August 6, 2009.

Mark your calendars for this year's Eco Tour. The 2009 Salt Spring Eco-Living and Home Tour takes place on August 16th, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tickets are $25, and are available at Salt Spring Books, Gecko Green Living and Windsor Plywood. For more information call event coordinator Elizabeth White (250-537-2616). Don't miss this!

Check out the progrress of Eric Proffitt's run to bring attention to, and to help in stopping, slavery. Accounts of his journey are at: www.run4therescue.com Not too late to make donations to his cause, either.

Check out this week's Driftwood Newspaper for their Green Edition -- so many people out there, with so many good ideas. Conservation is not a choice, it's a necessity.

Pegasus Gallery is showcasing Northwest Coast Native Master Works. The show continues through August 14th -- don't miss this!

Cappella Romana, Portland's fine vocal ensemble, plays ArtSpring this Sunday, August 9th, at 8 p.m. Enjoy their concert performance of the music of renowned Estonian composer and mystic: Arvo Part. Call ArtSpring's ticket centre for details: 250-537-2102.

Live music continues at Treehouse, every evening. Tonight, catch Peter Prince. Tomorrow is the wonderfully talented group Sunyata, and they repeat on Saturday. Sunday, it's award winning Alan Moberg. Enjoy!

Don't overlook Diana Dean's show, The Mysterious in the Ordinary, at ArtSpring. There's an opening reception from 4:30 to 6:30, ;concurrent with the reception for Allan Crane and Julia Luccich's Twos and Threes exhibit. Diana Dean's exhibit ends on the 9th -- such a talented painter. Be sure and catch this show.

Piaf...Love Conquers All plays ArtSpring, from Aug 5th to 16th -- call the ticket office for dates, times within this period (250-537-2102).

If you feel like a trip to Chemainus, to catch their production of Oklahoma, it runs till August 29th -- easy to do this on a Saturday, enjoy their dinner/theatre package, and still return on the last ferry back to Salt Spring. Something a little different!

Graeme Wilkinson plays at the Music and Munch series, on July 12th, beginning at 12:10 p.m., at All Saints By the Sea. Take this in!

Hats! The Musical! plays two more performances, on Aug. 10 and 17 -- enjoy this gem!

Remember Fulford Day, on the 15th, at Drummond Park, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Now here's a retro Salt Spring moment! Enjoy!

Horse of a Different Colour opens on the 10th, at the Bateman Gallery at ArtSpring...a multi media exhibit, with a portion of art sales going to the Salt Spring Therapeutic Riding Association.

The renowned jazz trio from France, Garcia-Fons Trio, plays on Tuesday, Aug 11th, at 8 p.m., at ArtSpring. Call the ticket centre (250-537-2102) for more information.

So many things to do and to see, in the summer mood on Salt Spring Island. Take part!