across our community.
The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (a.k.a. COPPR) is the nonprofit local arts agency that serves the City of Colorado Springs and the greater Pikes Peak region (El Paso and Teller Counties) in Colorado. We work to ensure that the creative sector grows in economic vitality and depth of impact, that creative workers can thrive in our community, and that the arts are leveraged to positively address regional economic development, education, cultural tourism, and quality of life.
Beyond the Cultural Office's regional leadership & advocacy,
our programs focus on:
Our Mission
We champion our diverse creative community as a vital part of the region’s identity and economy through service, connection, and advocacy.
RECENT NEWS
November 2025 News
NOVEMBER 2025 NEWS Join us for 2 upcoming events at the new Cultural Office in November! Also, we share some great professional resources, a free
LEVEL UP: Financial Planning Office Hours, Nov. 13
LEVEL UP! Financial Planning Office Hours Thursday, Nov. 13, timeslots from 9:00AM-2:00 PM at the Cultural Office, 287 Fountain Blvd., COS, CO 80903 FREE, Space
Lunch & Learn: Addressing Trauma Through the Arts
Lunch & Learn: Addressing Trauma Through the Arts 📅 Monday, November 17 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM 📍 The New Cultural Office: 287 Fountain Blvd, Unit 100 (Downtown
LOCAL ARTS EVENTS
Events for December 2025
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Fri, Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Nov 14 - Nov 16
Fri, Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Nov 15 @ 2:00 pm
Sat, Nov 15 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm
Annual Mini Masterpieces Holiday Show and Sale
Nov 14 - Nov 30
Fri, Nov 14 @ 12:00 pm
Sat, Nov 15 @ 12:00 pm
Sun, Nov 16 @ 12:00 pm
Thu, Nov 20 @ 12:00 pm
Fri, Nov 21 @ 12:00 pm
Sat, Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm
Sun, Nov 23 @ 12:00 pm
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'Space in Between + CARE'
Nov 14 - Dec 13
Fri, Nov 14 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 15 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Nov 19 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Nov 20 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Nov 21 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 22 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Nov 26 @ 10:00 am
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'Between the Land and Sky'
Nov 14 - Dec 13
Fri, Nov 14 @ 3:30 pm
Sat, Nov 15 @ 3:30 pm
Mon, Nov 17 @ 3:30 pm
Wed, Nov 19 @ 3:30 pm
Thu, Nov 20 @ 3:30 pm
Fri, Nov 21 @ 3:30 pm
Sat, Nov 22 @ 3:30 pm
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Holiday Market
Nov 14 - Dec 28
Fri, Nov 14 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 15 @ 10:00 am
Sun, Nov 16 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Nov 17 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Nov 18 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Nov 19 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Nov 20 @ 10:00 am
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'Sofa King Abstract'
Nov 14 - Nov 29
Fri, Nov 14 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 15 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Nov 18 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Nov 19 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Nov 20 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Nov 21 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 22 @ 10:00 am
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Fri, Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm
Pikes Peak Marathon 70th Anniversary
Nov 14 - Dec 31
Fri, Nov 14 @ 12:00 pm
Sat, Nov 15 @ 12:00 pm
Sun, Nov 16 @ 12:00 pm
Mon, Nov 17 @ 12:00 pm
Tue, Nov 18 @ 12:00 pm
Wed, Nov 19 @ 12:00 pm
Thu, Nov 20 @ 12:00 pm
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'A Doll's House'
Nov 14 - Nov 23
Thu, Nov 13 @ 7:30 pm
Fri, Nov 14 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, Nov 16 @ 2:00 pm
Thu, Nov 20 @ 7:30 pm
Fri, Nov 21 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Nov 22 @ 7:30 pm
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'R.U.R. 'by Karel Čapek
Nov 14 - Nov 23
Fri, Nov 14 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, Nov 16 @ 2:00 pm
Mon, Nov 17 @ 7:30 pm
Thu, Nov 20 @ 7:30 pm
Fri, Nov 21 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Nov 22 @ 7:30 pm
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Fri, Nov 14 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 15 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Nov 20 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Nov 21 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 22 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Nov 27 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Nov 28 @ 10:00 am
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Nov 14, 2025
Santa Rios - A Tribute to Santana
Presented by Stargazers Theatre & Event Center at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center Colorado Springs, CO
Faithfully recreating tunes from Santana’s 5 + decades career, Santa Rios captivates audiences from their first note. This powerful, nine-piece ensemble pays homage to Santana’s iconic music, blending Afro-Cuban rhythms, Blues and Rock with passion and precision. The band’s amazing live performances showcase their musicianship and dedication to honoring Carlos Santana’s legendary legacy, covering his extensive catalog and getting everybody dancing. Santa Rios seamlessly segues from Santana’s psychedelic jams of San Francisco and Woodstock through the timeless hits from their Supernatural album and beyond. Known for their high-energy concerts, Santa Rios has built a strong following selling out many performances at Colorado’s most prestigious venues. They offer a diverse and accessible set list that appeals to both die-hard Santana fans and newcomers alike. Santa Rios infuses every show with Santana’s soul-stirring melodies and infectious rhythms, creating an atmosphere that is so joyous… “You Can’t Not Dance!” This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Nov 16, 2025
