All Events

Garden club members have dug up their extra plants, divided their perennials, and donated a great variety of beautiful plants to the club’s annual Fall Plant Sale. Farmers’ Institute. 1 to 3 p.m.

Salt Spring National Art Prize event with three panellists from the world of arts and science: Atom Egoyan (director), Arthur B McDonald (2015 Nobel Prize in Physics), Meaghan Ogilvie (photographer). ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25 at http://tinyurl.com/SSNAP2017TheCreativeMind  

Salt Spring author reads from two books in the Mind-Speaker Series: Marooned and Night of the Raptors. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.   The Mind-Speaker Series, Book 1: MAROONED in a strange land: What seemed like an exciting survey mission on a new world, turns ugly, when a freak solar storm wipes out all […]

Poetry reading group meets in Room 103 of the Salt Spring Public Library from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. New members welcome.

Merilyn Simonds (representing the San Miguel Writer’s Conference) reads at the Salt Spring Public Library. 8 p.m. Simonds is the author of 17 books, including the creative nonfiction classic, The Convict Lover, a finalist for the Governor General’s Award and inspiration for Judith Thompson’s recent play, Hot House; an internationally acclaimed collection of autobiographical stories, […]

A Farmland Trust fundraiser for The Root at the Salt Spring Sailing Club. 5:30 p.m. Tickets are at Salt Spring Books.

A major marine disaster-preparedness exercise takes place in the Fernwood area and Trincomali Channel all day today. Don't be alarmed! If you want to volunteer to be a "patient," email ssiessd@crd.bc.ca or phone 250-537-1220.

Don Cunningham presents a talk about the history of one of Salt Spring's oldest settlements. Central Hall. 7 p.m. A fundraiser for Central Hall.

Horticulturalist Connie Kuramoto will talk on the subject of The Lazy Gardener at Meaden Hall beginning at 7 p.m.

Salt Spring Public Library. 1 to 3 p.m. The Salt Spring Island Public Library book club, open to all and free of charge, meets from 1 – 3 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month. Meet other book lovers and have fun discussing an interesting read.

An Irish Country Practice is the latest installment in New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author Patrick Taylor's heartwarming Irish Country series. Join Patrick Taylor and Salt Spring Books for a book launch and a sip of bitter. Salt Spring Public Library. 5 p.m.  Deeply steeped in Irish country life and meticulous in […]

Informal discussion on environmental topics at Penny's Pantry on the Green from 5 to 7 p.m.

Salt Spring's Grandmothers to Grandmothers group hosts speakers from Developing Families Together in Ethiopia and the Stephen Lewis Foundation. SS United Church. 7 to 9 p.m.

Don Hodgins, Ph.D., P. Eng. speaks on the topic of fresh water supplies at a Salt Spring Island Water Preservation Society event. Salt Spring Public Library. 7:30 p.m.

Poetry reading group meets in Room 103 of the Salt Spring Public Library from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. New members welcome.

At the Salt Spring Public Library. Reader sign-up at 6:45. One poem per reader. Open mic at 7 p.m. with featured poet at 7:30 p.m.  Stymeist published his debut collection, The Bone Weir, with Frontenac House in 2016. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines, including The Antigonish Review, Prairie Fire, Dalhousie Review, and The […]

Fundraiser for Kenyan school uniforms. All Saints By-the-Sea lower hall. 1 to 4 p.m. Great food, door prizes, and silent auction. $25 Info: Lynda, 250-931-1214

Opening event for historical exhibition of materials related to the ongoing struggle of First Nations, Asian Canadians and their allies fighting for justice on the Pacific Coast in the face of colonial dispossession and racist exclusions. The display was developed by faculty researchers Tusa Shea and Imogene Lim as part of the ACVI Project headed by professor […]