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
Celebrate Arts Month 2025
ARTS MONTH IS HERE! This October marks 12 years of Arts Month in our community! It has grown into a tradition that invites everyone to explore, connect, and celebrate our shared creativity. Each October, hundreds of local events remind us that the arts aren’t just
COPPR is on the move!
On behalf of the Board and Staff of The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, I am pleased to finally share with you some of our nonprofit’s biggest news in our 19-year history: we have purchased a permanent home for the Cultural Office! Our new, vibrant space at the
Congratulations & Best Wishes to Staff Member, Dylan Craddock
The Cultural Office’s Program Manager of Creative Economy, Dylan Craddock, has been accepted to the prestigious London School of Economics’ Masters program in Local Economic Development. Her last full day on staff at the Cultural Office will be August 29th. Since June 2023, Dylan has
LOCAL ARTS EVENTS
PPW Write Brain: Embracing Brevity: Drabbles, Micro Fiction, and Flash Fiction with Angela Sylvaine
10-21-2025 - 10-21-2025
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Pikes Peak Marathon 70th Anniversary
Nov 04 - Dec 31
Mon, Oct 20 @ 12:00 pm
Tue, Oct 21 @ 12:00 pm
Wed, Oct 22 @ 12:00 pm
Thu, Oct 23 @ 12:00 pm
Fri, Oct 24 @ 12:00 pm
Sat, Oct 25 @ 12:00 pm
Sun, Oct 26 @ 12:00 pm
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'Between the Land and Sky'
Nov 05 - Dec 13
Thu, Oct 23 @ 3:30 pm
Fri, Oct 24 @ 3:30 pm
Sat, Oct 25 @ 3:30 pm
Mon, Oct 27 @ 3:30 pm
Wed, Oct 29 @ 3:30 pm
Thu, Oct 30 @ 3:30 pm
Fri, Oct 31 @ 3:30 pm
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Pikes Peak Marathon 70th Anniversary
Nov 05 - Dec 31
Mon, Oct 20 @ 12:00 pm
Tue, Oct 21 @ 12:00 pm
Wed, Oct 22 @ 12:00 pm
Thu, Oct 23 @ 12:00 pm
Fri, Oct 24 @ 12:00 pm
Sat, Oct 25 @ 12:00 pm
Sun, Oct 26 @ 12:00 pm
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'Space in Between + CARE'
Nov 05 - Dec 13
Wed, Oct 22 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Oct 23 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Oct 24 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Oct 25 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Oct 29 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Oct 30 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Oct 31 @ 10:00 am
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'Open-Hearted'
Nov 05 - Jan 17
Wed, Oct 22 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Oct 23 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Oct 24 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Oct 25 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Oct 29 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Oct 30 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Oct 31 @ 10:00 am
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Black Forest Arts and Crafts Guild Fall Show and Sale
Nov 05 - Nov 09
Wed, Nov 5 @ 4:00 pm
Thu, Nov 6 @ 9:00 am
Fri, Nov 7 @ 9:00 am
Sat, Nov 8 @ 9:00 am
Sun, Nov 9 @ 10:00 am
'Between the Land and Sky'
Nov 06 - Dec 13
Thu, Oct 23 @ 3:30 pm
Fri, Oct 24 @ 3:30 pm
Sat, Oct 25 @ 3:30 pm
Mon, Oct 27 @ 3:30 pm
Wed, Oct 29 @ 3:30 pm
Thu, Oct 30 @ 3:30 pm
Fri, Oct 31 @ 3:30 pm
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'R.U.R. 'by Karel Čapek
Nov 06 - Nov 23
Thu, Nov 6 @ 7:30 pm
Fri, Nov 7 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm
Thu, Nov 13 @ 7:30 pm
Fri, Nov 14 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, Nov 16 @ 2:00 pm
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'Space in Between + CARE'
Nov 06 - Dec 13
Wed, Oct 22 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Oct 23 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Oct 24 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Oct 25 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Oct 29 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Oct 30 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Oct 31 @ 10:00 am
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'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Nov 06 - Nov 16
Thu, Nov 6 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Nov 7 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Nov 8 @ 2:00 pm
Sat, Nov 8 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Nov 9 @ 7:00 pm
Thu, Nov 13 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm
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'Open-Hearted'
Nov 06 - Jan 17
Wed, Oct 22 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Oct 23 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Oct 24 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Oct 25 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Oct 29 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Oct 30 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Oct 31 @ 10:00 am
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Black Forest Arts and Crafts Guild Fall Show and Sale
Nov 06 - Nov 09
Wed, Nov 5 @ 4:00 pm
Thu, Nov 6 @ 9:00 am
Fri, Nov 7 @ 9:00 am
Sat, Nov 8 @ 9:00 am
Sun, Nov 9 @ 10:00 am
Nov 04, 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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 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…
Get Tickets Nov 05, 2025 - Nov 09, 2025
Black Forest Arts and Crafts Guild Fall Show and Sale
Presented by Black Forest Arts & Crafts Guild at Black Forest Community Center Colorado Springs, CO
Join us for our 61th Annual Fall Holiday Arts and Crafts show at the historic Black Forest Community Center. For more information about the show, guild members and pictures of the show, see us at bfacg.org or www.facebook.com/BFACG. The fall show is the perfect place to shop for unique hand crafted items for that special someone on your Christmas or other holiday gift-giving list! Local artisans will be showing many new and unique gifts, fine art and decor for your home. Additionally, our culinary artists are busy preparing a huge selection of autumn-themed culinary delights! Pumpkin and spice, anyone! The Black Forest Arts & Crafts Guild promotes and pursues activities in fine arts, decorative arts and crafts, and culinary endeavors. Our artisan and culinary members sell their work which includes quilts & afghans, baby items, paintings, pottery, jewelry, woodworking, stained glass, dolls, stitchery, note cards, baked goods, jams & jellies, candles and much more! The Black Forest Arts & Crafts Guild is a Colorado non-profit organization, that maintains a Scholarship Fund to help local students go to school. The scholarship is funded not only by a donation from the guild but other members of our community.
Get Tickets Nov 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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…
Get Tickets Nov 06, 2025 - Nov 09, 2025
Black Forest Arts and Crafts Guild Fall Show and Sale
Presented by Black Forest Arts & Crafts Guild at Black Forest Community Center Colorado Springs, CO
Join us for our 61th Annual Fall Holiday Arts and Crafts show at the historic Black Forest Community Center. For more information about the show, guild members and pictures of the show, see us at bfacg.org or www.facebook.com/BFACG. The fall show is the perfect place to shop for unique hand crafted items for that special someone on your Christmas or other holiday gift-giving list! Local artisans will be showing many new and unique gifts, fine art and decor for your home. Additionally, our culinary artists are busy preparing a huge selection of autumn-themed culinary delights! Pumpkin and spice, anyone! The Black Forest Arts & Crafts Guild promotes and pursues activities in fine arts, decorative arts and crafts, and culinary endeavors. Our artisan and culinary members sell their work which includes quilts & afghans, baby items, paintings, pottery, jewelry, woodworking, stained glass, dolls, stitchery, note cards, baked goods, jams & jellies, candles and much more! The Black Forest Arts & Crafts Guild is a Colorado non-profit organization, that maintains a Scholarship Fund to help local students go to school. The scholarship is funded not only by a donation from the guild but other members of our community.
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