Brought to you by Windsor Plywood, the 2023 Home & Garden Show at the SSI Farmers' Institute is a chance to meet with owners and staff of more than 40 local businesses who will be showcasing local design and construction services and advice, garden care, water collection and conservation methods, and creative home décor, to […]
Panel discussion by artists from the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands, featuring Joe Miller, John Macdonald, Sam Montalbetti, Danielle Dean, Glenn Hendrick and Anna Gustafson. ArtSpring. 10:30 a.m.
Panel discussion by artists from the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands, featuring Tom Small, Temoseng, RaVae Luckhart, Joanna Rogers, Raven Skyriver and Jane Kidd. Mahon Hall. 2 p.m.
Brought to you by Windsor Plywood, the 2023 Home & Garden Show at the SSI Farmers' Institute is a chance to meet with owners and staff of more than 40 local businesses who will be showcasing local design and construction services and advice, garden care, water collection and conservation methods, and creative home décor, to […]
Artist talk by Archipelago exhibition artist Joanna Rogers. Mahon Hall. 12 noon.
Patrick McCallum leads a rollicking and educational discussion with a panel of curators, including Celia Duthie, Margaret Day, Rose Spahan, Richard Steel and Kaeli Yarwood, about the experience of sharing their vision and passion for art through curation. Mahon Hall. 7 p.m.
Artist talk by Archipelago exhibition artist Sam Montalbetti. Mahon Hall. 12 noon.
Join certified community energy managers Kjell Liem and Dion Hackett at the library. 7 to 9 p.m.
Bob McDonald of CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks discusses his latest book — The Future is Now — and how it applies to our island community. ArtSpring. 7 p.m.
This panel discussion will feature engineers, educators, and project directors who are working on some of the most consequential climate mitigation projects in our society. See website link for details. […]
Community Talk by Kirsten Emiko McAllister, Ph.D., professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. McAllister will explore how the community’s wider pursuit of social justice requires us […]
Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker speaks about the role of classical music and the arts in general at an event at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. Parker will also play on the […]
Former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is the Salt Spring Forum's guest at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
Professor Rashid Sumaila, winner of the Tyler Prize for the Environment, is the Forum's guest.
Join us for a talk about Garry Oak Ecosystems with Biologist Susan Hannon, followed by a planting in the Garry Oak Demonstration Ecosystem with Ecologist Chris Drake. Registration is required […]
Through a collection of anecdotes and short videos, you will swim through spring, fall, summer and winter around Salt Spring, including areas off Vesuvius, Fulford Harbour, Beddis Beach, Xwaaqw’um (Burgoyne […]
Salt Spring Forum event at Mahon Hall at 3 p.m. Read an article about the event here.
Learn about the Ometepe Gulf Islands Friendship Association, which imports coffee from Nicaragua with sales supporting coffee farmers; and about the Nicaraguan Children's Foundation and pottery from the village of San Juan de Oriente.
Choreographer and dancer Shay Kuebler is on location at the SS Coffee Cafe & Kitchen for a Community Chat from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Join adventurers Maria Coffey and Dag Goering as they launch their newest book, Instead, and share stories of worldwide travel. Salt Spring Public Library. 2 p.m. A SSI Trail and […]
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