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Patricia Calhoun

Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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Mile High Highlight: Elbra Wedgeworth on Bringing the 2008 Democratic National Convention to Denver

By Patricia CalhounAugust 19, 2024

“When Senator Obama walked across the stage at Invesco Field that night, I cried with joy and pride to be here for this celebration.”

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Denver Reports First West Nile Case in 2024: Here’s How to Avoid It

By Patricia CalhounAugust 16, 2024

Colorado had more cases of West Nile than any other state last year.

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Catch a Falling Star: Mercury Cafe Is Back on the Market

By Patricia CalhounAugust 13, 2024

“Our plan was: We don’t have a kid, let’s put our time and energy into this Mercury baby.” But life changed that.

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Kamala Harris Crowd Photos: AI or Evan Semón?

By Patricia CalhounAugust 12, 2024

The Denver photographer was in Detroit to shoot the event for the United Auto Workers.

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Fore! Pro Golfer Wyndham Clark Now Welcomes You to Denver

By Patricia CalhounAugust 9, 2024

“Colorado takes center stage this month as the best players in the world visit the Mile High City.”

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Photos: Legendary Caribou Ranch Hits Market for $48 Million

By Patricia CalhounAugust 8, 2024

Once a mining camp, then a ranch that raised Arabian horses, it became a recording mecca fifty years ago.

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History Happened Here: Four Things to Do on Hiroshima Day

By Patricia CalhounAugust 6, 2024

More than 10,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated at Camp Amache in southeastern Colorado.

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Big Changes at Crafted Concepts: Stoic & Genuine Closing, New Operating Partners at Ultreia, Bistro Vendôme

By Patricia CalhounAugust 2, 2024

Founders Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch will be focusing on Rioja, which turns twenty in November.

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Denver’s Air Quality Among the Worst in the World Right Now

By Patricia CalhounJuly 23, 2024

This city can try to clean itself up, but it can’t fence out foreign contaminants.

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President Joe Biden Ends Run; Nominated as Vice President in Denver in 2008

By Patricia CalhounJuly 21, 2024

Joe Biden’s path to the presidency started in Denver in 2008.

Stuck at Denver International Airport? Where and How to Pass the Time

By Patricia CalhounJuly 19, 2024

While you’re stranded by the global IT glitch, you might as well amuse yourself.

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More on That Red Rocks UFO Sighting…and the Lack of Photographs

By Patricia CalhounJuly 10, 2024

“I’m not saying it was aliens. It could have been the government. That’s why I reached out to MUFON.”

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Attention, Scofflaws: DPD Will Restore Traffic Stops for Expired Plates…Temporarily

By Patricia CalhounJuly 8, 2024

The department will be “temporarily, and partially, suspending its policy regarding low-level traffic stops.”

Presidential Debate in the Rough

Presidential Debate in the Rough

By Patricia CalhounJune 28, 2024

“Hey, baby, you must have been something before electricity.”

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The Biggest Loser: Dave Williams

By Patricia CalhounJune 25, 2024

“We’re going in a different direction than previous Republican parties.”

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Bar Bar, Denver’s Last Great Dive, Target of Possible Arson Fire

By Patricia CalhounJune 24, 2024

“Somebody burned her. They burned our bar.”

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If These Walls Could Talk, They’d Be Cheering an El Chapultepec Deal

By Patricia CalhounJune 19, 2024

“The demonstration of collaboration…it is what Denver is about as a city. Progress is going to occur, but we can’t forget where we are and where we come from.”

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The Ugly Truth About “Beautiful People of Denver”

By Patricia CalhounJune 10, 2024

That damn song is back!

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That Bites: Brutal Poodle Robbed This Morning

By Patricia CalhounMay 20, 2024

“We always want to give, we never want to take. We’re not a charity. We’re never going to ask.”

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Westword Kicks Off Spring Membership Drive, Aims to Raise $12K

By Patricia CalhounMay 19, 2024

Although we’ve always been free, quality local journalism doesn’t come cheap. Our first-ever spring membership drive runs through June 7.

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Palace Arms Reopening, but Changes Continue at the Brown Palace

By Patricia CalhounMay 15, 2024

“Due to low guest counts and revenue, we will be closing Palace Arms indefinitely after the dinner service on May 4, 2024,” read the internal email.

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Let There Be Lights: How to See the Aurora Borealis Tonight

By Patricia CalhounMay 10, 2024

The sky could put on quite a show tonight, but you’ll have to drive to see it.

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