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.
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Events for January 2026
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Pots by the Pound
Jan 29 - Feb 01
Mon, Jan 26 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Jan 27 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Jan 28 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 29 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 30 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 31 @ 10:00 am
Sun, Feb 1 @ 10:00 am
Featured artist Michelle Loftis
Jan 29 - Jan 31
Mon, Jan 26 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 29 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 30 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 31 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 29 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 30 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 31 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Feb 5 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Feb 6 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Feb 7 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Feb 12 @ 10:00 am
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Out of Our Minds: Magic and Mind Reading
Jan 29 - May 30
Thu, Jan 29 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Feb 6 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 7:00 pm
Thu, Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Feb 27 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Mar 7 @ 7:00 pm
Thu, Mar 12 @ 7:00 pm
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'Where We Stand'
Jan 30 - Feb 15
Fri, Jan 30 @ 6:00 am
Sun, Feb 1 @ 6:00 am
Mon, Feb 2 @ 6:00 am
Wed, Feb 4 @ 6:00 am
Fri, Feb 6 @ 6:00 am
Sun, Feb 8 @ 6:00 am
Mon, Feb 9 @ 6:00 am
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'Solastalgic Archive'
Jan 30 - Mar 08
Mon, Jan 26 @ 1:00 pm
Thu, Jan 29 @ 1:00 pm
Fri, Jan 30 @ 1:00 pm
Mon, Feb 2 @ 1:00 pm
Thu, Feb 5 @ 1:00 pm
Fri, Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm
Mon, Feb 9 @ 1:00 pm
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Thu, Jan 29 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 30 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 31 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Feb 5 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Feb 6 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Feb 7 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Feb 12 @ 10:00 am
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Drinking Brecht: An Automated Laboratory Performance
Jan 30 - Feb 01
Fri, Jan 30 @ 6:00 pm
Fri, Jan 30 @ 9:00 pm
Sat, Jan 31 @ 6:00 pm
Sat, Jan 31 @ 9:00 pm
Sun, Feb 1 @ 6:00 pm
Pots by the Pound
Jan 30 - Feb 01
Mon, Jan 26 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Jan 27 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Jan 28 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 29 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 30 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 31 @ 10:00 am
Sun, Feb 1 @ 10:00 am
Impossible Things
Jan 30 - May 30
Fri, Jan 30 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Feb 7 @ 7:00 pm
Thu, Feb 12 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Feb 20 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Feb 28 @ 7:00 pm
Thu, Mar 5 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Mar 13 @ 7:00 pm
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Featured artist Michelle Loftis
Jan 30 - Jan 31
Mon, Jan 26 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 29 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 30 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 31 @ 10:00 am
Jan 29, 2026 - Feb 01, 2026
Pots by the Pound
Presented by Commonwheel Artists Co-op at Commonwheel Artists Co-op Manitou Springs, CO
Each year, Commonwheel members and local guest artists from the Pikes Peak region clear out their studio inventory for this special annual event in January. Beautiful pottery, original art, photography, prints, textiles, and jewelry will the Creek Side Gallery and shoppers will find incredible discounted prices. Come early for the best selection! Then come back again, as we constantly restock the Creek Side Gallery with new items through out the month of January. There is no need to pre- apply. 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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Jan 29, 2026 - Jan 31, 2026
Featured artist Michelle Loftis
Presented by Green Horse Gallery at Green Horse Gallery Manitou Springs, CO
In her sculpture “Can’t You See What You Are Doing?” Loftis addresses the current administration’s clean energy rollbacks that have accelerated the climate crisis and will have a devastating impact on every American, especially the most vulnerable. 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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Jan 29, 2026 - 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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Jan 29, 2026 - May 30, 2026
Out of Our Minds: Magic and Mind Reading
Presented by Cosmo's Magic Theater at Cosmo's Magic Theater Colorado Springs, CO
"Out of Our Minds" was written and designed to encourage audience input which affects the outcome for the evening. Continuing in our tradition of storytelling, light and fun presentation and comedy, this show includes brand new, original material created specifically for this performance. The audience will even be "taught" and participate in telekinesis (moving objects with your mind) during the performance! "Out of Our Minds" opened to sellout crowds for several weeks starting in June of 2022 to rave reviews! This show is subtitled, "The show that can't be done without you".