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Presented by Pikes Peak State College at Studio West Colorado Springs, CO
Athens is abuzz in preparation for the wedding of Duke Theseus and the Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. A group of bumbling townsfolk rehearse a play to honor the nuptial celebrations. Four star-crossed lovers escape to the forest to avoid unwanted engagements. The King and Queen of the fairies squabble in a custody battle and meddle with the humans who have strayed in the woods. Add a mischievous sprite, a misadministrated love potion, and a melodramatic donkey… will what happens in the forest stay in the forest? Under the direction of Sarah Sheppard Shaver, PPSC rising star current students and fan-favorite theatre alumni reunite to upend expectations of this much-beloved story in our fast-paced adaptation on our unsupervised 80s tree fort of a set, all jam-packed into our intimate Mulliken Black Box. Content Advisory: Brief fog and disco lights. Approximate rating of PG for fairies, love potions, Shakespearean innuendo, and physical comedy shenanigans. This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025
Annual Mini Masterpieces Holiday Show and Sale
Presented by Laura Reilly Fine Art Gallery and Studio at Laura Reilly Studio Colorado Springs, CO
After crunching her boots through this year’s fall leaves and fading undergrowth in the changing forests, Laura presents dozens of small canvases painted from plein aire studies and sketches. Her collection of little canvases has grown from affordable gifts for the holidays to a highly anticipated event for her new and current collectors. This year’s Mini Masterpieces can be seen and purchased in the gallery or online at laurareilly.com. Shipping is always available to send a little Colorado anywhere in the US. Laura Reilly Fine Art Gallery and Studio will be open late for First Friday Artwalk. This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Dec 13, 2025
'Space in Between + CARE'
Presented by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
Margarita Cabrera: Space in Between + CARE Artist Margarita Cabrera collaborates with local communities to encourage conversations about migration, labor, border politics, food justice, and other social issues. At the Fine Arts Center, Cabrera presents two ongoing projects that connect our local communities to broader social issues. The Space in Between (2010–ongoing) are soft sculptures of plants native to the Southwest region, including cacti, aloe vera, and agave, made from fabric sourced from US Border Patrol uniforms. Cabrera will lead workshops with members of the local Colorado Springs community who have personal or family connection with immigration to construct and embroider the plants. The embroidery—in a style inspired in part by Indigenous Mexican folk art and craft traditions—includes phrases and symbols that hold significance for the participants. The exhibition features the newly commissioned sculptures, created during the workshop in Colorado Springs, adding local and personal experiences to the presentation. In the adjacent gallery, Cabrera’s CARE (2021–ongoing) builds on Cabrera’s recent collaboration with Ollin Farms to explore food sustainability, justice, and access in Colorado. The installation includes a series of ceramic spoons and will culminate in a feast performance in November 2025. This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Dec 13, 2025
'Between the Land and Sky'
Presented by UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art at Ent Center for the Arts Colorado Springs, CO
Between the Land and Sky Karla García 2025 F.E.A.R.S Artist Reflecting on past works, García reimagine a landscape composed of recycled ceramic grasses, concrete blocks, and terra cotta cacti sculptures. The glazed surfaces of the cacti evoke a starry night sky embedded in their forms, drawing connections between the cosmos and sacred land. This body of work merges myth and material. García continue her reflections on the exiled desert goddess Malinalxochitl and the poetry of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz—voices that shape stories across time and space. In this terrain, the cacti become sacred beings, and the grasses act as connective tissue: linking the land beneath to ourselves, to the sky above. García’s process remains grounded in traditional hand-building techniques, yet the forms appear to shrink, expand, and shift like breath or memory. Through these gestures, she invite viewers to pause and consider the landscape not as backdrop, but as a living record of resilience, transformation, and sacred connection. VACS: Karla García 2025 F.E.A.R.S. Artist Description Karla García is the 2025 Female Emerging Artists Residency Series (F.E.A.R.S.) artist. This residency series is an experimental program that invites artists early in their professional careers to UCCS to participate in a residency, solo-exhibition, and academic classes. F.E.A.R.S. is now a collaborative initiative between the UCCS Visual Arts Department (VAPA) and GOCA. Karla García (1977, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a Texas-based artist originally from Mexico. Her ceramic sculptural installations are rooted in her Mexican heritage and informed by personal and cultural memory, historical…
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Dec 28, 2025
Holiday Market
Presented by Commonwheel Artists Co-op at Commonwheel Artists Co-op Manitou Springs, CO
Our spectacular holiday market features handmade gifts for everyone on your list! Shoppers will find artwork and artisan gifts from Colorado artists with an incredible array of handmade gifts including cards, ornaments, candles, soaps, jewelry, original artwork, photography, functional pottery, and so much more! Graphic by Kathy Sullivan This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Nov 29, 2025
