Arts & Entertainment Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Peter Pan set to fly with GISS

Driftwood Staff - January 7, 2026

Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) 2nd Story Theatre students are in full production-prep mode after returning to school after the holiday break. Peter Pan is...

Cornerstone of bel canto repertoire performed

Contributed Article - January 6, 2026

SUBMITTED BY ARTSPRING On New Year’s Eve, the Metropolitan Opera raised the curtain on its first new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s I Puritani in nearly 50 years....

Canadian Christmas thrills the crowds

Gail Sjuberg - December 16, 2025

Salt Spring Singers community choir went (almost) all Canadian for its holiday concert this year, compiling an astonishing 95.8 per cent of content from...

Raffi sings for protection of democracy

Gail Sjuberg - December 9, 2025

For Raffi Cavoukian, the internationally known children’s entertainer and Salt Spring Island resident, seeing recent chaos and erosion of freedom in the U.S. has...

Carol sing event at All Saints

Contributed Article - December 9, 2025

By LOLLA DEVINDISCH for Anglican Parish of Salt Spring Island Carols for Christmastide, the annual community carol sing held in All Saints by-the-Sea, hosted by the...

Singers celebrate truly Canadian Christmas

Gail Sjuberg - December 5, 2025

Canadian pride has been a prominent theme in 2025, and Salt Spring Singers choir members are amplifying it for this year’s holiday concert. Directed by...

Winter Solstice tour includes Salt Spring show

Contributed Article - December 4, 2025

SUBMITTED ARTICLE The beloved Winter Solstice Music Tour celebrates its 10th anniversary this December with a special series of concerts across Vancouver Island and two...

Bear Grease the Musical on for two nights

Contributed Article - December 2, 2025

SUBMITTED BY ARTSPRING The year may be coming to an end, but there is still much to look forward to before ArtSpring closes for the...

Beauty and power of music, poetry in novella by Diana Hayes

Contributed Article - November 27, 2025

BOOK REVIEW BY SANDI JOHNSON Looking for Cornelius, a novella, is driven by the blood-borne need to know family. Diana Hayes, Salt Spring Island poet and...

Fresh take on Goldberg Variations at next ArtSpring concert

Contributed Article - November 26, 2025

Classical music lovers are in for a rare treat as the Pacific Baroque Orchestra (PBO), the acclaimed “house band” of Early Music Vancouver, presents...

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