Toronto write Eufemia Fantetti launches My Father, Fortune-tellers & Me: A Memoir — a powerful and witty coming-of-age story of fate versus free will — and Salt Spring's Brenda Brooks presents her much-anticipated second novel, the noir-ish Honey. Salt Spring Public Library. 3:30 p.m.
A workshop with wood-heat and safety professionals. Salt Spring Public Library program room. 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Opening event for new show of work by Melanie Thompson called Shadow Show. Salt Spring Gallery. 5 to 7 p.m.
Get your fright night on with Tom Hooper and the Angry Hippies at the Legion. 8 to 11:30 p.m. Prizes for best costume. Advance tickets available at the bar.
Bluegrass-folk at Moby's Pub. 9 p.m.
The Rainbow Road Park Allotment Gardens invite you to attend their AGMEveryone is welcome. Library Program Room. 10 a.m. to 12 noon. For more information call Jane at 250-537-0880.
Regular business meeting. Library program room. 3 p.m.
Alliance devotes meeting to discussing the ins and outs of the proposed new CRD safety service for Ganges Village. All welcome to join. Lions Hall. 7 to 9 p.m.
Early music concert at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. Pre-show talk at 7 p.m.
Regular business meeting gets started at the Harbour House Hotel at 9:30 a.m. Trustee reports and town hall session at 12 noon.
Annual general meeting at the Crofton Room at the Harbour House Hotel. 2 p.m.
Food-only market with all homegrown or handmade goods. Runs June through September at Centennial park. 2 to 6 p.m.
Reconciliation reading circles starting in fall for 5 weeks. Join others in reading They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars. In these Reading Circles, we explore Bev Sellars’ frank and poignant memoir, in which she shares her personal account of her residential school experience and articulates her own path to healing. Library staff will […]
RUBBERBAND Method of dance will be taught in a workshop at ArtSpring. 5 to 7 p.m. Register through ArtSpring.
Coast Salish artist John Aitken addresses the problem of missing or murdered Indigenous girls, women, trans and 2-spirit people across Canada. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.
At Moby's Pub. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Every Wednesday at the library in three 50-minute sessions between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
A guided session of meditation in the Buddhist tradition by Heather Martin at Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice (St. Mary’s Church in Fulford). 7 to 9 p.m.
Montreal-based dance company presents Vic's Mix, described as "a kind of 'best of' spanning the immense creative territory explored by choreographer Victor Quijada, extracting jewels from the choreographer’s repertoire." ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. Plus post-show talkback.
Wednesdays with Taylor at Moby's Pub. 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Every Thursday at the library. 10 a.m to 12 noon. Maximum of 15 minutes per patron.
Haunted house runs at Mahon Hall from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; takes a break for the fireworks and then opens for 45 more minutes after the fireworks are done. A fundraiser for the GISS improv teams and Festival of Fools.
At the Legion on Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m.
Fireworks presented by Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue. Ganges Harbour. 7:30 p.m. Followed by hot chocolate and hot dogs in the Ganges fire hall.
Every Thursday from 8:30 to 11:45 p.m.
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