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
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 80903FREE, Space is Limited. Register today! Creatives, if you have financial planning questions for yourself OR your creative business or nonprofit, reserve a
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 off South Weber St) 🎟️ FREE or $15 for boxed lunch Seating is limited and registration is required Register Here Join
COPPR’s Ribbon-Cutting and Open House
COPPR’s Ribbon-Cutting and Open House The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPR) hosted a community ribbon cutting and celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. to mark the opening of its new office location in the Lowell neighborhood in the Downtown Colorado Springs
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Sat, Nov 1 @ 9:00 pm
'Between the Land and Sky'
Nov 01 - Dec 13
Sat, Nov 1 @ 3:30 pm
Mon, Nov 3 @ 3:30 pm
Wed, Nov 5 @ 3:30 pm
Thu, Nov 6 @ 3:30 pm
Fri, Nov 7 @ 3:30 pm
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Sat, Nov 1 @ 10:00 am
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Thu, Nov 13 @ 10:00 am
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Pikes Peak Marathon 70th Anniversary
Nov 01 - Dec 31
Sat, Nov 1 @ 12:00 pm
Sun, Nov 2 @ 12:00 pm
Mon, Nov 3 @ 12:00 pm
Tue, Nov 4 @ 12:00 pm
Wed, Nov 5 @ 12:00 pm
Thu, Nov 6 @ 12:00 pm
Fri, Nov 7 @ 12:00 pm
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Saturday Night Improv with Improv Colorado
Nov 01 - Dec 20
Sat, Nov 1 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Dec 20 @ 7:00 pm
'Space in Between + CARE'
Nov 01 - Dec 13
Sat, Nov 1 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Nov 5 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Nov 6 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Nov 7 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 8 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Nov 12 @ 10:00 am
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'Raquel's Purple Pineapple Adventures'
Nov 01 - Nov 02
Sat, Nov 1 @ 3:00 pm
Sun, Nov 2 @ 12:00 pm
Sun, Nov 2 @ 3:00 pm
'Open-Hearted'
Nov 01 - Jan 17
Sat, Nov 1 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Nov 5 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Nov 6 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Nov 7 @ 10:00 am
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Nov 01, 2025
It's A 2000's (Halloween) Party
Presented by Phil Long Music Hall at Bourbon Brothers at Phil Long Music Hall at Bourbon Brothers Colorado Springs, CO
This electrifying, spooktacular event celebrates the iconic 2000s era, featuring the decade's biggest hits across pop, hip-hop, and rock genres. Dress up in your favorite Y2K-inspired costumes and embrace the spirit of the season as you dance the night away to tunes from Britney Spears, Eminem, and more. Don't miss this chance to relive the unforgettable 2000s vibes with a frightfully fun twist - a night filled with music, style, nostalgia, and plenty of Halloween fun. Get your tickets now for an unforgettable journey back to the early 2000s! 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 01, 2025 - Nov 02, 2025
Día de Muertos Celebration
Presented by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
Día de Muertos Celebration Watch live music and performances Engage with hands-on art activities Installation by artist Cal Duran See ofrendas created by local school and community groups Food and drink available for purchase Shop at a mercado with food vendors and artisans A children’s costume parade will be held on both days If you don’t feel comfortable celebrating with us this year, we understand. We will see you next year! At the Celebration Performances Saturday, Nov. 1 TBD Saturday, Nov. 2 TBD Food & Drink TBD Bar provided by Bon Appétit (credit card only) Activities Sugar skull (calaveras) decorating Button making Mercado Artisan creations available for purchase, artisans TBD. Community Ofrenda Participate in the construction of a community ofrenda in Taste throughout both days of Día de Muertos. Ofrendas (or offerings) are altars created to honor those who have died and are traditionally filled with photographs, food, flowers, and candles. All are welcome to bring these elements or others that celebrate someone special in your life who has passed. A digital printer will be available for those who wish to print a photo during the celebration. Please refrain from bringing alcohol, tobacco, or anything flammable and note that we are unable to return any items left on the ofrenda. Contributing to the community ofrenda is free and will be open on Nov. 1 and 2. At the conclusion of Día de Muertos, messages and memories will be placed in a sacred fire with love and care to commit them…
Get Tickets Nov 01, 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 01, 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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Nov 01, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025
Dia de los Muertos
Presented by Green Horse Gallery at Green Horse Gallery Manitou Springs, CO
