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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The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region is thrilled to announce the newest addition to its talented staff. Luke Harper Prince of Manitou Springs,

Creative Flight Plan Workshop
The Cultural Office has partnered with executive coach JB Bolton of Bolton Co. to offer a first-of-its-kind, in-depth workshop for creative leaders in the Pikes
LOCAL ARTS EVENTS












Events for October 2025
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'Whispers of the Wild'
Feb 08 - Mar 02
Sun, Feb 8 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Feb 9 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Feb 10 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Feb 11 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Feb 12 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Feb 13 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Feb 14 @ 10:00 am
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'The Children' by Lucy Kirkwood
Feb 08 - Feb 15
Sun, Feb 8 @ 2:00 pm
Mon, Feb 9 @ 7:30 pm
Thu, Feb 12 @ 7:30 pm
Fri, Feb 13 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 2:00 pm
Sun, Feb 8 @ 12:00 pm
Tue, Feb 10 @ 12:00 pm
Wed, Feb 11 @ 12:00 pm
Fri, Feb 13 @ 12:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 12:00 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 12:00 pm
Tue, Feb 17 @ 12:00 pm
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Coyoetry
Feb 08 - May 31
Coyoetry
Presented by Concrete Couch at Coyote Park (Concrete Coyote Community Park)
Feb 08 - May 31
Sun, Feb 8 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Mar 1 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Mar 8 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Mar 15 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm
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2026 Museum Games Experience
Feb 08 - Feb 22
Sun, Feb 8 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Feb 9 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Feb 10 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Feb 11 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Feb 12 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Feb 13 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Feb 14 @ 10:00 am
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Featured Artists Ken and Tina Reisterer
Feb 08 - Feb 28
Sun, Feb 8 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Feb 9 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Feb 12 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Feb 13 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Feb 14 @ 10:00 am
Sun, Feb 15 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Feb 16 @ 10:00 am
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'Where We Stand'
Feb 08 - Feb 15
Sun, Feb 8 @ 4:00 pm
Thu, Feb 12 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Feb 13 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 2:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 4:00 pm
'Lightscapes'
Feb 08 - Feb 28
Sun, Feb 8 @ 12:00 pm
Thu, Feb 12 @ 12:00 pm
Fri, Feb 13 @ 12:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 12:00 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 12:00 pm
Thu, Feb 19 @ 12:00 pm
Fri, Feb 20 @ 12:00 pm
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'The Children' by Lucy Kirkwood
Feb 09 - Feb 15
Sun, Feb 8 @ 2:00 pm
Mon, Feb 9 @ 7:30 pm
Thu, Feb 12 @ 7:30 pm
Fri, Feb 13 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 2:00 pm
Bransby Retrospective
Feb 09 - Mar 13
Mon, Feb 9 @ 8:00 am
Tue, Feb 10 @ 8:00 am
Wed, Feb 11 @ 8:00 am
Thu, Feb 12 @ 8:00 am
Fri, Feb 13 @ 8:00 am
Mon, Feb 16 @ 8:00 am
Tue, Feb 17 @ 8:00 am
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2026 Museum Games Experience
Feb 09 - Feb 22
Sun, Feb 8 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Feb 9 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Feb 10 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Feb 11 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Feb 12 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Feb 13 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Feb 14 @ 10:00 am
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Feb 08, 2026
Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society 2nd Sunday Valentines Dance
Presented by Pikes Peak Jazz And Swing Society at Olympian Plaza Reception Center Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society 2nd Sunday Jazz presents "Katie Hale and The P-47s" Katie graduated from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD with degrees in performance and education and built an acting, singing, and voiceover career. Katie has performed regionally and Off-Broadway, in film, and her voiceover client list includes Hachette Audio, the Washington Post, the Discovery Channel, NASA, and Pandora Radio (and she has lots of funny stories about performing crazy accents, like when she played multiple characters in a Carmen Sandiego video game!). You can also listen for Katie's shows on Jazz 93.5, including Jump n Jive Drive at 5 on Mondays! 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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Feb 08, 2026 - Mar 02, 2026
'Whispers of the Wild'
