Archive for 2010
World Music Dance Party with Shane Philip
Saturday Sept 4, 8:00: Set your spirit free to the intoxicating rhythms of one‐man phenomenon, Shane Philip at Beaver Point Hall. Didgeridoo, Kona lap-slide guitar, Djembe drums…Shane is described as a master of unique instrumentation who brings strange sounds together to form a seamless music mosaic. “Swelling in primordial pulses and wholloping whoops, the tacit [...]
First Annual Salt Spring Island Ribfest
On September 25th the Harbour House Hotel will be throwing the first annual Salt Spring Island Rib Fest here at our Hotel. People from around the Gulf Islands/Victoria will be able to enter their homemade ribs to win ultimate bragging rights :). Rib lovers from around Salt Spring and Victoria will be able to come [...]
Moving With Classical Music at Ganges Yoga Studio
” Enjoy each day in great big chunks and give just as much back ,” that is what I try to live by. After teaching pump primers (a coed conditioning aerobic, heart rehab class — loads of fun!!) on Salt Spring for 20 years I moved into offering guided stretch classes with Celeste at Ganges [...]
Dan Jason’s Seeds
Dan Jason ships about 80,0000 packets of seeds from Salt Spring Island to locations around the planet every year. He has eight growers on Salt Spring working cooperatively to produce hundreds of varieties of seeds, many of them old, unusual or endangered. His seeds are tried and true, tested for countless generations and adapted to [...]
The Challenges and Opportunities of Conscious Parenting
Thursday August 19, 2010 at 7:30 – Centre for Child Honouring Speaker Series presents “The Challenges and Opportunities of Conscious Parenting,” a talk by Adela Barcia. Submitted by Lara Gossett. Some of us vowed to bring up our children in a different way than the way we were raised. Even so, it is difficult to be [...]
Vine of the Soul Documentary Screening
On Wednesday July 21st at 7pm at Harbour House, Richard Meech will be on hand to introduce his just-released one-hour documentary. As part of his West coast tour (the film is also being screened in Gabriola and at the Okanagan Film Festival) the producer/director will also host a Q&A after the show. “Just think: there [...]
Beautiful Woodturning from Antonio Alonso
Studio # 24 – Antonio Alonso Madrona Gallery “My work is a constant exploration of form, in the pursuit of balance, harmony and natural elegance. My aim is to reveal the treasures hidden within the tree and I strive to discover the shape in them that is so alive that one never tires of looking [...]
Flowers and Ceramic Art at StoneRidge
Studio #23 – StoneRidge Pottery and Flowers by Design Beth has been an independent floral designer since1993. She studied fine arts at the Vancouver School ofArt and textile design at the Banff School of Fine Arts and Northwest Handcraft House. She has participated in master classes with respected European and North American floral designers. Gary [...]
Afternoon Celebration in the United Church Meadow
Saturday July 10 – 2:30 – 4:30 Marion Pape and Susan Wetmore saw this amazing performance in Duncan and have invited the troupe over to Salt Spring as a special celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. Guaranteed to amuse and inspire. Not to forget there is the freshly [...]
The Malahat Revue Concert with Jeremy Fisher and Friends
Thursday July 8, 2010 - Jeremy Fisher, Said The Whale, Hannah Georgas & Aidan Knight Present The Malahat Revue concert at Artspring- their first stop on a bicycle powered tour that winds its way throughout the islands and ends with a performance at the Vancouver Folk Fest. Salt Spring audiences were wowed by Jeremy Fisher’s [...]
