Crossing Seven: Live Soundscape & Video Performances
With 9GHT4ALL (AKA: J Robert Moss) and RDX (AKA:Roderick Shoolbraid). Fault Line Projects. 7 p.m.
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Salt Spring Trail & Nature Club
Lions Hall 103 Bonnet Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaSalt Spring Trail & Nature Club welcomes Daniel Donneke,from Saanich, who is Salt Spring’s contact for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count. His presentation is called “Enjoying the Birds on Foot and by Boat - Are Hiking and Bird watching compatible?”
Satsang with Desthein
Salt Spring Centre of Yoga 355 Blackburn Road, Salt Spring Island, B.C., CanadaInviting inquiry into the nature of the self. Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. 7 to 9 p.m. Contact Marcelle 250-538-8557 or email theteachings@desthein.com
Joël Fafard House Concert
Award-winning guitarist Joel Fafard performs Southern roots and blues classics with the soul of a purist and the showmanship of a seasoned entertainer. Doors open at 7 p.m, 7:30 show. […]
Everyday People
Moby's Pub 124 Upper Ganges Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaLive roots band at Moby's. 9 p.m.
Celebration of the Arts
ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaTwo-day extravaganza of Salt Spring arts. Displays and demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; children's workshops from 10 a.m. to 12 noon; Artists' Mash-up from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
CFUW Meeting: Guest Speaker Harry Swain
Salt Spring Baptist Church Basement 520 Lower Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, B.C., CanadaHarry Swain was deputy minister of Indian and Northern affairs at the time of the Oka Crisis, and also the deputy in charge of creating Nunavut. At the SS Baptist Church basement. 10 a.m. Public welcome.
SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaOur Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Open House at The Root
The Root 189 Beddis Rd, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaLearn about The Root - Salt Spring's future food storage and processing facility at 189 Beddis Rd. from 12 to 4 p.m. Speakers include building designer Donald Gunn (at 12:30 and 2 p.m.), seed-saving expert Dan Jason (at 1 p.m.), and Erinanne Harper, who gives a permaculture presentation at 1:30 and 3 p.m.
Star of the Sea Open House
Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice 2600 Fulford-Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, B.C., CanadaSee the space and meet the development team for Star of the Sea - Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice, a place for various faith groups to share spiritual practices and ideas, at St. Mary's Anglican Church in Fulford. 2 to 4 p.m.
Halloween Sock Hop
Fulford Community HallBop to the oldies with a mystery DJ at Fulford Hall. 7 p.m. Prizes for best retro outfit. A copper Kettle benefit. Be there or be square. $10 at the door.
First Responder & Community Volunteer Appreciation Halloween Dance
Legion Lounge 120 Blain Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaDoug and the Thugs play at the Legion for special appreciation dance. All volunteers get in free. 7:30 p.m. Door prizes and prizes for best costumes!
Halloween Party with The Coalition
Live music and prizes for costumes. Moby's. 9 p.m.
SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaOur Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Salt Spring Forum Presents Mark Kingwell
ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaMark Kingwell, University of Toronto philosophy professor and author of several bestselling books, leads a discussion titled Why Philosophy Still Matters at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. We live in unsettling times, when a climate crisis looms and Donald Trump rules. Is philosophy relevant to our daily lives—and if so, how? From politics to architecture, fishing to […]
SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaOur Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.
SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaOur Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Have Fun Learning Squash!
Salt Spring Squash Court 805D Lower Ganges Rd., Salt Spring Island, B.C., CanadaDrop-in introductory sessions at the new squash court at the Golf Club. 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Bring clean non-marking shoes. First time free, and $5 per session thereafter.
Halloween Spook House
Ganges Fire Hall 105 Lower Ganges Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaHaunted House created by GISS improv students runs at the Ganges Fire Hall this year. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. It will close for the fireworks, and then be open again for 40 minutes afterwards.
Halloween Fireworks
Salt Spring Fire-Rescue offers display from Ganges Harbour, followed by hotdogs and hot chocolate outside the fire hall. After dark - around 7:30 p.m.
Screening: Dracula Lord of the Damned
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaScreening of film by Salt Spring's Theodore Trout with director in attendance, plus Andy Meyers reading from his book Vlad. Salt Spring Public Library. 8 p.m. (Note the time has been changed from previous 7 p.m. listing)
SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaOur Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Volunteer Recruitment Fair
ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaPresented by Volunteer and Community Resources (VCR) and the Salt Spring Island Public Library at ArtSpring. Drop by for refreshments and to browse over 25 booths of volunteer opportunities from many local volunteer-run organizations. 1 to 4 p.m.
Advance Care Planning Workshop
Meaden Hall 120 Blain Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaFree workshop offered by Salt Spring Hospice at Meaden Hall from 2 to 4 p.m.
Poetry Reading Group
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaPoetry 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.
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