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Jan 30, 2026 - Feb 15, 2026
'Where We Stand'
Presented by Ent Center for the Arts at Ent Center for the Arts Colorado Springs, CO
Written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays and Directed by Marisa Hébert. A stranger stands before us with a story—and a deal. In Where We Stand, a poetic and electrifying one-person play, a lonely soul makes a choice that could change everything. Part fable, part confession, and part communal reckoning, this contemporary tale invites the audience to step into the storyteller’s shoes and cast a vote of their own. Directed by Marisa Hébert (Flyin’ West, Every Brilliant Thing), this spellbinding modern parable explores the consequences of mercy, the cost of belonging, and the ties that bind us together. Making its Colorado debut, Where We Stand is a haunting journey into the heart of human connection. UCCS students are always free. Contact the box office in person or by phone with your student ID to reserve seats. This production contains themes of isolation, metaphysical bargaining, and moral ambiguity. If you have questions about the material or wish to read a copy of the work in advance, please email theatreworks@uccs.edu. 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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Jan 30, 2026 - Mar 08, 2026
'Solastalgic Archive'
Presented by Ent Center for the Arts at Ent Center for the Arts Colorado Springs, CO
Conceived by artist Nina Elder, the Solastalgic Archive holds materials that contextualize and give breadth to the experience of living and making in this time of accelerated change. The evolving archive of objects, images, and conceptual actions collects ephemera of memory, creation, forgetting, destruction, preciousness and transience offered by contributors. It is an evolving, changing, temporal entity that will continue to grow as it is enriched by additions connected to each host venue. Beginning in 2019 with more than 40 artists, and continuing to grow throughout it’s many showings, Elder invites fellow climate conscious artists, scholars and public intellectuals, as well as farmers, spiritual practitioners, indigenous leaders, and activists to contribute something that represents the “solastalgic”. Much like the practicalities of a traditional time capsule, each submission has had only one physical requirement: it must fit in a medium flat rate USPS postal box; boxes in which the exhibition’s objects continue to be carefully stored and moved from venue to venue. The Solastalgic Archive holds contributions from a vast array of people, each asked to consider what connects them to the passage time. Unlike other museum collections, the Solastalgic Archive holds deeply personal items as well as things that change or disappear over time. Harnessing solastalgia as the archives’ organizing principle, the collections exemplify transformation rather than permanence, fleeting relationships rather than immutable. By allowing emotions and ephemerality to displace institutional indifference and contrived eternities, this space enlivens the passage of time. Installed in GOCA’s Project Space, the Solastalgic Archive will evolve over the course of the exhibition…
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Jan 30, 2026 - 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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Jan 30, 2026 - Jan 31, 2026
UCCS Piano Festival 2026
Presented by University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) at Ent Center for the Arts Colorado Springs, CO
Join us at UCCS Ent Center for the Arts Jan 30-31 for two days of events! Jan 30-31, 2026 University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Ent Center for the Arts. Presented by the Department of Visual & Performing Arts, Music Program, in partnership with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic For more information, visit the FESTIVAL WEBSITE. All events except Philharmonic concerts are free and open to the public! Reservations required. Free tickets here. Fri, Jan 30, 7:30pm Pikes Peak Piano Stars. An evening of piano music featuring distinguished faculty pianists from the region, including Susan Grace (Colorado College), Zahari Metchkov (CSU Pueblo), Abe Minzer (PPSC), Moses Swedberg (CC), and Kelly Zuercher (UCCS)! Reserve free ticket here. Sat, Jan 31, 10-11:30am Masterclass with Aristo Sham. Join us for this exciting opportunity to hear from international star Aristo Sham, the newest Gold Medalist in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, as he coaches local young pianists. Reserve free ticket here. Sat, Jan 31, 1pm Student Piano Recital, a program featuring student pianists from across campuses of Southern Colorado. Reserve free ticket here. Sat, Jan 31, 3:00-4:30pm. Talks on Piano Pedagogy and Contemporary Literature. Local educators Kelly Zuercher and John Rot share insight on teaching and composing for the piano. Reserve free ticket here. Jan 31, 7:30pm and Feb 1, 2:30pm. Colorado Springs Philharmonic concert—Van Cliburn Champions: Mozart Hear Mozart’s genius from two sides. Aristo Sham, Van Cliburn gold medalist, performs the radiant Piano Concerto No. 17, alive with charm and effortless grace. Then the mood shifts to the monumental “Prague” Symphony, brimming with energy and drama. Tickets at CSPhilarmonic.org Piano provided by…
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Jan 30, 2026 - Feb 01, 2026
Drinking Brecht: An Automated Laboratory Performance
Presented by Colorado College Drama and Dance Department at Fleming Gallery @ Robson Arena Colorado Springs, CO
DUE TO SELL OUT SHOWS, ADDITIONAL SHOW TIMES JUST ADDED!! Jan 30-31 at 9pm! Join us for Drinking Brecht, a one-of-a-kind experience where theatre, science, and curiosity come together. This automated laboratory performance and illustrated essay draws on DNA extracted from a hat worn by actors in Bertolt Brecht’s Berliner Ensemble to explore the past and present of genetics and synthetic biology...with no lab coat required. Part documentary, part performance, and even something you can drink, Drinking Brecht playfully reimagines well-worn scientific stories as a shared ritual and a celebration of science for everyone. Come spend time with the work, engage your senses, and experience an imaginative, thought-provoking performance together. Space is limited! Reserve your free tickets now! 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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Jan 30, 2026 - Feb 01, 2026
Pots by the Pound
Presented by Commonwheel Artists Co-op at Commonwheel Artists Co-op Manitou Springs, CO
Each year, Commonwheel members and local guest artists from the Pikes Peak region clear out their studio inventory for this special annual event in January. Beautiful pottery, original art, photography, prints, textiles, and jewelry will the Creek Side Gallery and shoppers will find incredible discounted prices. Come early for the best selection! Then come back again, as we constantly restock the Creek Side Gallery with new items through out the month of January. There is no need to pre- apply. 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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Jan 30, 2026 - May 30, 2026
Impossible Things
Presented by Cosmo's Magic Theater at Cosmo's Magic Theater Colorado Springs, CO
Enjoy world-class sleight of hand right under your nose, performed by one of the world's top sleight of hand artists. After 20 years in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, native Coloradan Cosmo Solano returned home, opening "Cosmo's Magic Theater LLC" in 2017, to rave reviews! Enjoy a fun and elegant evening of comedy and magic, in a beautiful Victorian parlour setting. Enjoy light desserts and refreshments before the show. Spend a little time with the performer(s) before and after the show. Taking pictures is encouraged! The show is presented with a short intermission approximately half way through.
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Jan 30, 2026 - Jan 31, 2026
Featured artist Michelle Loftis
Presented by Green Horse Gallery at Green Horse Gallery Manitou Springs, CO
In her sculpture “Can’t You See What You Are Doing?” Loftis addresses the current administration’s clean energy rollbacks that have accelerated the climate crisis and will have a devastating impact on every American, especially the most vulnerable. 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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