Presented by Commonwheel Artists Co-op at Commonwheel Artists Co-op Manitou Springs, CO
Whispers of the Wild Featured Guest Artists: Daniel Logan Daniel began his artist career shortly after ending his time in the Air Force. He started by going to art school and earned his degree in Illustration which quickly gained him an appreciation for all styles of art. This appreciation turned into an eclectic love of painting in multiple styles. His paintings often display animals but he’s not afraid to venture into any subject, but one thing each of Daniel’s paintings does have is a unique story to tell. Web: https://daloartdesign.square.site/ IG:@daloartdesign https://www.instagram.com/daloartdesign/ Barry Greff Barry Steven Greff, (born Brooklyn, NY, 1957), was exposed to travel and photography as a child on family vacations. He began shooting underwater then above and was first published in magazines in the 1990s. After decades of honing his craft, his work has been widely published, exhibited and collected throughout the U. S. and Internationally. It has received numerous Fine Art Photography Awards (i.e.. Black & White Spiders, International Color, Photography Master’s Cup, etc.), appeared in the Center for Fine Art Photography in Ft. Collins, CO six different times, in Denver, CO at the late Hal Gould’s Camera Obscura Gallery, and in a Solo Exhibition at 25 CPW Gallery(Central Park West) in New York City. Since moving to Colorado permanently in November of 2023, his work has been in five different Exhibitions, including as Featured Artist. His work has been recognized and/or utilized by some of the biggest names in the Fine Art Photography world, and by prestigious…
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Feb 08, 2026 - Feb 15, 2026
'The Children' by Lucy Kirkwood
Presented by Springs Ensemble Theatre at Springs Ensemble Theatre Colorado Springs, CO
The Children centers on Hazel and Robin, a retired nuclear scientist couple attempting a quiet post-disaster existence in a remote coastal cottage following a meltdown at a nearby power station. The sudden appearance of Rose, a former colleague, disrupts their controlled routine. Her visit compels the couple to confront their professional past, personal legacy, and the moral calculus of responsibility toward the world they leave behind. The intense, three-person play offers a stark meditation on aging, duty, and environmental accountability. Madalyn Rilling, SET Board Member and Director of the production, notes, "The Children" poses essential questions about our debt to the future and one another. Kirkwood's script is deeply moving and undeniably relevant. This piece highlights the strength of intimate, character-focused storytelling, and we are excited to present this work to the Colorado Springs community." The production features a cast of experienced actors: Hazel: Dinah Mann Robin: Stephen Alan Carver Rose: Amaya Egusquiza 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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Feb 08, 2026 - Feb 28, 2026
A Century of Black History Commemoration: The Groves Family and Fannie Mae Duncan
Presented by Manitou Springs Heritage Museum at Manitou Springs Heritage Museum Manitou Springs, CO
During the opening reception, local musician Charles Lumpkin will speak about Black History Month and play the Black National Anthem on his saxophone. John Groves (1840-1902) and Louisa Divers Groves (1861-1943) were born in Virginia and Missouri, respectively. The son of a plantation owner and an enslaved woman, John soon showed his intelligence and was educated at a time that was illegal. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Sometime between 1886 and 1891, John and Louisa relocated to Manitou Springs, where they raised their family. Among their children: Harry Augustus (1891-1978), father of Harry Edward Groves (1921-2013), who would study at Harvard and become a respected law professor at universities around the nation. Fannie Mae Duncan was renowned as the founder and owner of the Cotton Club in downtown Colorado Springs, where her motto was “everybody welcome.” Her portion of the exhibit will include photos taken at the club in 1955. Fannie Mae Bragg was born in Alabama in 1918. Her family fled Alabama after a racially motivated murder and settled briefly in Oklahoma, Eventually, the family moved to Colorado Springs and Fannie Mae found work at the Manitou Spa. She married Ed Duncan in 1939 and the couple purchased a two-story building at 25 W. Colorado Ave. that would become the Cotton Club. Performers including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Flip Wilson, Etta James and B.B. King appeared there over the years to entertain audiences of all races. The exhibit also will feature Charlotte Rickert’s short…
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Feb 08, 2026 - May 31, 2026
Coyoetry
Presented by Concrete Couch at Coyote Park (Concrete Coyote Community Park) Colorado Springs, CO
C O Y O E T R Y - Poetry at Coyote Park Main Stage Come yip and howl your mind and soul with us Sunday nights. Writers, thinkers, activists, and other wordsmiths are invited to come bless the mic with their wisdom every Sunday evening. See concretecouch.org/calendar for feature / slam announcements and location changes. 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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Feb 08, 2026 - Feb 22, 2026
