Free fine art, live music and lively conversation every Sunday in the summer at Dragonfly Fine Art Supplies.(Weather permitting). 12 to 4 p.m. Baked goods and refreshments available for purchase.
Focus on water, housing and governance issues with presenters Donald Gunn and Rhonan Heitzmann, and the Alliance Governance Working Group. Lions Hall. 7 p.m., with doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Silent focused writing in 25-minute intervals, with 5-minute breaks. Facilitated by Jane Eaton Hamilton at the Salt Spring Public Library in Room 106 (by the computers) every Tuesday through May 29. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hosted by Jan Rabson every Tuesday night (except Mar 20 & 27) from 7-9 pm in the Salt Spring Elementary School Multi Purpose Room. Everyone age 15 and is welcome.
Part of the End of the Reel film series presented by Salt Spring Hospice at the Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m. Filmmaker Jim Cribb from Pender Island will be in attendance for the viewing of his film. Death by Joy is an escorted journey to the next world. Your guide is Mary, […]
Peter McAllister leads a birding walk in Burgoyne Bay Park beginning at 6 a.m. Meet at the road, near the barns, where there’s a wide path heading into the meadows. New birders are very welcome. The event will wrap up by 8 a.m.
Salt Spring Elementary PAC is hosting an Eat & Greet, along with helmet decorating, bike mechanic checks, and an orange-cone bike course. SSE. 7:45 to 8:30 a.m.
The Sanctuary House Show Series presents an evening of storytelling and original folk songs at The Sanctuary at 191 Walker's Hook Road. 7 p.m. Shuttle bus leaves from Moby's Pub at 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets through meghanmckillop191@gmail.com.
Artists From The Fringe presents A Journey Into The Minds Of The People Under The Stairs, featuring artwork by Salt Spring's homeless and vulnerable population through a weekly drop-in program at the United Church. Reception with artists in attendance runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Library program room. Show continues to June 29.
Viva Chorale! Community Choir performs with Harmony Women’s Vocal Ensemble of Coquitlam. All Saints By-the-Sea at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at Apple Photo or at the door: Adults $20 – Youth (16 or under) $5.
Annual general meeting plus Amanda Tarling speaking about Spiritual Practices for These Times. All UFSSI members and friends encouraged to come and help the group plan its future course. Salt Spring Seniors Centre. 10:30 a.m.
SS Unitarian Fellowship has annual general meeting, plus Amanda Tarling speaking about "Spiritual Practices for These Times." All UFSSI members and friends are encouraged to come and help us plan the group's future course. SS Seniors Centre. 10:30 a.m.
Free fine art, live music and lively conversation every Sunday in the summer at Dragonfly Fine Art Supplies.(Weather permitting). 12 to 4 p.m. Baked goods and refreshments available for purchase.
The final program of the spring schedule at Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice takes place at St. Mary’s Church in Fulford. People are invited to join Join Pandit Tejomaya as he leads the group in a traditional, sacred fire ceremony known as a havan. 1 to 4 p.m. For further […]
Viva Chorale! Community Choir performs with Harmony Women’s Vocal Ensemble of Coquitlam. All Saints By-the-Sea at 2 p.m. Tickets at Apple Photo or at the door: Adults $20 – Youth (16 or under) $5.
Food-only market that specializes in authentic, local, fresh and seasonal products opens for the season. Runs every Tuesday June through October at Centennial Park from 2 to 6 p.m.
HEAL is a science-backed documentary following real people that reveals the amazing ability of the body to heal itself. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. Tickets at Salt Spring Books.
Community information meeting for Harbour House Hotel unit-expansion rezoning at Lions Hall at 9:30 a.m. Public hearing on that application from 9:45 to 10 a.m. Regular business meeting begins at 10 a.m. Trustee reports and town hall session begins at 12 noon.
Bring good-quality donations of books and jewellery for Salt Spring Literacy's fall sales to drop-off days at the Country Grocer parking lot — north side, around the corner from the liquor store — from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month until Oct. 4. Please note that textbooks, magazines, condensed […]
Kids movies shown every Friday in the Salt Spring Public Library program room except for statutory holidays and school-in-session days. 2:30 p.m. See event site for schedule.
First-aid courses offered through PARC art the Portlock Park Portable Classroom. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Standard First Aid and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for CPR C Recertification. Register through PARC. Completion of this course will recertify participants with their Standard First Aid (SFA) for three years. All first aid courses offered through […]
Archery, trap-shoot, indoor pistol range, horseshoe pits, hamburgers, hot-dogs, fries, BBQ pork and pop. SS Rod & Gun Clubhouse on Long Harbour Road. Registration at 10 a.m.
