Friday, May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024

Invasive Plants Drop-off

Fulford Fire Hall 2470 Fulford Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

Bring invasive plants such as broom, gorse, blackberry, spurge laurel and holly to Fulford Fire Hall from 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. By donation to cover chipping costs. For more information please call 250-537-0880.

PitchFork Social: Pharis & Jason Romero

Bullock Lake Farm 360 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Concert at Bullock Lake Farm. 7:30 p.m. Preceded by farm-to-table dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. Check for ticket availability at www.pitchforksocial.com.

La Familia

Moby's Pub 124 Upper Ganges Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Latin/dance band at Moby's Pub. 9 p.m.

SS Unitarian Fellowship: Guest Speaker Elizabeth May

Salt Spring Seniors Centre 379 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

MP Elizabeth May speaks on “Love your Mother — Mother Earth” for a homily based on the Earth Charter. Salt Spring Seniors Centre. 10:30 a.m.

Reiki Share: Group Energy Healing Sessions

Fulford Hall Seniors Rooms 2591 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

Open to those who have any level of training in Reiki, or just a keen interest. By donation. South Salt Spring Seniors (Fulford Hall annex). 12 to 2 p.m.

Star of the Sea Centre hosts Elizabeth May

All Saints By-the-Sea 110 Park Drive, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Star of the Sea Centre welcomes Member of Parliament and Green Party leader Elizabeth May. She will share and explore the connection between theology and ecology and draw on her own experience as an activist, politician and person of faith. All Saints. 2 p.m.

SSI Parks and Recreation Commission

Portlock Park Portable 145 Vesuvius Bay Road, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Regular business meeting takes place at Portlock Park Portable. 5 p.m.

Poetry Reading with Charlotte Erlandsson

Salt Spring Gallery 135 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

Charlotte Erlandsson presents My Story is Long, in concert with art exhibition now showing at Salt Spring Gallery. 7 p.m.

SSI Fire Protection District

Ganges Fire Hall 105 Lower Ganges Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

Public welcome to attend trustees' meting. Ganges Fire Hall. 7 p.m.

Constantinople

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Performers bridge Eastern and Western musical traditions. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.

Salt Spring Probus Club Meeting

Lions Hall 103 Bonnet Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

Guest speaker is Keith Picot on the history and making of silent movies. Lions Hall. 10 a.m., with speaker beginning at 10:30 a.m. 

Event Series Shut Up and Write

Shut Up and Write

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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.

Charcoal Kilns Interpretive Panels Unveiling & Booklet Launch

Mouat Park Seaview Avenue, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

History panels about Japanese Canadian charcoal kilns unveiled at Mouat Park entrance at 12:30 p.m., followed by launch of related booklet with authors Steve Nemtin, Brian Smallshaw, Chuck Tasaka and Suzanne Fournier from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. 

Film Screening: Hippocratic

Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Part of the End of the Reel film series presented by Salt Spring Hospice at the Salt Spring Public Library Program Room.  Hippocratic centres on Dr. Rajagopal, an Indian palliative care doctor who does one thing especially well - CARE. His mission? To make effective pain management accessible to all. 7 p.m. And if that […]

Event Series Birding in Burgoyne

Birding in Burgoyne

Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park Burgoyne Bay, Salt Spring ISland, B.C., Canada

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 […]

Chamber Fest – Faculty Concert

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Faculty members from annual chamber festival perform at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

The Fritz Movie Theatre 901 North End Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

At The Fritz Theatre. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. shows. Reserve tickets at thefritz@hotmail.ca