Youth Games
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaStarting in November for youth aged 9-13, join us in the Library’s Community Program Room for an afternoon of games with your friends. Snacks provided, play the games you’d like! One teen will be present to monitor/facilitate as needed, but this afternoon is for playing boardgames of your choosing. Drop-in, open 2-4PM.
Art: Marilyn Walker
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaMy paintings/drawings deepen my connection with the natural world, as does preparing natural materials collected sustainably from my forest garden on Salt Spring Island. ‘Making’ art becomes contemplative and devotional – I might touch the Source of creativity and perhaps Creation itself such that the everyday becomes the miraculous. The works are also about sentience […]
Bridge
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaJoin us in the community program room to play Bridge! All are welcome.
Mother Goose
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaIn partnership with Family Place, The Library is proud to host ‘MotherGoose,’ a FREE and magical group experience for babies, young children (0-4 years) and their parents/caregivers. It is a well-recognized and respected oral language program that returns to tradition by using rhymes, songs and storytelling as a base for enriching parent-child lives and relationships. […]
Poetry Open Mic
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaWith feature poet John Barton. John is a poet and essayist. His books include We Are Not Avatars: Essays, Memoirs, Manifestos; Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets; and The Essential Douglas LePan, which won a 2020 eLit Award. Lost Family, his twelfth book of poetry, was nominated for the 2021 Derek Walcott Prize. […]
StoryWalk
Mouat ParkStoryWalk® is a self-guided supported-activity that allows children and adults to enjoy reading and outdoor activity at the same time. Every weekend, laminated pages from a children’s book is attached to signs, These signs are then sequentially installed from the front of the Library, down the street, then though Mouat Park toward the Rainbow Road […]
Tech Tutoring
Library Meeting Room 103Tech Tutoring with Peter Fridays, 10AM, 11AM, 12PM, 1PM Bring any kind of device and technology-related questions for tech help with Peter. Book your fifty-minute one-on-one tech tutoring session with Peter by emailing info@saltspringlibrary.com or visiting the tech desk in person.
Neighbourhood Story Time
A NEW spin on a classic program. Children's Stories read by the people that you meet each day! Every Friday from 11AM-11:30AM, The Library hosts Family Story Time, and all ages event with stories for readers of all level and ability, from babies to 7 year olds. Traditionally, this program fosters early literacy, creates positive […]
Youth Games
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaStarting in November for youth aged 9-13, join us in the Library’s Community Program Room for an afternoon of games with your friends. Snacks provided, play the games you’d like! One teen will be present to monitor/facilitate as needed, but this afternoon is for playing boardgames of your choosing. Drop-in, open 2-4PM.
Friday Game Night
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaFrom cards to dice to boards to pure imagination; board Game Nights at the Library hold no restrictions as to what to play, only what kind of play you want! Join all kinds of players of all skill levels in a safe space to dive into our massive board game collection, learn the rules of […]