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Film festival 2024 features voices of dissent

Contributed Article - February 23, 2024

By STEVE MARTINDALE For SALT SPRING FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY Salt Spring has long been a refuge for dissenting voices, welcoming American draft resisters who refused to...

Award-winning young NYC quartet performs

Contributed Article - February 21, 2024

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON For ArtSpring The foursome of 20-somethings in the Isidore String Quartet bring their enthusiasm for “approaching the established as if it were brand...

ArtSpring shows innovative direction with off-site Jane Miller shows

Contributed Article - February 14, 2024

SUBMITTED BY KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING When ArtSpring launched its 2023/24 season in September, executive and artistic director Howard Jang described to audiences that ArtSpring,...

‘Call Me Dancer’ final Best of the Fests film

Contributed Article - February 13, 2024

BY STEVE MARTINDALE for SS FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY The Salt Spring Film Festival wraps up this season’s very popular “Best of the Fests” film series with...

From bop to beauty, Buddy Holly and Baroque make an eclectic weekend

Contributed Article - February 7, 2024

By KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING Get ready to jump to your feet and sing along next weekend as The Buddy Holly Concert takes over ArtSpring with...

Author returns with first YA fantasy novel

Gail Sjuberg - January 31, 2024

Giselle Vriesen was a volunteer at the Salt Spring Public Library when she was a Gulf Islands Secondary School student, graduating in 2018. On Tuesday,...

Spanish film creating a buzz on festival circuit

Contributed Article - January 30, 2024

By STEVE MARTINDALE FOR SALT SPRING FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY Despite previewing over 300 films this year, the Salt Spring Film Festival’s screening committee has selected just...

MET debut of modern Carmen opera at ArtSpring

Contributed Article - January 23, 2024

By KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING The classical, sensual phenomenon that is George Bizet’s 1875 opera Carmen gets a creative new world makeover by acclaimed English...

Physician, Heal Thyself next Best of the Fests film

Contributed Article - January 19, 2024

By STEVE MARTINDALE FOR SS FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY Fans of Dr. Gabor Maté won’t want to miss the Salt Spring Film Festival’s one-night-only screening of the...

GISS Dance Affinity show rescheduled for Jan. 23

Driftwood Staff - January 16, 2024

UPDATED ON JAN. 22 FROM ORIGINAL STORY: Poor road conditions due to snowfall cancelled both scheduled Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) Dance Affinity shows...

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