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

• An alternative Denver A to Z exhibit to replace History Colorado's snoozer

  published March 14, 2013

  History Colorado's Denver A to Z is designed to stir up interest in this city's story, but the interactive displays linked to letters of... More >>

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  TBD Colorado: Help determine the future of this state at History Colorado today

  published Mar 12, 2013

  The state of Colorado todayr Snowy. The state of this state in the futurer That's TBD. And today, you can help determine it at a public meeting of TBD Colorado, the non-profit project created last yea... More >>

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  Margaret Hunt to head Colorado Creative Industries

  published Mar 12, 2013

  Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade that replaced the Colorado Council of the Arts, has a new executive director, Margaret H... More >>

• Leo Goto memorial set for Friday

  published Mar 12, 2013

  Leo Goto, the legendary restaurateur who passed away on March 3, will be remembered with a Requiem Eucharist at 1 p.m. Friday, March 15, at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington Street in De... More >>

• Reader: If I wanted cosplay with my drinks, I wouldn't go to the Cruise Room

  published Mar 12, 2013

  The Cruise Room is a Colorado classic. Modeled after a lounge on the Queen Mary, the bar opened the day after Prohibition ended in December 1933. By which point the jazz age had given way to the Dep... More >>

• Udi's Cafe and Bar opens at Denver International Airport

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Udi's Cafe and Bar opened today on the B Concourse at Denver International Airport -- the ninth location in this homegrown chain that emphasizes salads and sandwiches made with fresh, natural ingredie... More >>

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  Lance Armstrong's host for anti-doping meeting before fall from gracer Bill Ritter

  published Mar 11, 2013

  In August 2010, then-Governor Bill Ritter joined Lance Armstrong to kick off a glamorous new event in Colorado: a bike race originally dubbed the Quiznos Pro Challenge. But as the race revved up for a... More >>

• Tony P's deal today supports Colorado Public Television -- and you could win, too

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Tony and Judy Pasquini appreciate the value of public television as well as good pizza. The mother-son duo who opened the first Pasquini's in Denver 25 years ago now run the homegrown Tony P's chain,... More >>

• Reader: Queso and Cool Ranch Doritos aren't the prettiest girl at the party, but need love, too

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Last week Jenn Wohletz served up a heaping helping of the appetizers she hates seeing at parties -- including the dreaded queso dip. But some readers thought that Jenn's list was the real party-poope... More >>

• Reader: Most papers have an editorial section; Westword has Lisa Frank's diary

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Dear Diary: Both Josiah Hesse and Bree Davies had tough weeks. Adam Carolla called Hesse an "asshole" from the stage of the Paramount because of an earlier interview Hesse had done with the comic; Bre... More >>

• Plains Truth

  published February 28, 2013

  After ten years, award-winning author Kent Haruf has returned to Holt — a fictional town in eastern Colorado, but one filled with simple... More >>

• Want to be a reality TV starr Haunt Ghost Plate & Tap Sunday

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Want to be part of a new reality showr The Breckenridge-Wynkoop restaurants are collaborating with Koncrete Media, a local production company, on a reality TV show, Mile High Social. And they're hosti... More >>

• Raj Chohan leaving Colorado Inside Out and becoming a Weld County prosecutor

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Raj Chohan is a pro. While working -- hard -- as a reporter at CBS4, he was also attending law school. When he became a full-time lawyer, it was definitely a loss to journalism -- but at least viewers... More >>

• Man overboard! Cruise Room looks great, but those flapper outfits have to go

  published Mar 08, 2013

  The long-promised remodel of McCormick's Fish House & Bar in the Oxford Hotel was completed last month and celebrated at a pair of parties this week, where a few innovations were revealed in the legen... More >>

• Reader: Restaurants should be required to provide sick leave and health benefits

  published Mar 08, 2013

  The Denver Department of Environmental Health is responsible for inspecting over 3,500 brick-and-mortar food establishments -- as well as mobile food trucks and events. Some restaurateurs think that t... More >>

• Casting call for local reality TV show at Ghost Plate & Tap Sunday

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Want to be part of a new reality showr The Breckenridge-Wynkoop restaurants are collaborating with Koncrete Media, a local production company, on a reality TV show, Mile High Social. And they're hosti... More >>

• Yazoo Barbecue Company has a smokin' expansion in the works

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Yazoo Barbecue Company has won several Best of Denver awards since Don Hines opened his barbecue joint in a 700 square foot bunker at 2150 Broadway a decade ago. Since then, Hines has opened a second ... More >>

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  Sand Creek Massacre: John Evans founded DU, too, but it's not following Northwestern's path

  published Mar 07, 2013

  This is Founder's Day at the University of Denver, with the founder in question being then-territorial governor John Evans. In fact, "the university's highest award" is the Evans Award, which will be ... More >>

• Reader: Bree whining about snow makes me laugh! Go to Wisconsin

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Ugg bootsr For Bree Davies, that's the best thing to come out of winter in Colorado. "Digging cars out of the snow, getting stranded for days inside my own house, standing in the cold waiting to get i... More >>

• Reader: Farm-to-table is not a sales tool, it's a freaking movement!

  published Mar 07, 2013

  TJ Hobbs, who now heads the kitchen at Ghost Plate & Tap, was raised in rural Minnesota, and his first job was working on an organic farm -- so he understands the farm-to-table concept. And he'd like ... More >>

• Colorado Professional Fire Fighters fight fire -- and opposition -- with money

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Think firefighters want Senate Bill 25, which would allow collective bargaining, to go through the Colorado Legislaturer According to the National Institute on Money in State Politics, the Colorado Pr... More >>

• Reader: Adam Carolla doesn't worship at the politically correct Church of Liberalism

  published Mar 06, 2013

  "I gave an interview to some asshole out here, from some crunchy newspaper," Adam Carolla said from the Paramount stage Wednesday night. "He's probably here somewhere tonight." And he was: Josiah Hess... More >>

• Reader: With Leo Goto's passing, the classy front-of-the-house guys are gone

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Denver lost a piece of its dining history when Leo Goto recently passed away. His Leo's Place was one of the most popular places in town after it opened in 1970; Goto went on to turn the Wellshire Inn... More >>

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  R.I.P., Leo Goto, founder of Leo's Place

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Leo Goto, a mainstay on the Denver dining scene for decades, has passed away. Goto was born in Japan but grew up in Denver, attending Smiley Junior High, East High School and the University of Denver,... More >>

• Ballet Nouveau Colorado makes the leap to Denver and Wonderbound

  published Mar 05, 2013

  After twenty years, Ballet Nouveau Colorado has made the leap. The dance company is splitting in two, and the portion now known as Wonderbound has moved into Denver, to 1075 Park Avenue West -- at the... More >>