2026 Museum Games Experience
Presented by United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum at United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum Colorado Springs, CO
During the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum will serve as a year-round destination for fans, families, and sport enthusiasts. The Museum will be open seven days a week throughout the Games, offering immersive programming, live demonstrations, artist experiences, and daily tours that celebrate the history, athletes, and legacy of Team USA. Visitors can take part in a rotating schedule of special events, including live Winter Games viewing celebrations, daily Victory On Ice Tours, artifact demonstrations, and live Olympic and Paralympic art performances. Signature community events such as Downtown Winterfest and Paralympic Day will bring the spirit of the Games into downtown Colorado Springs. The Museum’s Winter Games Experience provides a front-row seat to Olympic and Paralympic history in the making—connecting fans to the athletes, stories, and moments that define the world’s greatest sporting event. 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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Feb 08, 2026 - Feb 28, 2026
Featured Artists Ken and Tina Reisterer
Presented by Green Horse Gallery at Green Horse Gallery Manitou Springs, CO
Ken and Tina Riesterer will be the featured artists in February 2026 at Green Horse Gallery. Ken throws the pots and bowls, and Tina adds her distinctive illustrations. 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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Feb 08, 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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Feb 08, 2026 - Feb 28, 2026
'Lightscapes'
Presented by Laura Reilly Fine Art Gallery and Studio at Laura Reilly Studio Colorado Springs, CO
Light dances across Laura Reilly’s canvases, capturing fleeting glimpses of passing moments in time. Recent paintings play with the shifting reflections of light on water and as it filters through twisting leaves and wildflowers. Her landscapes are brilliantly saturated with color, giving them luminosity and movement. Her wildflowers vibrate and sway with deep hues. 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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Feb 09, 2026 - Feb 15, 2026
'The Children' by Lucy Kirkwood
Presented by Springs Ensemble Theatre at Springs Ensemble Theatre Colorado Springs, CO
The Children centers on Hazel and Robin, a retired nuclear scientist couple attempting a quiet post-disaster existence in a remote coastal cottage following a meltdown at a nearby power station. The sudden appearance of Rose, a former colleague, disrupts their controlled routine. Her visit compels the couple to confront their professional past, personal legacy, and the moral calculus of responsibility toward the world they leave behind. The intense, three-person play offers a stark meditation on aging, duty, and environmental accountability. Madalyn Rilling, SET Board Member and Director of the production, notes, "The Children" poses essential questions about our debt to the future and one another. Kirkwood's script is deeply moving and undeniably relevant. This piece highlights the strength of intimate, character-focused storytelling, and we are excited to present this work to the Colorado Springs community." The production features a cast of experienced actors: Hazel: Dinah Mann Robin: Stephen Alan Carver Rose: Amaya Egusquiza 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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Feb 09, 2026 - Mar 13, 2026
Bransby Retrospective
Presented by Pikes Peak State College at Gallery at Studio West Colorado Springs, CO
A collection of artworks by local artists, Eric Bransby and Mary Ann Bransby, will be on display at the Pikes Peak State College Gallery at Studio West. 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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Feb 09, 2026 - Feb 22, 2026
2026 Museum Games Experience
Presented by United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum at United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum Colorado Springs, CO
During the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum will serve as a year-round destination for fans, families, and sport enthusiasts. The Museum will be open seven days a week throughout the Games, offering immersive programming, live demonstrations, artist experiences, and daily tours that celebrate the history, athletes, and legacy of Team USA. Visitors can take part in a rotating schedule of special events, including live Winter Games viewing celebrations, daily Victory On Ice Tours, artifact demonstrations, and live Olympic and Paralympic art performances. Signature community events such as Downtown Winterfest and Paralympic Day will bring the spirit of the Games into downtown Colorado Springs. The Museum’s Winter Games Experience provides a front-row seat to Olympic and Paralympic history in the making—connecting fans to the athletes, stories, and moments that define the world’s greatest sporting event. 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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