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SUMMARY:CC of Colorado: Thought Leaders: Patricia Calhoun and the Westword Story
DESCRIPTION:  \nDATE: Thursday\, September 10\, 2026\nTIME: 5:30 – 7:30pm MT\nLOCATION: Westword\, 1278 Lincoln St Ste 100\, Denver\, CO 80203\nCOST: $20.00 \nPatricia “Patty” Calhoun\, Cornell class of 1976\, has spent nearly five decades helping define independent journalism in Denver. On September 10\, she will join Cornell alumni for a conversation about her path from The Cornell Daily Sun to co-founding Westword\, building one of the country’s enduring alternative weeklies\, and covering Colorado with independence\, humor\, and persistence.\n \n\nThis will be an informal\, conversational evening with most of the time reserved for open Q&A. \nSchedule:\n5:30 to 6:00 pm\, Social time with refreshments and appetizers\n6:00 to 7:00 pm\, Conversation with Patty Calhoun and Q&A\n7:00 to 7:30 pm\, Additional social time \n \n\n \nBio:\nPatricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword\, the Denver alternative weekly she co-founded in September 1977 with two fellow members of the Cornell University class of 1976. After graduating from Cornell\, she and other Cornell Daily Sun alumni started the SandPaper on Long Beach Island\, New Jersey. Calhoun then moved west to launch Westword\, where she served as editor-in-chief until July 2026. \nShe has been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame\, the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame\, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame\, and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. Her work has earned dozens of local\, state\, and national journalism awards\, including first-place honors from the Society of Professional Journalists for feature writing and column writing.  \nCalhoun continues to write a column for Westword and appears weekly on Colorado Inside Out\, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable\, as well as on City Cast Denver. She played a real reporter in John Sayles’ Silver City\, once interviewed President Bill Clinton while wearing flip flops\, and recently wrote about Colorado’s primary election for The Nation.
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X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DESCRIPTION:  \nDATE: Thursday September 10 2026\nTIME: 5:30 – 7:30pm MT\n Westword 1278 Lincoln St Ste 100 Denver CO 80203\nCOST: $20.00 \nPatricia “Patty” Calhoun Cornell class of 1976 has spent nearly five decades helping define independent journalism in Denver. On September 10 she will join Cornell alumni for a conversation about her path from The Cornell Daily Sun to co-founding Westword building one of the country’s enduring alternative weeklies and covering Colorado with independence humor and persistence.\n \n\nThis will be an informal conversational evening with most of the time reserved for open Q&A. \nSchedule:\n5:30 to 6:00 pm Social time with refreshments and appetizers\n6:00 to 7:00 pm Conversation with Patty Calhoun and Q&A\n7:00 to 7:30 pm Additional social time \n \n\n \nBio:\nPatricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword the Denver alternative weekly she co-founded in September 1977 with two fellow members of the Cornell University class of 1976. After graduating from Cornell she and other Cornell Daily Sun alumni started the SandPaper on Long Beach Island New Jersey. Calhoun then moved west to launch Westword where she served as editor-in-chief until July 2026. \nShe has been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. Her work has earned dozens of local state and national journalism awards including first-place honors from the Society of Professional Journalists for feature writing and column writing.  \nCalhoun continues to write a column for Westword and appears weekly on Colorado Inside Out PBS12’s public affairs roundtable as well as on City Cast Denver. She played a real reporter in John Sayles’ Silver City once interviewed President Bill Clinton while wearing flip flops and recently wrote about Colorado’s primary election for The Nation.;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Denver\, CO:geo:-104.990251,39.7392358
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