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
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
Rising Tide Society 2026 Business Refresh Retreat
COPPR is pleased to be the presenting sponsor for this full-day retreat for COS creative entrepreneurs. ✨ Business Refresh Retreat ✨ Saturday, Feb 7 from
LEVEL UP! Lunch & Learn: How to Build a Thriving Organization
Running an organization — whether a small business, nonprofit, or community initiative — can feel overwhelming. Too many priorities. Not enough time. Constant pressure to
LOCAL ARTS EVENTS
Events for January 2026
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Featured artist Michelle Loftis
Jan 15 - Jan 31
Wed, Jan 14 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 15 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 16 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 17 @ 10:00 am
Sun, Jan 18 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Jan 19 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 22 @ 10:00 am
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2026: Sparky LeBold, a Retrospective
Jan 15 - Jan 31
Wed, Jan 14 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 15 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 16 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 17 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Jan 20 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Jan 21 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 22 @ 10:00 am
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'Solastalgic Archive'
Jan 16 - Mar 08
Thu, Jan 15 @ 1:00 pm
Fri, Jan 16 @ 1:00 pm
Mon, Jan 19 @ 1:00 pm
Thu, Jan 22 @ 1:00 pm
Fri, Jan 23 @ 1:00 pm
Mon, Jan 26 @ 1:00 pm
Thu, Jan 29 @ 1:00 pm
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Out of Our Minds: Magic and Mind Reading
Jan 16 - May 30
Fri, Jan 16 @ 7:00 pm
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
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Fri, Jan 16 @ 7:00 pm
Thu, Jan 15 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 16 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 17 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 22 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 23 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 24 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 29 @ 10:00 am
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Pots by the Pound
Jan 16 - Feb 01
Wed, Jan 14 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 15 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 16 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 17 @ 10:00 am
Sun, Jan 18 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Jan 19 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Jan 20 @ 10:00 am
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Featured artist Michelle Loftis
Jan 16 - Jan 31
Wed, Jan 14 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 15 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 16 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 17 @ 10:00 am
Sun, Jan 18 @ 10:00 am
Mon, Jan 19 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 22 @ 10:00 am
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2026: Sparky LeBold, a Retrospective
Jan 16 - Jan 31
Wed, Jan 14 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 15 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Jan 16 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Jan 17 @ 10:00 am
Tue, Jan 20 @ 10:00 am
Wed, Jan 21 @ 10:00 am
Thu, Jan 22 @ 10:00 am
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Colorado College Swimming and Diving - CC Classic
Jan 16 - Jan 18
Fri, Jan 16 @ 4:30 pm
Sat, Jan 17 @ 9:00 am
Sun, Jan 18 @ 9:00 am
Jan 15, 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.
Get Tickets Jan 15, 2026 - Jan 31, 2026
2026: Sparky LeBold, a Retrospective
Presented by Cottonwood Center for the Arts at Cottonwood Center for the Arts Colorado Springs, CO
About the Artist: LeBold has made a name for himself both in America and abroad over the course of his stellar career. Since graduating from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California (1986), he has been inducted into Who's Who in American Art (2002), has held fifteen One-Man Shows across America and in Europe, and recognized as a National Artist of Portugal, where townspeople of Sesimbra have lovingly nicknamed him “Picasso Americano”. LeBold's oil paintings are inspired by the beauty he has experienced while traveling all over the world. His ability to translate what we see in nature onto canvases large and small has resonated with corporate and private collectors for the past 41 years and captured the attention of The Artist’s Magazine when they listed him as “one of the top 50 landscape painters in America”. LeBold’s work is full of emotion and spirit, reflecting his desire to communicate and raise awareness for the beauty in nature that we may overlook. His images hold your attention, touch your soul and leave an imprint that lingers. Not to mention, he has a sweet ponytail. This is who I am...as honest as I can be. I consider this to be the most important Show of my career...a prelude of where I have traveled and a lighted tunnel to where I am trying to land. This Show is about giving what I have without exception and hoping to find an audience to accept it; and if not, I lay my worth…
Get Tickets Jan 16, 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…
Get Tickets Jan 16, 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".
