Pickleball games are played at Salt Spring Elementary School gym on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Equipment included. Will share paddles till you acquire your own. Let us help you get started. Info: hafizbhimji@shaw.ca or 250-653-9579.

Internationally acclaimed channellers Brad Johnson and Tina Louise Spalding are joined by sound healer Adam Huber for an afternoon of channelled teachings for The New Earth. Salt Spring Island Wellness Centre. 1 to 7 p.m. Info: Brad Johnson - 236-882-3305.

Five-Sunday workshop taught by Daina Deblette at Ocean Art Studio & Gallery from 1 to 4 p.m. 

The Salty Wheels Square Dance club hosts a square dance with visiting dancers at SS Elementary School gym from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Spectators welcome. Free.

Paul Crawford, co-curator of Behind the Lines: Contemporary Syrian Art, will speak about the exhibition from his view as lead curator. He will be joined via Skype by Syrian co-creator Humam Alsalim. A panel on the role of the curator with Crawford, Regan Shrumm and Margaret Day will follow. Mahon Hall. 2 p.m.

Regular monthly business meeting. Public welcome. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 4 p.m.

Award-winning PEI singer-songwriter is the Salt Spring Folk Club performer at Fulford Hall. 7 p.m., with doors open at 6 p.m. for season's ticket holders and 6:15 p.m. for others. Tickets $25 at Salt Spring Books.

Everyone welcome to meeting at Lions Hall. 7 to 9 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments. www.SSCommunityAlliance.org

Public welcome to watch Toastmasters all-speech night at Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. sharp. 

Every Monday at Moby's Pub. 7:30 to 10 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.

Pickleball games are played on Tuesdays at Fulford Hall from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and from 12 p.m. on for beginners. Equipment is included for beginners. Let us help you get started. Info: hafizbhimji@shaw.ca or 250-653-9579.

Drop-in introductory sessions at the new squash court at the golf club (805 Lower Ganges Rd) every Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. and every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Bring clean non-marking shoes.  First time FREE, and $5 per session thereafter. Info at www.saltspringsquash.ca

Learn how to use the new app from Overdrive to download thousands of library eBooks and audiobooks to your favourite device.  Libby is designed to be user friendly, with streamlined controls for easy downloading and reading, or listening. Salt Spring Library. 12 to 1:30 p.m.

Songs, rhymes and finger plays for ages 0 to 6. Come join Andrea and Janice at the Salt Spring Elementary Elf Room from 2 to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays.

Pickleball runs at Fernwood Elementary School on Tuesdays from 6 to 9 p.m. Equipment included. Will share paddles till you acquire your own. Let us help you get started. Info: hafizbhimji@shaw.ca or 250-653-9579.

Every Tuesday at Moby's Pub. 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Italian dance company presents Bolero and Rite of Spring. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. Plus post-show talkback.

Salt Spring Chamber of Commerce and library-sponsored event at the Salt Spring Public Library. 8 a.m. $20 or $15 for SS Chamber members.

Say goodbye to Mary Lou after 39 years at Old Salty and meet new manager Karen Stanley. Old Salty. 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at the Salt Spring Public Library at 10:30 a.m. Join Nomi for songs and stories. Snacks provided. Best suited kids under 4 and their caregivers. Older siblings are welcome.

Renowned horticulturist Brian Minter is the garden club's guest for a special event at Meaden Hall that begins at noon with an informal meet and greet (bring your bag lunch), followed by a short garden club meeting at 12:45 p.m. and Minter's presentation — titled Dramatic Changes in the World of Gardening — at 1:15 p.m. […]

UVic professor emeritus Patricia Roy speaks on B.C.’s Ambiguous Relations with the Rest of Canada. Salt Spring Seniors Centre. 2 p.m.

Regular business meeting at Lions Hall starts at 9:30 a.m., with recess for public hearing on 805 Lower Ganges Road rezoning application (SS Tennis Association) scheduled from 9:45 to 10 a.m. and town hall session at noon. 

Program facilitated by singer/songwriter and contemplative Elvira Clare that will focus on meditative singing as a means of experiencing contemplative stillness. At Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice at St. Mary's Church, Fulford. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. People of all backgrounds and traditions are welcome. A knowledge of music is not […]

Pickleball runs at Fernwood Elementary School on Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. Equipment included. Will share paddles till you acquire your own. Let us help you get started. Info: hafizbhimji@shaw.ca or 250-653-9579.

Every Thursday at Moby's Pub. 8:30 to 11:45 p.m.

Fridays at the Salt Spring Public Library in the library children's corner. Best for kids ages 3-6 and their caregivers.

This year’s program is written by the women of Suriname, South America, and is titled “All God’s Creation Is Very Good!” Participants invited to stay for refreshments following the program. Salt Spring United Church. 1:30 p.m.

Students will work with carving, painting, storytelling, directed drumming (pow wow drum) and small button blankets. The free workshop is for grades 5-7 and is limited to 10-15 students who have a particular interest in art. ArtSpring. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pre-registration required.

The 2018 festival opens with gala and screenings of films Lucy and Jane. GISS. Doors open 5:30 p.m., screening at 7 p.m.

Indie, folk, rock and reggae at Woodley's at the Harbour House Hotel. Every Friday. 7 to 10 p.m.

Film screenings, plus great food and coffee at the Intermission Cafe. GISS. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Weave & Mend with Shauna Devlin. Stowel Lake Farm. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: shaunadevlin.net

Pickleball games are played at Salt Spring Elementary School gym on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Equipment included. Will share paddles till you acquire your own. Let us help you get started. Info: hafizbhimji@shaw.ca or 250-653-9579.

Annual general meeting at the Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 3 p.m.

Instrumental music featuring shades of jazz, classical, folk and soul. Woodley's at the Harbour House Hotel. Every Saturday. 6 to 9 p.m.

Lions Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., music starts at 7. Tickets $10, families $20, unwaged $5

Live folk/rock band at Moby's Pub. 9 p.m.