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Celebrate more than 70 years of stunning, local homes with the Colorado Springs Parade of Homes. Whether dreaming, designing, or ready to buy, this annual builder showcase is an all-access pass to what’s possible right here in El Paso County. Discover local neighborhoods, stunning new homes, and walk away inspired. This year will feature 33 homes across every budget from El Paso to Teller County. Because good living starts here.

Join us for Military Appreciation Week at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo! It’s a week of even bigger thanks to those who have served our great country. This week’s military discount features 50% off the base admission price, which is offered to all active-duty, veteran and retired military personnel and their dependents living in the same household. March on up to the Zoo with your advance tickets for a weeklong celebration of stars and stripes!

Cottonwood Center for the Arts in partnership with the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPR) is thrilled to present a juried exhibition for the month of September: STRONGER TOGETHER. This installation features artworks created in response to an open call to the public celebrating the 20th anniversary of COPPR, underwritten by Herman Tiemens. This project was designed to foster a deeper connection between local creative organizations and local creatives, to benefit our community at large. As inspiration for this call, COPPR and Herman Tiemens selected a diverse spectrum of creative brands from our community as subject matter. We asked artists to create artworks honoring the ethos and unique character of their chosen organization(s), highlighting their vital role in our region’s cultural identity. Entries of all mediums and styles were accepted. This exhibition is sponsored by Purple Mountain Group at Morgan Stanley. Photo credit: Juan Morales for Poetry 719 – “Word Salad” Come experience this exhibit and enjoy two floors of open studios + galleries this First Friday from 5-8 pm, and all month during normal business hours.

An opportunity for collectors and art lovers to discover extraordinary new talent and for students to gain professional exposure and experience. Soft Opening: Friday September 4th, 5-8PM Reception & Meet the Artists: Friday October 2nd 5-8PM

Barbadian artist Annalee Davis’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States, More Tender Geographies, brings together more than thirty works spanning a decade of the artist’s practice. Davis examines what she calls a “post-plantation landscape” through a process by which she looks to land to explore evidence of rupture, care, resistance, and survival. Barbados, a southern Caribbean nation, was first colonized in 1627, then finally gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 and became a republic in 2021. Its social and ecological history shapes Davis’s sustained attention to land, labor, and cultural heritage. On view are works in which Davis incorporates materials found on her family’s property, a working dairy farm that formerly operated as a sugar plantation. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century pottery sherds likely used by both plantation owners and enslaved laborers are visible in Davis’s (bush) Tea Services, which she has used for distilling teas from local plants, fostering discussions about extraction, disintegration, and ecological devastation on the island. Ledger papers left behind on the property became the substrates in a suite of drawings of plants…

From the museum’s earliest days, gifts of art have shaped this institution and the permanent collection it stewards. More than half of the collection arrived through the generosity of artists, donors, and others who gifted important works or funds that have made key purchases possible. These acts of giving didn’t just add works; they defined the collection’s scope and vision. Alice Bemis Taylor’s foundational gift of art from the Southwest grounded the FAC in this region. Meredith Sage Hare’s donation of American modernist paintings and sculptures set sights on the avant-garde. Subsequent gifts have continued this dual commitment—grounded in the Southwest, attentive to what’s new—while also broadening the FAC’s collecting scope. This exhibition brings together gifts from across the museum’s ninety-year history, from foundational donations to recent acquisitions that continue shaping the collection today.

This collection of work serves as an invitation to experimentation and play, allowing a search for meaning among various materials. Artist Bio: Lindsay Goss is a multidisciplinary artist exploring abstraction in various mediums, including painting, textiles, film, ceramics, somatic movement, and three dimensional forms. Her practice reflects a deepening interest in the dynamic intersection of communication and the arts, including topics of introspection, self-expression, and inspired action. In 2024, she started a short documentary film project to reflect these interests and desire to support artists. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Pikes Peak region, including:Auric Gallery, Surface Gallery, Pikes Peak State College, and Medora Art Gallery. Lindsay was raised in Springfield, Missouri and has resided in Colorado for the last decade. Lindsay holds a Masters Degree in Communication from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

Bailey Cecelia, is a Colorado-based artist who moved to Colorado in search of a deeper connection with nature. The landscapes and wildlife surrounding her inspires her creative practice. Working primarily in graphite on 100% cotton rag paper, she creates detailed drawings that explore the relationship between nature, imagination, and emotion through realism and subtle surrealism. Through intricate shading and texture, her work captures the quiet beauty and wonder of the natural world. She invites viewers to slow down, look closer, and discover new perspectives within familiar forms.

Dear Colorado: a love letter to our state is a juried group exhibition honoring our state’s Sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of statehood. This exhibition is a collective love letter — a visual celebration of the landscapes, communities, histories, and memories that define what “home” in this state means to over 30 artists.

Local growers, ranchers, and farmers with fresh produce, meats, and more. Artisanal food vendors offering sweet treats, pickled veggies, jams, and baked goods. A wide variety of hand-crafted art, jewelry, and other one-of-a-kind items.

Bring a picnic, some lawn chairs and enjoy the show! Rain delays posted on Facebook.

Join fellow grant seekers and the Community Resource Center for a live Funder Connection Workshop. This viewing party will provide insight into the foundation's funding priorities, processes, and history. There will also be a time for participant Q&A with the presenter.

With an average of about 35 vendors, you can look forward to seeing many booths set up including (but not limited to) Abdul’s Produce, Royal Crest Dairy, Mountain Man Honey, Homemade Bread, seasonal Palisade peaches, Lawn decor, pasta, tupperware, Pampered Chef, jewelry, dog treats, locally ground coffee, and many more. This year we will have more produce along with even more vendors!

As a market with a purpose, the Southeast Farmers Market focuses on strengthening the local economy while creating meaningful opportunities for community engagement. Visitors can shop fresh produce, locally made products, handcrafted goods, and specialty foods while enjoying food trucks, family-friendly activities, educational opportunities, and community resources.

Located in Alamo Square Park Wednesdays through October 9, find local fruits, veggies, herbs and handcrafted artisan goods from a variety of vendors. SNAP and WIC accepted.
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