Community Meeting With MLA Adam Olsen
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaIn the Salt Spring library program room. 6:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP to Adam.Olsen.MLA@leg.bc.ca.
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Celebrating Ometepe Coffee and Culture
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaLearn 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.
Repair Cafe
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaAnother Slow Down Salt Spring event from Transition Salt Spring. Got a broken toaster, a malfunctioning lamp, or a motheaten sweater? Don’t toss them! Join us at Salt Spring’s first Repair Café! A team of Transition Salt Spring volunteers with expertise in repairing textiles, small appliances, electronics, and general repairs will assist with possible fixes […]
Poetry Open Mic: Nedjo Rogers
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaSalt Spring's Nedjo Rogers is the featured poet at the Poetry Open Mic at the library.
Seasons in the Salish Sea
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaThrough 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 Bay), Churchill Beach and Isabella Point with underwater photographer Ann Donahue and marine biologist Anne Parkinson.
Reading & Discussion: This Place Is Who We Are
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaSalt Spring Toastmasters Hybrid Meeting
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaCome and experience the fun of a Salt Spring Toastmasters public speaking club meeting. Enjoy the creative off-the-cuff quips, impromptu speeches, inspirational, prepared speeches, and constructive feedback. Free to visit. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. Or online. 7 to 8:30 p.m. https://saltspring.toastmastersclubs.org/
Japanese Canadian Memory Projects: Rebuilding the Community and Recognizing Our Responsibilities Today
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaCommunity 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 to go beyond our own experiences of persecution and examine our responsibilities to Indigenous Nations and our links to other groups facing persecution today. Salt […]
Community Workshop of Intergenerational Memories
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaA gently guided exploration of intergenerational and collective trauma and healing through the Japanese Canadian uprooting experience. Facilitated by Susanne Hunter, MD, RCC. Limited to 15 spots. Email heiwagardensaltspring@gmail.com to register.
The Suitcase Project: Exhibit Reception & Artist Talk
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaOpening of month-long exhibition by Kayla Isomura in the Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 6 p.m., with artist talk from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Double Book Launch: Salt Spring Island Circle of Women & Laurissa Wieler
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaLaunch of Finding Home Within: Solace & Sanctuary During Tumultuous Times by Salt Spring Island Circle of Women, and Bedtime Stories for Women Who Can’t Sleep at Night; Tales and Reminiscences for the Awakened Woman by Laurissa Wieler. Salt Spring library program room. 1 to 3 p.m.
Electrify Salt Spring! Event: Home Energy Upgrades and Grants
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaJoin certified community energy managers Kjell Liem and Dion Hackett at the library. 7 to 9 p.m.
Electrify Salt Spring! Event: Monitoring Your Home Energy Use & Carbon Footprint
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaPresentation at the Salt Spring Public Library program room. 7 p.m.
Poets of the Cascadia Zone
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaThe Cascadia Poetics Lab presents 10 amazing poets for a cross-border poetry reading event. Salt Spring Public Library program room. 2 to 4 p.m.
Book Launch: Peter Levitt
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaPeter Levitt, Salt Spring Island writer and author of 17 previous books launches Yin Mountain: The Immortal Poetry of Three Daoist Women. Salt Spring library program room. 7 p.m.
Rematriation Film Screening & Q&A With Briony Penn
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaFilm about the move to protect B.C.’s old-growth forests. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m. Followed by a Q&A with renowned naturalist, author and activist Briony Penn.
Book Launch – Lolla Devindisch
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia"A Dancer's Pilgrimage" a memoir by Lolla Devindisch, Community Program Room, Salt Spring Public Library. "From Belize to England and beyond, an artist finds her true home on Canada's West Coast."
SSI Foundation Vital Signs Launch Event
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaJoin the Salt Spring Island Foundation at the Salt Spring Public Library for the official launch of the 2022 Vital Signs report. 1 to 3 p.m.
Worth More Standing Literary Event
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaKathy Page, Joanna Streetly, Christine Lowther and Murray Reiss will read at an event to celebrate the anthology Worth More Standing: Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees, edited by Christine Lowther. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.
Live Poetry Reading
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaAs part of the Arts Festival Navigating Climate Grief and Action, the Library presents an evening of poetry exploring aspects of climate change and the responses it elicits in our emotions, our thoughts, and our actions. The evening will feature Salt Spring poets Brian Day, Sandi Johnson, Natalie Meisner, Rowan Percy, Murray Reiss, and Chris […]
Ultimatum of the Scattered World
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaA riveting yet tender art installation which aims to orient viewers towards hope and climate action. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Salt Spring Island Public Library.
Ultimatum of the Scattered World
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaA riveting yet tender art installation which aims to orient viewers towards hope and climate action. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Salt Spring Island Public Library.
Ultimatum of the Scattered World
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaA riveting yet tender art installation which aims to orient viewers towards hope and climate action. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Salt Spring Island Public Library.
Ultimatum of the Scattered World
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaA riveting yet tender art installation which aims to orient viewers towards hope and climate action. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Salt Spring Island Public Library.
Ultimatum of the Scattered World
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaA riveting yet tender art installation which aims to orient viewers towards hope and climate action. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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