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

• Guess who's coming to dinnerr Gustavo Arellano!

  published May 16, 2012

  Gustavo Arellano isn't just the man behind Ask a Mexican!, his weekly column in Westword. He's also the author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, and in that book he lavishes praise on t... More >>

• Art From Ashes eyes Thomas Hornsby Ferril House for its new home

  published May 17, 2012

  Always begin right where you are And work out from here: If adrift, feel the feel of the oar in the oarlock... More >>

• Gilpin County's Negro Hill is renamed Aunt Clara Brown Hill. Finally.

  published May 17, 2012

  The controversy over "Niggerhead," the hand-painted label on a rock at the hunting camp leased by Texas governor Rick Perry's family for... More >>

• Reader: Snooze is targeted by protesters over camping ban that won't do anything

  published May 16, 2012

  Snooze found itself at the center of a protest over the camping ban after co-owner Brianna Borin spoke in favor of the ordinance at a Denver City Council hearing. During peak breakfast hours two weeke... More >>

• Negro Hill: Official name of spot near Central City finally changed to honor Aunt Clara Brown

  published May 16, 2012

  The controversy that broke last fall over Rick Perry's "Niggerhead" sign at a family hunting camp got Roger Baker, manager of Gilpin County, thinking that it was time -- long past time, actually -- to... More >>

• Reader: Andy Kelso is a superstar in Wicked

  published May 16, 2012

  Wicked will end its run in Denver on May 20, and when the touring show goes, Colorado native Andy Kelso, who plays Fiyero, the hedonistic prince who becomes the third point in a love triangle with th... More >>

• Lucy now open for breakfast and lunch at Comedy Works South

  published May 15, 2012

  Lucy, the restaurant above Comedy Works South, has gone through several incarnations since the second it opened in the Landmark complex in late 2008: soul food, picnic food, party food. Starting toda... More >>

• Civil unions like marrying a sheep or a horser: GOP goes forward into the past

  published May 15, 2012

  It's 2006 all over again. That was the year that Coloradans passed a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between one man and one woman. It was also the year when lieutenant governor ca... More >>

• Reader: Before you judge a dish like paella, see if it tastes good

  published May 15, 2012

  Does this look like Denver's best paella to your It definitely tasted that way to Lori Midson, who proclaimed it the "holy grail" in her search for great paella and asked readers to guess where she'd ... More >>

• Reader: Michael Paglia's comments on the new History Colorado Center are getting old

  published May 15, 2012

  You're not going to see Edie Winograde's "Battle on the Little Big Horn" at History Colorado, or any of the other pieces that graced the recent Appropriated: The Chronicled West at the Robishon Galler... More >>

• Thomas Hornsby Ferril's "Two Rivers": Poem on the Range

  published May 14, 2012

  In this week's cover story, "Water World," Westword writers explored the South Platte, the river that runs through Denver and is showing new life. Our favorite spot on the Platte, though, could well... More >>

• Reader: Squeaky Bean videos have viewers hungering for more

  published May 14, 2012

  A year after it abruptly closed its original location in Highland, Squeaky Bean will bloom again next month at 1500 Wynkoop Street. And thanks to a series of videos with owner Johnny Ballen, you can g... More >>

• Colorado's moon rock isn't missing, but its recent history is

  published May 14, 2012

  Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it...really fast. Today's Denver Post has a fascinating -- if redundant -- Associated Press story about a Houston lawyer who's tracking down missing m... More >>

• Reader: Star Trek outfit at a Star Wars partyr Fail!

  published May 14, 2012

  "Comics and sci-fi are the new archetypes of our culture; we relate to Star Wars and Stan Lee's characters, and we've created new mythologies through them," says Dan Landes, restaurateur and self-conf... More >>

• Meet the MasterMinds at the Create Denver Expo tomorrow

  published May 11, 2012

  Meet the MasterMinds! Eight years ago, Westword started the MasterMind Awards, a program that honors this city's most creative class. Over $100,000 years in grants later, the MasterMinds are still go... More >>

• Hot Chick a Latte: Hott help-wanted ad of the week

  published May 11, 2012

  Sugar House is gone, as is Perky Cups. But if you're interested in wearing a hot outfit while pouring hot coffee, Hot Chick a Latte has a job for you. A sibling of the Seattle chain opened at 4736 Eas... More >>

• Smart meters in downtown Denver could outwit scofflaws in pilot project

  published May 11, 2012

  Like colorful spring flowers, red-bagged meters are popping up all over downtown. They're part of a pilot program testing just how smart Denver's Smart meters really are. Are they smart enough to kno... More >>

• Reader: Southern Hospitality looks like a hip Cracker Barrel

  published May 11, 2012

  Ryan Tedder, the lead singer with One Republic and a Grammy-winner for his work in the recording studio, knows his music -- but does he know foodr Tedder jumped on board at the Hell's Kitchen location... More >>

• Reader: CREEP! shows the creep of Kickstarter

  published May 11, 2012

  Is everyone using Kickstarter to push a movie projectr Some days it seems like that. The crew behind CREEP!, a movie about making the worst horror movie ever -- 1964's The Creeping Terror -- is in the... More >>

• DIA books a deal for four Tattered Cover stores

  published May 10, 2012

  A new 45-minute waiting area -- complete with food court and real bathrooms -- isn't the only improvement planned for Denver International Airport. At a city council committee meeting yesterday, DIA m... More >>

• Reader: History Colorado is dumb, dumb, dumb not to display dioramas

  published May 10, 2012

  Colorado's archives include eighteen dioramas that were displayed at the old history museum -- but are nowhere to be seen at the new History Colorado Center. Is that dumbr "We had a lot of those dio... More >>

• Reader: Life should be a bowl of Colorado cherries

  published May 10, 2012

  Washington State wants to ship a forty-pound box of Rainier cherries to a restaurant in every state in the country, in an effort to push the product -- and it's is looking for the right recipient in C... More >>

• John Hickenlooper: Special session would move state forward to justice

  published May 10, 2012

  My nephew in Chicago has a sudden interest in Colorado politics, and he's been closely following the progress of the civil union bill at the legislature -- a proposal resurrected yesterday when Govern... More >>

• DIA wants to make your passenger pick-up wait more pleasant with food court, bathrooms!

  published May 10, 2012

  To the side of Pena Boulevard is an inadvertent monument to airport planning, pre-9/11: No one in the '90s anticipated the incredible demand for a waiting area far away from arrival doors, and the 116... More >>

• Reader: Is it really a great idea to photograph homeless peopler

  published May 10, 2012

  Photographer Scott Russell has documented the lives of Denver sign-fliers in Cardboard & Concrete, a show that debuts this weekend at Wazee Union, and puts a face -- actually, eleven faces -- on the c... More >>