A riot of fiery and virtuosic works by Italian baroque masters, full of energy, drama, passion and drive. Led by Kati Debretzeni. ArtSpring. 2:30 p.m. (Bar at 1:30 p.m.)

Event with Kim Tebbutt (author) & Sarah Penhale (illustrator) at the Salt Spring Public Library Program Room at 3:30 p.m. Learn about the steps it took Kim and Sarah to imagine, illustrate and self publish a children’s book. Art display runs Jan. 2 – Feb. 2 from 10 am-5 pm.

Commission meeting at the Portlock Park portable. 5 to 7 p.m. Public welcome. Agenda at www.crd.bc.ca.

Peace vigil in solidarity with de-escalation efforts over threats between U.S. and North Korea. On the sidewalk in front of Centennial Park. 5 p.m. Info: 250-537-5251

Public welcome to attend meeting of the board of trustees. SS United Church lower hall. 7 p.m.

Every Monday at Moby's Pub. 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Drop-in introductory sessions at the new squash court at the golf club (805 Lower Ganges Rd) every Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. and every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Bring clean non-marking shoes.  First time FREE, and $5 per session thereafter. Info at www.saltspringsquash.ca

Guest speaker is Ed Ishiguro from the biochemistry and microbiology department of the University of Victoria. The title of his talk is: Genetically Modified Organisms: Frankenfood or Cornucopia? Lions Hall. Doors open at 10 a.m. and meeting starts at 10:30. Everyone welcome and tea and coffee and cookies will be served. Any questions? You can call John […]

Green Member of Parliament for Saanich and the Islands meets with constituents in a town-hall session at GISS Multipurpose Room. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Every Tuesday at Moby's Pub. 7 to 9:30 p.m.

At the GISS careers room. 7 to 9 p.m. Bring your wheel or drop spindle. All spinning skill levels welcome. Help available to beginners. See saltspringweaversandspinners.com

Public welcome. Fernwood Elementary School. 1 p.m.

At the Legion. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Salt Spring Digital is a community group of digital media professionals in communications, marketing, digital design and development who live and/or work on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada. The group’s focus is to share connections, new ideas and to support the creation of a thriving digital technology, design, […]

Event at the Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 7:30 p.m. In 2017 the B.C. NDP government committed to adopting and implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). This agreement stresses self-determination for Indigenous peoples to protect their languages, cultures, laws and economies. In British Columbia land settlements and resource allocation […]

Term-end show for the GISS dance program. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.

Drop-in introductory sessions at the new squash court at the golf club (805 Lower Ganges Rd) every Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. and every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Bring clean non-marking shoes.  First time FREE, and $5 per session thereafter. Info at www.saltspringsquash.ca

Term-end show for the GISS dance program. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.

Every Thursday at Moby's Pub. 8:30 to 11:45 p.m.

Book launch at Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 3 p.m. In this side-splitting follow-up to the bestseller Hard Knox: Musings from the Edge of Canada, Jack Knox presents his best writing, marking his twenty-year anniversary as a humour columnist at the Victoria Times Colonist. Revisiting his most—and least!—popular columns, Knox weighs the potential benefits […]

  Guest speaker is Denise Augustine on the school curriculum vis Indigenous peoples. Baptist church basement at 10 a.m. All welcome.

Elders and knowledge keepers from local First Nations speak on their people’s continuous presence and connection to the Gulf Islands. Salt Spring Public Library Program Room. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Michael Vonn in conversation. Government agencies and departments hold an increasing amount of your electronic information. So too do private companies. Who has access to your information, and within what limits? What is the state of Canadian law regarding surveillance and data-sharing? Are privacy laws out of date? What can we do to protect ourselves? […]

Dan Mangan performs with guitarist Gordon Grdina at Fulford Hall. 7:30 p.m.  Tickets available through ArtSpring. A benefit for Salt Spring Gymnastics.

Last appearance by Happy Daze after two-plus years of making great music. Moby's Pub. 9 p.m.