastic

  published Mar 18, 2013

  Beast + Bottle, which is owned by former Encore chef/owner Paul Reilly and his sister Aileen, opened Saturday night. Initially they'd looked at the Cherokee location, but instead the pair signed on fo... More >>