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Richard Koca, charity founder busted for child sex assault: Not guilty plea, claimed confession

Update: Yesterday, Richard Koca, who co-founded StandUp for Kids, a homeless-youth charity, pleaded not guilty to 22 counts of sexual assault on a child. However, prosecutors say they have a recording of Koca confessing. We've got details about the allegations and Koca's co-creation, which has now s ... More >>

Columbine to Newtown: A tragic list of school shootings since 1999

The senseless massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which took the lives of twenty children, including Olivia Engel, seen here, plus seven adults, instantly stirs terrible memories of the 1999 attack on Columbine High School. On the tenth anniversary of that tragedy, we assembled a horrific roster of sc ... More >>

StandUp For Kids founder Richard Koca's child-sex-assault bust: Maybe more victims, cops fear

Since we first wrote about the arrest on child-sex-assault charges of Richard Koca, who founded StandUp For Kids, a nonprofit devoted to helping homeless youth (see our original coverage below), Aurora police have released more info about this shocking turn. Meanwhile, a StandUp For Kids statement i ... More >>

Review: Global Dub Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 5/18/12

GLOBAL DUB FESTIVAL @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 5.18.12 Barely half way through the show and still awaiting the headlining acts, Red Rocks Amphitheatre was absolutely blowing up with the sounds of Datsik. Flipping the script on everybody with an explosive remix of M.O.P.'s "Ante Up," the British Col ... More >>

Goer hears the voices of Invisible People

Formed from the ashes of the erstwhile Tulip Wars, Goer is a new local duo pushing an intriguing mix of electronic and psychedelic influences. Consisting of guitarist Sean Geisthardt and drummer Dan Barnett, the pair has just completed a four-track EP titled Invisible People that draws on the dream ... More >>

2011 Westword Music Showcase: Backbeat scribes' travelogues

Every year, we enlist our Backbeat writers to host various stages at the Westword Music Showcase, and in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty and write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Click through to read travelogues from Thorin Klosowski, Ru John ... More >>

DJ Vajra wins Denver DMC DJ battle at Casselman's, 4/30/11

Brandice RobinsonDJ Vajra proving his prowess on the wheels of steel DMC DENVER World DJ Championship 4.30.11 | Casselman's Bar & Venue The DMC's went down last night at Casselman's, and DJ Vajra won after enduring massive attacks from underling DJs with lesser talents and a gripping face-off with ... More >>

Minor Disturbance poets get back to their roots at Yellow Feather

A.H. Goldstein​Denver's Minor Disturbance youth Slam Team made history for the local poetry scene earlier this year when they appeared in Brave New Voices, the HBO special that followed the 2010 National Slam Team championships held in L.A. Denver's team won fourth place in the global competit ... More >>

Michelle Obama photo gallery: Is Barack Obama trying to absorb some of her popularity?

​No wonder Michael Bennet's campaign is so excited for Michelle Obama's campaign visit at noon today in Englewood: She's currently much more popular than her husband. That may also explain why so many shots from the White House Flickr stream find Barack basking in the light of Michelle and his ... More >>

Colorado finally shows true love for Allen True

Presidential flashback, 1978: Jimmy Carter promotes solar energy in Denver

Jimmy Carter as he looked during the era when he promoted solar energy in Denver. The hoopla yesterday over President Barack Obama's appearance in Denver, when he used the signing of a $787 billion economic-stimulus bill to hype solar energy, spurred memories in one reader, who recalled another chi ... More >>

DIA Conspiracies Take Off

Conspiracy theorists think something's fishy at Denver International Airport.

' Til Death Do Us Part

Kirk Rundstrom refuses to go gently into that good night.

One for the Home Team

The Denver Slam Team goes to Austin and emerges victorious.

Wanted

After a local scandal made them stand down, Army recruiters work to put more boots on the ground.

Bite Me

American Dreams

All Mixed Up

The year's best local music becomes the soundtrack of our lives.

One-Man Assault

Shakespeare's words are a casualty in the inventive Henry 5 From Times Square.

He Saw the Light

After learning the ropes as one of Bill Monroe's original Blue Grass Boys, Peter Rowan awakened to a world of possibilities.

Wiz Quiz

Test your Harry Potter knowledge with this quiz.

The Plot Thickens

A fear of development is growing in community gardens around Denver.

Friendly Fire

Some members of American Legion Post 34 never saw much action -- until now.

Northern Exposure

The Ice-Fishing Play reels 'em in.

The Far South

Tennessee gets shipped overseas in this version of Suddenly Last Summer

All Aboard

In a Family Way

Life is never picture-perfect -- especially when a father shoots two of his sons.

Tube Boobs

ASSAULT AND PEPPER

BASE BEHAVIOR