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

  Dale Tooley's honorary street sign moves to Blake -- and avoids a collision

  published Mar 15, 2013

  The late Dale Tooley -- longtime Denver District Attorney, one-time mayoral candidate and full-time Irishman -- is remembered every year in Denver, when a downtown street is officially, if temporarily... More >>

• Reader: Barnwood is to 2013 as glass tiles were to 2006

  published Mar 15, 2013

  ViewHouse opens today at the corner of Market and 20th streets on the edge of the Ballpark neighborhood. Lotus Concepts has taken the former home of Mori, a Japanese restaurant, and turned it into a r... More >>

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  University of Denver looking for a new mascot that isn't Denver Boone

  published Mar 14, 2013

  The University of Denver Pioneers have always had that fighting spirit -- but lately, much of the fight has focused on the school's long-defunct mascot, a bearded, coonskin-cap-wearing cartoon charact... More >>

• Capitol Hill Jelly back for breakfast after a six-week rehab

  published Mar 14, 2013

  Several restaurants closed early this year for renovation projects: Jax in LoDo executed an amazing two-week transformation; Parisi completely updated its space; Tamayo spent a million-dollars on its ... More >>

• Reader: Buffalo Doughboy a victim of Best of Denver curser

  published Mar 14, 2013

  Buffalo Doughboy won the Best Bakery award in the Best of Denver 2010. Business boomed, and last April the bakery moved out of its tiny spot in a Victorian home off Broadway for a space three times a... More >>

• I Heart Denver among the 2013 Business for the Arts Awards winners

  published Mar 13, 2013

  The Colorado Business Committee for the Arts just announced the winners of its 2013 Business for the Arts Awards at a sold-out luncheon at the Seawell Ballroom. "Congratulations to the arts and busine... More >>

• Buffalo Doughboy needs your dough!

  published Mar 13, 2013

  Buffalo Doughboy was doing so well a year ago that the bakery decided to leave its original home for a much bigger space at 1298 South Broadway. And part of that was our fault: We'd named the tiny spo... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  History Colorado: "A" should be for "Advertising"

  published Mar 13, 2013

  History Colorado bills Denver A to Z as a "lighthearted and interactive exhibit" from Adrenaline to Zombies. Zzzzz. "Near and Dear" mountains for "N"r It's hard to come up with a smart alphabet-shtick... More >>

• Reader: "Ten signs your Colorado man might not be man enough" was pretty sexist

  published Mar 13, 2013

  Denver has earned the nickname Menver -- for its abundance of fit, healthy and attractive men. But are they manly enoughr On Monday, Kate Gibbons offered ten danger signs that your date might not be m... More >>

• Reader: Everything about Spuntino's chocolate caramel tart is perfect

  published Mar 13, 2013

  The 100 Favorite Dishes countdown continues, and No. 98 is the chocolate caramel sea salt tart from Spuntino, created by pastry expert Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, who's married to John Broening, an equally ... More >>

• 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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  FEATURED STORY

  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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  FEATURED STORY

  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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  FEATURED STORY

  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 >>