Community gathering and fundraiser to support the nine islanders arrested for standing up against the Trans Mountain pipeline. Fulford Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., program of speakers, singers, poets and more starts at 7 p.m. See standupsaltspring.wordpress.com
Fundraiser for the Salt Spring Therapeutic Riding Association. Meet at Burgoyne Bay Park entrance at 11 a.m. Participants can walk or ride through the park to the beach. Following the ride / walk there will be a tailgate party with light lunch and refreshments outside the park area. A guide will be available to help […]
Free fine art, live music and lively conversation every Sunday in the summer at Dragonfly Fine Art Supplies.(Weather permitting). 12 to 4 p.m. Baked goods and refreshments available for purchase.
Open to those who have any level of training in Reiki, or just a keen interest. By donation at the South Salt Spring Senior Centre (Fulford Hall annex). 12 to 2 p.m. Facebook group: Salt Spring Island Energy Workers
Food-only market that specializes in authentic, local, fresh and seasonal products. Runs every Tuesday June through October at Centennial Park from 2 to 6 p.m.
Singers Connie Holmes, soprano, and Anke Smeele, alto, accompanied by pianist and arranger David Storm, share romantic gems and operatic excerpts. All Saints By-the-Sea. 2:10 p.m. Followed by optional tea and treats.
Journey on the wings of heavenly birds with Salt Spring filmmaker/musician Peter Prince at the Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. The high flying, endangered Black Necked Crane is the muse for the 55-minute documentary, which plays like a love song for Bhutan as it explores the living cultural traditions and enlightened conservation initiatives of […]
Today's self-led story is The Black Rabbit by Philippa Leathers. Crafts and stories in the library at 10:30 a.m. will help start the walk that goes from the library, through Mouat Park and to the Rainbow Road Aquatic Centre, but people can do the walk all day, from 10 a.m. to dusk. StoryWalk is an […]
Learn about this critical social issue at Island Savings. 1 to 3 p.m. Coffee and refreshments. Organized by the Salt Spring Island Community Response Network in collaboration with Island Savings.
Kids movies shown every Friday in the Salt Spring Public Library program room except for statutory holidays and school-in-session days. 2:30 p.m. See event site for schedule.
Opening event for a show of recent paintings by John MacDonald at Fault Line Projects Gallery. 5 to 8 p.m. The artist will be in attendance. Show runs until July 8.
Salt Spring Forum presents legislative reporter Richard Zussman, author of A Matter of Confidence: The Battle for B.C. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. Zussman was the Provincial Affairs reporter for CBC BC until he was fired for writing A Matter of Confidence. He now works for Global BC.
Saturdays in the summer in Centennial Park Gazebo. 1 p.m. All ages welcome but best for 3 to 6. Parent supervision is required. Free program presented by the Salt Spring Public Library.
Valdy is teaming up with the Swing Shift Big Band for a one-night only unique musical event. Fulford Hall. Music starts at 7:30 p.m. with doors open at 7.
Free fine art, live music and lively conversation every Sunday in the summer at Dragonfly Fine Art Supplies.(Weather permitting). 12 to 4 p.m. Baked goods and refreshments available for purchase.
Food-only market that specializes in authentic, local, fresh and seasonal products. Runs every Tuesday June through October at Centennial Park from 2 to 6 p.m.
The Salt Spring Island Parks and Recreation Commission (PARC) invites the public to provide further input to update the 2009 Salt Spring Island Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan by attending a community open house. Rainbow Road Aquatic Centre from 4 to 6 p.m. See what we heard through stakeholder workshops and a community survey and […]
Salt Spring author Chris Humphreys launches Chasing the Wind, which Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander, calls “a barrel rolling barn burner of a book.” Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7 p.m.
People with ideas on how to improve rental housing laws and policies for renters and rental housing providers to make it more fair and secure are invited to participate in a provincial government Rental Housing Task Force Community Meeting. Register in advance through engage.gov.bc.ca/rentalhousingtaskforce or email rentalhousing.taskforce@gov.bc.ca and include your name and the location of the community meeting you […]
Kimberly Dark releases her first collection of poetry, Love and Errors, and Linda Rogers shared incandescent stories in Crow Jazz. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 4 p.m.
Beyond Flowers – Paintings by Susan Haigh and ceramics by Diana Lynn Thompson opens at Salt Spring Gallery with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Show runs until July 11.
