Art: Wendy Wickland
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaWendy has lived and worked on Salt Spring since 1980, teaching in elementary schools and, after retirement, drawing and painting! These colourful and lively paintings are a fusion of collage and more traditional oil application. Subjects emerge from an underpainting of acrylic dyed archival tissues and find their place on the canvas often to be […]
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 […]
Neighbourhood Story Time
Children's AreaA 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 […]
Youth Games & Chess Club
Children's AreaFor youth aged 9-13, join us in the library for an afternoon of games with your friends. Snacks provided, play the games you’d like! Drop-in, open 1-4pm.
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 ‘Mother Goose,’ 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 […]
Poetry Open Mic
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaWith guest poet Kelsey Andrews. Kelsey Andrews lives in Saanichton, Vancouver Island, on unceded W̱SÁNEĆ territory. Published in Prism, The Dalhousie Review, The New Quarterly, and Prairie Fire, her first book of poetry, Big Sky Falling, came out in November of 2021 with Ronsdale Press. Sign-up for the open mic starts at 6:45. One poem […]
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.
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 […]