Green Horse Gallery in Manitou Springs will host a Dia de los Muertos-themed exhibit in October. Local artists have come together to celebrate the beautiful Mexican holiday that honors our loved ones who have passed. 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 01, 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 01, 2025 - Dec 20, 2025
Saturday Night Improv with Improv Colorado
Presented by Improv Colorado at Peak Improv Theater Colorado Springs, CO
If you like "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" you will love our show! Improv Colorado is guaranteed to bring laughter to any date night, girls’ night out, Meetup event or solo outing! These seasoned improv artists will amaze you with their wit and imagination! Every show is completely different than the last because it is all made up on the spot! Join us for giggles, grins and even a belly laugh or two! Fast paced improv comedy, you help with suggestions and we then create the fun. Bring the family or make it a date, it will be a fun night out. 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 01, 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 01, 2025
"ART ART ART"
Presented by Bridge Gallery at Bridge Gallery Colorado Springs, CO
October is Arts Month and some of the most accomplished artists in the region are exhibiting their work in The Bridge Gallery and Commons Gallery. Media includes painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, mixed media. Invited artists showing work are Chris Alvarez, Calvin Armstrong, Dave Armstrong, Betty Atherton, Cole Bennett, Bill Burgess, Michael Cellan, Cyndi Deswik, John Gudvagen, Rui Haagen, Sandy Kinnee, John Lawson, Carl Reed, Orrin Robins, Ann Wardlow Rodgers, Roseburrow, Clyde Tullis, Diane Vallejo, Phil Vallejo, John Yust 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 01, 2025 - Nov 02, 2025
'Raquel's Purple Pineapple Adventures'
Presented by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
Raquel’s Purple Pineapple Adventures Second Stage Bilingual Show (English/Spanish) Book and Lyrics by Naomi de la Puente | Music and Lyrics by Fernanda Douglas Details & Tickets In this bilingual show, you’ll hear a mix of English and Spanish. But don’t worry! No matter which language you speak, you and your kids will easily be able to follow along. All Raquel wants to do is help her family run their campground in the Colorado mountains, but the worst has happened: summer school! She is having trouble reading but never fear, Pinkie the Purple Pineapple is here to save the day. Is Pinkie imaginary? Is she real? Maybe it doesn’t matter since she teaches Raquel to overcome her fears. Continuing our relationship with Creede Repertory Theatre, we are pleased to present their latest, bilingual musical for young audiences. 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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Nov 01, 2025 - Nov 03, 2025
'Creased'
Presented by Commonwheel Artists Co-op at Commonwheel Artists Co-op Manitou Springs, CO
Creased is a group show featuring art made on and from paper. Featuring artwork by Amy Kerr, Paige Carley, Carrie Dunlap and Summit Scribes. 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 01, 2025 - Jan 17, 2026
'Open-Hearted'
Presented by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
Open-Hearted Holaday and Seagraves Galleries Open-Hearted examines the history, meaning, and contemporary realities of health care and well-being. Moving beyond the individualistic framework of “self-care,” the exhibition reframes wellness as a collective project—one that necessitates an expansion of public health infrastructures across many levels of society. This framing emphasizes, as writer Corrine Fitzpatrick suggests, that “health is always in relation to power.” While the title evokes a sensibility of kindness (and by extension, the ideal capacities of health care to be preventative, diagnostic, and/or relieving), it also suggests an invasive medical procedure, thereby drawing a connection to the risk and vulnerability inherent in both. Featuring works made between 1986 to 2025—a period framed by two significant epidemics, AIDS and COVID-19—the show features a variety of media, including design, weaving, sculpture, video, and installation, that explore our medical system’s forms, objects, spaces, and communication systems. Some works advocate for increased access to vital life-saving information and for an expansion of public health resources led by disability, chronic illness, and neurodiversity activism. Others investigate how physical space invites or inhibits access, demonstrating how architecture can engender both care and control. Finally, the show will also feature works that critically engage with the history of medical research, shedding light on the violence and harm perpetuated by the medical system and its infrastructure throughout time. Artists featured in the exhibition include: MG Bernard, Gregg Bordowitz, Melissa Cody, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ben Gould, Xandra Ibarra, Kapwani Kiwanga, Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo, Carolyn Lazard, Kate Leonard, Ani Liu, Jordan…
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