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

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  FEATURED STORY

  Rocky Ford cantaloupes making a comeback, but drought's drying up other crops

  published May 06, 2013

  While last week's snow and this week's predicted rains have made forecasts of drought seem all wet in metro Denver, the threat is still very real to farmers in southern and eastern Colorado. Last week... More >>

• Reader: Go ahead and slam daiquiris, but leave old-fashioneds alone

  published May 06, 2013

  "There is a thin line between self-indulgence and being a dickhead, a line that any bartender could draw for you." That's how Jenn Wohletz started Friday's piece "five cocktails only a dickhead could ... More >>

• Reader: Without Trader Joe's, we have not really been living

  published May 03, 2013

  While King Soopers has pulled out of the project set for the former University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Ninth and Colorado Boulevard, last month construction got under way on the first Tr... More >>

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  El Diablo, Sketch want you to send them off in style -- tonight!

  published May 02, 2013

  Have El Diablo and Sketch reached the end of the liner According to El Diablo's Facebook page, the restaurants will be closing at the end of business tonight: "Please come by and send us off in style... More >>

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  Evan Makovsky, Colorado Preservation honoree, saved El Chapultepec: Will trains be nextr

  published May 02, 2013

  While the truncated 4/20 festivities have turned Civic Center Park into ground zero for a discussion of which events are a First Amendment exercise and which are commercial, the Civic Center Conservan... More >>

• Reader: Go to Costco if you don't like Opus's prices -- no one is making you go out

  published May 02, 2013

  After Opus left Littleton last summer, it moved up to Cherry Creek, where it merged with Aria. Last week chef Sean McGaughey unveiled the new look and menu of Opus Restaurant & Aria Wine Bar at 250 Jo... More >>

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  Oxford's urinals top our list of alternative Denver tour stops: What tops yoursr

  published May 01, 2013

  Civic boosters love to travel to other cities to see how they do business -- and maybe engage in some monkey business themselves. The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce's City-to-City Leadership Exchang... More >>

• Reader: Common Grounds closedr There goes the neighborhood

  published May 01, 2013

  When Common Grounds opened at 3484 West 32nd Avenue back in 1992, this part of Highland was far from the hot restaurant neighborhood it is today. And by providing a place where neighbors could gather,... More >>

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  Union Station-booted model-railroad club will make a stop at History Colorado

  published Apr 30, 2013

  The Platte Valley & Western Railroad club started packing up its thirty-year-old model-train layout in the basement of Union Station last weekend, with no idea where the 2,000-square-foot display will... More >>

• Reader: Airing dirty laundry, even Old Major's dirty laundry, is unbecoming

  published Apr 30, 2013

  LoHi is a hot restaurant neighborhood, and things got really hot yesterday, when Jonathan Greschler, who'd been the general manager of Old Major since long before that restaurant opened at the end of ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Union Station: Model-train club packs up, new-home option isn't free

  published Apr 29, 2013

  On Saturday, while thousands of freeloaders hopped on board the new West Line to ride light rail from downtown to Golden and back, members of the Platte Valley & Western Model Railroad club gathered i... More >>

• Reader: Old Major and Highland Tavern both lose the d-bag contest

  published Apr 29, 2013

  During this weekend's good weather, people were packing every patio in LoHi, hanging out of every window in the neighborhood hangouts. But even last week, as the snow was falling, people crowded into ... More >>

• Celebrate life with art and poetry by Hektor Munoz tonight

  published Apr 29, 2013

  The 4 U 2 Place in the King Soopers complex at 1331 Speer Boulevard is hosting a Poetry Art Party tonight celebrating the work of three esoteric artists: Brian Curran, Hektor Munoz and John Watts, all... More >>

• Reader: El Diablo gets notice to vacate -- seriously, againr

  published Apr 26, 2013

  El Diablo has big plans for Cinco de Mayo, but it has another important date earlier in May: Yesterday the city again handed First Avenue Hotel owner Jesse Morreale with a notice to vacate the buildin... More >>

• First Avenue Hotel gets another notice to vacate -- but El Diablo, Sketch open for now

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Jesse Morreale was back at the Webb building this morning for yet another hearing involving his First Avenue Hotel, home to Sketch and El Diablo, winner of our Best New Bar in 2011 and a place that c... More >>

• Reader: I've eaten a lot of mac and cheese, and Rackhouse has the best

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Don't get too comfortable! Yesterday we served up our ten favorite versions of everyone's favorite comfort foods, macaroni and cheese. And while readers agreed with several of our offerings, they also... More >>

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  Photos: Union Station's historic model trains still homeless -- but fans are stepping up

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Since we broke the sad news yesterday that the two model-train layouts that have been in the basement of Union Station for decades -- eight decades, in one case -- will not be there when Union Station... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating guacamole with baconr

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Avocados are good for you. And while adding bacon to your guacamole may not be the healthiest choice, it definitely makes good taste even better. Can you guess where I'm eatingr Special bonus: Anyo... More >>

• Reader: Highland Tavern could be the last true neighborhood bar in Highland

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Get over Guy Fieri, readers advise, so we are. But the appearance of Highland Tavern -- "a real neighborhood bar," says one -- on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Monday night has led to an interesting dis... More >>

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  History Colorado could shutter its controversial Sand Creek Massacre exhibit

  published April 25, 2013

  The space fills with the sounds of dogs barking, horses galloping, people running, gasping for breath. Red, white and blue lights illuminate... More >>

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  Union Station developers give beloved model train layout the boot

  published Apr 23, 2013

  The beloved model-train layouts in the basement of Union Station have reached the end of the line. Back when two developers were competing for the contract to redevelop the facility, both promised the... More >>

• Still snowingr Shovel up an Irish coffee at McCormick's

  published Apr 23, 2013

  When I was at McCormick's Fish House & Bar during last week's Monday blizzard, I spotted a tray loaded with mugs of Irish coffee. Decades ago, McCormick & Schmick's had started offering Irish coffee f... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating this meatloaf...and Velveetar

  published Apr 23, 2013

  Baby, it's cold outside. Wouldn't a nice, warm plate of meatloaf and Velveeta on toast taste good right nowr Can you guess where I'm eatingr And while you're at it, if you know of other spots around ... More >>

• Reader: Watching Guy Fieri eat is true torture

  published Apr 23, 2013

  Guy Fieri has visited Sam's #3, Steuben's and Fat Sully's. And during last night's episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, he made it to Highland Tavern, where he devoured a pastrami sandwich and some... More >>

• Reader: "Serious" bikers are the most selfish pieces of human garbage on earth

  published Apr 23, 2013

  Yesterday's snow put a damper on Earth Day festivities and sent would-be cyclists back inside. And while they were there, one reader discovered Josiah Hesse's screed from last summer on why cruiser bi... More >>