It started last spring on Salt Spring Island, BC, and traveled to Zimbabwe. Soon children from Canada, Africa, Mexico, and Europe were pouring their hearts into singing and playing One World, One Heart Beating, a global anthem for peace.
CBC is promoting the song to stations across the country, and schools across the globe are screening the video (created [...]

A year after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, One Thousand Cranes, a beautifully crafted show from Tokyo puts a human face to nuclear fallout. A young Japanese girl is diagnosed with leukemia nine years after Hiroshima. Determined to live, she folds origami cranes, which are a symbol of hope. Across the Pacific in Canada, a [...]

Hip-Hop/Cardio/Stretch: Tuesdays 5:15-6:30pm at the Arts Academy (320 Upper Ganges Rd. above Home Design Center) everyone welcome!
Ballet for all ages Wednesdays 6-7:30pm at the Arts Academy
Dance/Stretch/Breath, 5 week session: Jan.19-Feb 16
Thursdays 9:30-10:45am at the Gatehouse (190 Reynold Rd)
everyone welcome!
Hip-Hop for KIds
Wednesdays 3:45-4:45pm
at the Arts Academy
Call Naomi for more info – 653-9498 – or check the [...]

Stephen Lockhart is an artist based on Salt Spring Island. He specializes in original portrait painting, photography, digital wizardry and design. The cover photo is an image he took from a fire tower in Salt Prairie, Alberta where he was employed in 2008. He added the image of Hazen, his niece and did some tweaking [...]

For many people, a “love partner” relationship is considered successful only if all of their sexual and emotional needs are fulfilled, and their economic and social-status aspirations are met. Obviously, things often don’t work out in this manner and there can be a feeling of disappointment in the relationship.
Disappointments can [...]