'Sofa King Abstract'
Presented by Cottonwood Center for the Arts at Cottonwood Center for the Arts Colorado Springs, CO
Where do our works of art end up? The pieces we painstakingly toss our souls into, the things we make that leave all of ourselves behind on the canvas, in the clay, woven into a fabric shadow of ourselves. Maybe they get famous. Maybe they live in a drawer or behind doors. But if they sell...they have a new identity to face; how they get along with the existing furniture of the buyer. For this open call we asked artists to consider perhaps the artists' biggest foe, the ubiquitous sofa as an inspiration point. Our team selected and purchased a vintage sofa. This exhibition asked creatives for Abstract Art, using the exact pictured sofa as their muse. Artists were allowed to submit up to three pieces for consideration. Works must have been made to pair with only the sofa pictured. This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025
Still They Ride | Tribute to Journey
Presented by Phil Long Music Hall at Bourbon Brothers at Phil Long Music Hall at Bourbon Brothers Colorado Springs, CO
Fronted by vocalist Dexter Espinoza, STR delivers a Journey concert experience that transports the audience back to the 1980s when Journey and Steve Perry were in their prime, performing all of their hits and more. 14+ This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025
Pikes Peak Marathon 70th Anniversary
Presented by Manitou Springs Heritage Museum at Manitou Springs Heritage Museum Manitou Springs, CO
Known as “America’s Ultimate Challenge” the Pikes Peak Marathon is a race like no other. With a 7,800-foot vertical climb, the course takes runners from Manitou Springs, Colorado, along Barr Trail to the summit of Pikes Peak at 14,115 feet —and back— for a total of 26.2 grueling mountain miles. For seven decades, dedicated runners have competed in this Ultimate Challenge, meaning that September 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of the Pikes Peak Marathon. In partnership with the Pikes Pike Marathon & Ascent organization, the Manitou Springs Heritage Museum is hosting “Pikes Peak Marathon 70th Anniversary,” an informative exhibit that will provide historical highlights of each decade as the race evolved and will feature some legendary runners throughout the years. This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Nov 23, 2025
'A Doll's House'
Presented by Millibo Art Theatre at Millibo Art Theatre Colorado Springs, CO
Behind Nora and Torvald’s perfect marriage lies a hidden debt Nora took on to save his life. When blackmail threatens exposure, the clock starts and their home becomes a pressure cooker as love turns to leverage and reputation into a weapon. Forced to choose between safety or selfhood, Nora makes a decision that changed theatre history. In a brand new 90-minute adaptation that moves like a domestic thriller. CAST: KATIE MEDVED – Nora SAMMIE JOE KINNETT – Torvald * RACHEL FEY – Mrs. Linde MICHAEL LEE – Krogstad MARK CANNON- Dr. Rank *Actors Equity PRODUCTION CREW: CHRISTIAN O'SHAUGHNESSY - Director LYN HUFF - Stage Manager MARY RIPPER BAKER - Choreographer LACEY BARKHURST - Lighting Designer BOB MORSCH - Sound Manager LIN MICHELE LARSON Costume Designer MICHAELA WOJCIK- Set Designer MOLLY GILLARD - Technical Director This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Nov 23, 2025
'R.U.R. 'by Karel Čapek
Presented by Springs Ensemble Theatre at Springs Ensemble Theatre Colorado Springs, CO
Fresh off a completely sold out run of The Shark is Broken, Springs Ensemble Theatre (SET) continues its sixteenth season with R.U.R. by Karel Čapek, adapted and directed by SET member Matt Phillips. Performances run November 6 to 23, 2025, at Springs Ensemble Theatre in the 59er Speakeasy in Old Colorado City. To see the future, sometimes you have to look to the past. Before there was "Blade Runner", before there was Asimov's "I, Robot", before there was Lang's "Metropolis", there was...R.U.R.: See the start of AI. Director and adaptor Matt Phillips brings a bold new vision to this landmark work that coined the term “robot.” A graduate of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and a young local theatre artist, Phillips is in his first year as a member of Springs Ensemble Theatre. His adaptation strips away mechanical stereotypes and highlights the human themes at the heart of the play. “R.U.R. is not just a story about robots. It is about us, right now, living in a world where technology is advancing faster than our ability to understand its impact. This play asks what it means to be human when efficiency and productivity take precedence over everything else,” said Phillips. This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
Get Tickets Nov 14, 2025 - Jun 20, 2026
Contemporary Film, Video, and Sound: Sofía Gallisa Muriente: Lluvia con nieve
Presented by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
Contemporary Film, Video, and Sound Lane West Gallery In Contemporary Film, Video, and Sound, each of the featured artists grapples with the possibilities and shortcomings contained in the official records of history. Currently on view, Sofía Gallisa Muriente’s Lluvia con nieve (2014) uses archival footage from 1955 of a US plane landing in Puerto Rico carrying two tons of snow. About Contemporary Film, Video, and Sound Contemporary Film, Video, and Sound is dedicated to a rotating selection of contemporary film, video, and sound works and is curated by Katja Rivera, Curator of Contemporary Art. Support is generously provided by the Catharine and Bart Holaday Endowment for Interactive Art. This calendar listing is brought to you by Peak Radar, the Pikes Peak region's one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
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