Get Tickets Jan 16, 2026
Tune Titans Musical Improv Show
Presented by Stick Horses in Pants at Peak Improv Theater Colorado Springs, CO
Tune Titans: A Fully Improvised Broadway-Style Musical Experience Get ready for a night of show-stopping laughs, spontaneous songs, and musical mayhem with Tune Titans, Peak Improv Theater’s brand-new musical improv team! Each performance is a one-of-a-kind theatrical event where everything—from the dialogue to the choreography to the big finale—is made up on the spot, inspired entirely by your suggestions. With the help of live musical accompaniment, the Tune Titans take audience prompts and transform them into toe-tapping, side-splitting scenes and songs worthy of the Great White Way. From hilarious character arcs to heartfelt ballads and over-the-top ensemble numbers, no two shows are ever the same. If you're a fan of Broadway, musical theater, or fast-paced comedy, this is the show for you. Come ready to laugh, shout out ideas, and witness the magic of unscripted musical storytelling. 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 Jan 16, 2026
Hannah Berner
Presented by Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts Colorado Springs, CO
Hannah Berner is a stand-up comedian and New York Times Best-Selling author known for her relatable humor and charismatic crowd work. She rose to prominence with her debut comedy special “We Ride at Dawn” which premiered at #2 on Netflix. Berner hosts two hit podcasts, Giggly Squad alongside Paige DeSorbo and Berner Phone with Des Bishop, which have garnered over 100 million combined downloads. After a sold-out national tour, Berner and DeSorbo recently released their book “How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously” via Simon and Schuster which debuted at #2 on the New York Times Best Seller list. 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 Jan 16, 2026
Starburn
Presented by Stargazers Theatre & Event Center at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center Colorado Springs, CO
The 60's-80's produced some amazing rock music! Join us as we take you on a journey through this period which covers everything from Janis Joplin, Cream, Pink Floyd, and Steely Dan to artists like Cheap Trick, Toto, Aerosmith, and Boz Scaggs. The music was a reflection of the social changes of that era involving great vocal harmonies with strong guitar and keyboard virtuosity. Whether you grew up with this music or you first heard it on your parent’s stereo it has influenced you in some way. 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 Jan 16, 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.
Get Tickets Jan 16, 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.
Get Tickets Jan 16, 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.
Get Tickets Jan 16, 2026 - Jan 31, 2026
2026: Sparky LeBold, a Retrospective
Presented by Cottonwood Center for the Arts at Cottonwood Center for the Arts Colorado Springs, CO
About the Artist: LeBold has made a name for himself both in America and abroad over the course of his stellar career. Since graduating from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California (1986), he has been inducted into Who's Who in American Art (2002), has held fifteen One-Man Shows across America and in Europe, and recognized as a National Artist of Portugal, where townspeople of Sesimbra have lovingly nicknamed him “Picasso Americano”. LeBold's oil paintings are inspired by the beauty he has experienced while traveling all over the world. His ability to translate what we see in nature onto canvases large and small has resonated with corporate and private collectors for the past 41 years and captured the attention of The Artist’s Magazine when they listed him as “one of the top 50 landscape painters in America”. LeBold’s work is full of emotion and spirit, reflecting his desire to communicate and raise awareness for the beauty in nature that we may overlook. His images hold your attention, touch your soul and leave an imprint that lingers. Not to mention, he has a sweet ponytail. This is who I am...as honest as I can be. I consider this to be the most important Show of my career...a prelude of where I have traveled and a lighted tunnel to where I am trying to land. This Show is about giving what I have without exception and hoping to find an audience to accept it; and if not, I lay my worth…
Get Tickets Jan 16, 2026 - Jan 18, 2026
Colorado College Swimming and Diving - CC Classic
Presented by Colorado College at Schlessman Natatorium Colorado Springs, CO
Dive into the action at Schlessman Natatorium, located in the El Pomar Sports Center, as your Tigers host 6 teams for the CC Classic. This 3-day meet provides ample opportunities to watch your tigers in action! GO TIGERS! 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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