Artists of Salt Spring! ArtSpring, a vibrant supporter of the local arts community, is excited to announce an open call for proposals from the Salt Spring arts community. Planning is actively underway for a community arts festival to commemorate ArtSpring’s 25th Anniversary April 17-20, 2024 with displays, demonstrations, performances, food trucks, and parties. We are […]
Impromptu, a multi-media exhibition of new and revisited favourites, is being shown in the ArtSpring lobby and Jankura Lounge during the month of February. The show will feature works by Wendy Andrews, Lorraine Douglas, Johanna Hoskins, Deborah Miller, Pam Plumb, Suzanne Prendergast, and Susan Underwood. February 2nd to 29th, Tuesday to Friday during Box Office […]
Feb 3 | Victoria Symphony presents a Saturday matinee entitled “Transfigured Night,” an early, overtly romantic program with musical echoes of Brahms, Wagner, Mahler, and Richard Strauss. Taking the helm is dynamic music director and charismatic conductor Christian Kluxen, now in his seventh season with the Victoria Symphony, and largely regarded as one of the most […]
SS Film Festival presents "20,000 Species of Bees," award winning film from Spain. What if your child is not the child you think you know? Over the course of an idyllic summer vacation in the beautiful Basque countryside, a sculptor grapples with her identity as an artist in this intimate and understated Spanish film, as […]
Feb 10 | As one reviewer said, “Joëlle Rabu is Edith Piaf, Bette Midler, and Carole Burnett all rolled into one extraordinary performer. Her passion-filled voice is spine-tingling and her stage presence electric.” Known for her ability to delve into several musical styles, Rabu’s interpretation of classic European cabaret-style tunes and jazz melodies, her rich […]
Feb 16-17 | Get ready to jump to your feet and sing along! The Buddy Holly Concert is a dynamic two-act show featuring Zachary Stevenson in a dead-ringer performance of the famed rock-and-roller with such hits as “That’ll Be the Day,” “Peggy Sue,” and “True Love Ways.” Stevenson presents Buddy Holly so perfectly we seem […]
Feb 18 | The Luce e Ombra project, “Light and Shadow,” brings together extracts from opera, a cantata, and instrumental pieces by the famous Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi. These exceptionally beautiful works are a little in his image, all in contrasts: chiaroscuro, sadness-gaiety, exuberant despair-joy, all sprinkled with characteristic oddities which pleasantly spice up his […]
Gulf Islands Secondary Students for Racial Equity host The Marcus Mosely Gospel Music Trio for Black History Month. Led by Music Hall of Fame musician Marcus Mosely, the Trio, including Bill Sample and Darlene Cooper, will perform "Songs of Freedom" to honour the historical connections of gospel music slavery, the civil rights movement, and social […]
SS Film Festival presents "CALL ME DANCER," and award-winning film from India. In the bustling and competitive streets of Mumbai, a self-taught acrobatic dancer named Manish defies his working-class parents’ insistence that he follow a traditional path. “Dancing is a hobby for rich kids,” his cab-driver father tells him, counting on his only son’s future […]
Feb 20-24 |These Are the Songs that I Sing When I’m Sad is an intimate, interactive, and joyous performance from singer and pianist Jane Miller with her limited series of small concerts over five days at The Stonehouse. The performances explore the songs people turn to when they’re sad; the songs they play to soothe their […]
Monday February 26, 2024 | Doors Open 6:30 | Presentations + Members Vote 7:00-8:00pm The 100 Women Who Care initiative was launched in 2006 as a simple, efficient, and effective collective fundraising model for charities. One hundred (or more) women each contribute $100 and vote for one of three nominated charities three times a year. […]
Feb 29 | The members of the quartet are violinists Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon, violist Devin Moore, and cellist Joshua McClendon. The four began as an ensemble at the Juilliard School, and following a break during the global pandemic reconvened at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in the summer of 2021 under the […]
Works from the Salt Spring Painters Guild will be on display in the Lobby in March. These are works done in groups, under instruction, or in workshops, and reflect our diverse activities. The Guild promotes the artistic growth and self-expression of our members through encouragement, fellowship, mentoring and workshops. The only prerequisite to join us is a […]
The Legacy of Lightfoot was born out of an enduring respect and reverence for the iconic music of Gordon Lightfoot. Take a journey through one of the deepest and most prolific catalogues of songs ever written. Not only was Gordon Lightfoot one of the most skilled songwriters of his generation, but he had the voice […]
Mar 5 | Diyet & The Love Soldiers is an alternative country, folk, roots and traditional ensemble with catchy melodies and stories deeply rooted in Diyet’s Indigenous world view and northern life. She spent her childhood on the ancestral lands of the Kluane First Nation people in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Coming from a family rooted […]
Mar 8 | An estimated five percent of jazz instrumentalists are women. In February 2022, Canadian bassist Jodi Proznick (JUNO nomination 2007, 2018) and pianist Amanda Tosoff (JUNO nomination 2022) decided to challenge the almost-exclusive male narrative by bringing together outstanding Canadian female jazz musicians, each one a composer and bandleader in her own right. […]
MET OPERA Now On Sale. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | Giuseppe Verdi Mar 9 | 8:55am Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen, following a string of recent Met triumphs, in her role debut as the noble Leonora. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly […]
Argentina is in the air! In honour of the award-winning Payadora’s upcoming "Tangomania" performance at ArtSpring Friday March 22, join us for a lesson on tango for beginners. No experience or partner required. Just bring your dancing shoes (with leather or suede soles if possible.) The lesson is hosted by Por el Amor al Tango […]