Update on British Columbia politics and Saanich North and the Islands issues plus a question and answer period. Fulford Community Hall. Doors at 5 p.m. and discussion begins promptly at 5:30 p.m.
Spectators welcome to watch longer-distance races beginning at 10 a.m., and sprints beginning at about 1:30 p.m. Watch from beach area down Beachside Drive.
First Nations artists from Coast Salish territory will display and sell arts and crafts at the Salt Spring United Church Meadow on Hereford Ave. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Xwaaqw'um project big cedar canoe will also be on display.
Saturdays in the summer in Centennial Park Gazebo. 1 p.m. All ages welcome but best for 3 to 6. Parent supervision is required. Free program presented by the Salt Spring Public Library.
A self-guided tour of "she sheds" on Salt Spring Island. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hob nob with the creative, funky, skillful, clever women behind these pocket palaces! Tickets for this self-guided tour are $20, available at Salt Spring Books, with all proceeds directed in support of SWOVA youth programming.
Active Transportation Fair, decorated bikes and helmets contest, new SSI on Foot map launch, passport program, cake, drinks, raffle and prizes. Salt Spring Farmers' Institute. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. People are also encouraged to explore Ganges village pathways.
Free fine art, live music and lively conversation every Sunday in the summer at Dragonfly Fine Art Supplies.(Weather permitting). 12 to 4 p.m. Baked goods and refreshments available for purchase.
Salt Spring Community Alliance monthly meeting at Lions Hall, 7 to 9 p.m. Doors open at 6:30. After six months study and discussion, the Community Alliance Governance Working Group will lead a discussion about possible governance options and present their evaluation criteria for assessing the options. You can read the criteria on our website at […]
Food-only market that specializes in authentic, local, fresh and seasonal products. Runs every Tuesday June through October at Centennial Park from 2 to 6 p.m.
Salt Spring Fire Rescue fire prevention officer Mitchell Sherrin gives a presentation to the Salt Spring Garden Club at Meaden Hall. 6:45 p.m. All welcome.
Compassion Globally event on reducing violence against women presented by Peter Bardon and Sahiba Walia. With music by Sue Newman and Derrick Milton. Bateman Gallery at ArtSpring. 7 p.m. Free.
This month's book is The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi. 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.
Traveller and author Gary Karlsen shares memoir No Ordinary Seaman, moving from southwest coastal BC to tracing his Norwegian roots. Library program room. 3:30 p.m.
exitStageLeft Productions and Graffiti Theatre present Shakespeare in the Park with the Taming of the Shrew at Mouat Park. Music is at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Additional matinee on Saturday, July 7 with music at 1:30 and show at 2 p.m. Show runs June 28-30, July 4-7.
Local author Danielle Blackwood reads from The Twelve Faces of the Goddess: Transform Your Life with Astrology, Magick and the Sacred Feminine. SS Public Library. 7 p.m.
exitStageLeft Productions and Graffiti Theatre present Shakespeare in the Park with the Taming of the Shrew at Mouat Park. Music is at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Additional matinee on Saturday, July 7 with music at 1:30 and show at 2 p.m. Show runs June 28-30, July 4-7.
Saturdays in the summer in Centennial Park Gazebo. 1 p.m. All ages welcome but best for 3 to 6. Parent supervision is required. Free program presented by the Salt Spring Public Library.
The Salt Spring Island Conservancy hosts its second annual Art & Nature Fest at the beautiful Blackburn Lake Nature Reserve — an afternoon of performance, play, and picnics — from 3 to 7 p.m. Festival goers can listen and dance to musical performances by Wesley Hardisty and Andy Meyers, the Ruwadzano Marimba band, Women of […]
Salt Spring Rotary Club event in Rotary Park next to Thrifty Foods. Fresh local crab with all the fixings, cash bar and live music by The Costners - dancing definitely encouraged! 4 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $40 online at www.facebook.com/ssicrabfest, Ganges Visitors Centre and Salt Spring Books. Get yours soon as we sold out […]
The family-friendly event with live music, a beer garden and food vendors. 5 to 10 p.m. Auntie Kate and the Uncles of Funk play at 6 p.m. Donny Brook and the Haymakers play at 8 p.m.
exitStageLeft Productions and Graffiti Theatre present Shakespeare in the Park with the Taming of the Shrew at Mouat Park. Music is at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Additional matinee on Saturday, July 7 with music at 1:30 and show at 2 p.m. Show runs June 28-30, July 4-7.