February 3, 2012.
Choices, choices!
Late February offers a writers extravaganza...the annual Galiano Literary Festival takes place Feb 24 to 26, on Galiano Island. A stellar line-up to inspire you! For info or registration, call 250-539-3340 or GalianoLiteraryFestival.Wordpress.com(Books: Windows to the Future is the theme).
Same dates, Feb 24 to 26, on Salt Spring Island, is a new event: Words Without Borders, put on by the Salt Spring Forum, & held in celebration of Freedom to Read week. Visit their website (www.saltspringfestival.com) for details.
Galiano has been presenting this important writers venue for some years, now...wish the new kid on the block, Salt Spring, had chosen different dates...should be able to choose to attend both. Frowns to whoever chose same weekend...good to create opportunity on all the Islands!
New home for Salt Spring Arts Academy...this dance studio is now located above Home Design Centre on Upper Ganges Road...call Shelley at 250-537-4294 for more details!
Did you miss yesterday's First Thursday talk at Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art. It featured owner, Ian Sigvaldason, talking about: Feeding the Spirit: Bowls, Rattles and Spoons. Take part in this interesting series, the first Thursday of each month. Call 250-537-2421 for more info.
Feel like dancing? Off to Meaden Hall on Feb 11th...concert presented by Swing Shift! Bring your sweetie...a Valentine's moment. Tickets at Acoustic Planet & Stuff and Nonsense.
ArtSpring presents One Thousand Cranes on Feb 13 & 14...ticket info at 250-537-2102.
Feb 4th, catch The Sweet Lowdown at Moby's...a Victoria roots-bluegrass trio. Music starts at 9 p.m.
Treehouse Cafe reopens Feb 6th, & live music starts on 10th...stay tuned!
Live music at Harbour House Hotel on Friday...featuring the amazingly talented Vaughn Fulford with Oscar Riley...music begins at 6 p.m. Saturday enjoy Lloyd English & Ian Van Wyck...don't miss them! Sunday, catch Diana English, also at 6 p.m. Lucky Islanders!
Every Saturday, at Salt Spring Inn, enjoy those Island treasures: The Barley Brothers. 6 p.m. start.
Missed the ArtSpring meeting of Spinners & Weavers group yesterday morning? More coming up, between March & May... get involved!
Saturday, Feb 18th, at 7:30 p.m., enjoy the Salt Spring Players...at ArtSpring. Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. Music by Rossini, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Paquito D'Rivera...presented by Matthew, Laurie & Jim Stubbs. Tickets at ArtSpring.
February is that hiatus between real Winter & Early Spring...yes, still rain & grey but also sunsplashed days to lift the spirit...California Quail are dashing across country roads, lambs are gamboling, early rhodos are spilling blossoms, carpets of snowdrops froth in meadows, daffodil & tulip bulbs are emerging in gardens...take a walk at low tide on Fernwood Beach, enjoy a picnic at Ruckle Park, check out the views from Mt Maxwell Park on a crisply clear day...ahhh...breathe...it's February and Spring is on its way!
How may I help you to discover special Salt Spring Island & the Southern Gulf Islands? Call me!
